What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kiribati and Timor-Leste?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Timor-Leste?

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Kiribati vs Timor-Leste: Mortality rate, neonatal

Kiribati

21.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Timor-Leste

21.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kiribati rank

35th

Timor-Leste rank

36th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Kiribati
Timor-Leste

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 21.7 per 1,000 live births against 21.6 per 1,000 live births in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Timor-Leste ahead.

Kiribati ranks 35th and Timor-Leste ranks 36th of 197 countries.

Timor-Leste has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kiribati	Timor-Leste	Difference	Ahead
1980s	35.3 per 1,000 live births	60 per 1,000 live births	24.7 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
1990s	30.98 per 1,000 live births	50.45 per 1,000 live births	19.47 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2000s	24.74 per 1,000 live births	33.17 per 1,000 live births	8.43 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2010s	23.28 per 1,000 live births	25.33 per 1,000 live births	2.05 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2020s	22.44 per 1,000 live births	22.46 per 1,000 live births	0.02 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Kiribati or Timor-Leste?: Kiribati, at 21.7 per 1,000 live births against 21.6 per 1,000 live births in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kiribati and Timor-Leste?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and Timor-Leste?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and Timor-Leste rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Kiribati ranks 35th and Timor-Leste 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.