East Timor vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN)
East Timor
34.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
10.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
East Timor rank
34th
Upper middle income rank
36th
Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births) (Mortality UN) over time
- East Timor
- Upper middle income
How they compare
East Timor 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 East Timor's figure about 3.2 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.
East Timor ranks 34th and Upper middle income ranks 36th of 197 countries.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | 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 | East Timor |
| 2000s | 68.16 per 1,000 live births | 23.92 per 1,000 live births | 44.24 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2010s | 44.93 per 1,000 live births | 13.93 per 1,000 live births | 31 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2020s | 36.68 per 1,000 live births | 11.38 per 1,000 live births | 25.3 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 Upper middle income?
- East Timor, 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 East Timor and Upper middle income?
- 23.7 per 1,000 live births, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do East Timor and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
- East Timor 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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About this data
Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.