What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Timor-Leste and Upper middle income?

23.7 per 1,000 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Upper middle income?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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.

Timor-Leste vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, infant

Timor-Leste

34.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Upper middle income

10.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Timor-Leste rank

34th

Upper middle income rank

36th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Timor-Leste
Upper middle income

How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 34.6 per 1,000 live births against 10.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 23.7 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 3.2 times Upper middle income's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Timor-Leste has been ahead every year.

Timor-Leste ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 36th of 197 countries.

Timor-Leste has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Timor-Leste	Upper middle income	Difference	Ahead
1990s	141.86 per 1,000 live births	39.34 per 1,000 live births	102.52 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2000s	68.16 per 1,000 live births	23.92 per 1,000 live births	44.24 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2010s	44.93 per 1,000 live births	13.93 per 1,000 live births	31 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2020s	36.68 per 1,000 live births	11.38 per 1,000 live births	25.3 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Timor-Leste or Upper middle income?: Timor-Leste, at 34.6 per 1,000 live births against 10.9 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Timor-Leste and Upper middle income?: 23.7 per 1,000 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Upper middle income?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Timor-Leste and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Timor-Leste ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 36th 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: 03 September 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.