What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between East Timor and Uganda?

1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Uganda?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Timor vs Uganda: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)

East Timor

34.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Uganda

35.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

East Timor rank

34th

Uganda rank

31st

Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time

East Timor
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 35.9 per 1,000 live births against 34.6 per 1,000 live births in East Timor, a difference of 1.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was East Timor ahead.

East Timor ranks 34th and Uganda ranks 31st of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1980s	184.52 per 1,000 live births	112.54 per 1,000 live births	71.98 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
1990s	141.86 per 1,000 live births	99.34 per 1,000 live births	42.52 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2000s	68.16 per 1,000 live births	70.17 per 1,000 live births	2.01 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2010s	44.93 per 1,000 live births	41.75 per 1,000 live births	3.18 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2020s	36.68 per 1,000 live births	36.32 per 1,000 live births	0.36 per 1,000 live births	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, East Timor or Uganda?: Uganda, at 35.9 per 1,000 live births against 34.6 per 1,000 live births in East Timor as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between East Timor and Uganda?: 1.3 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Uganda?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do East Timor and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: East Timor ranks 34th and Uganda ranks 31st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.