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

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

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

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 East Timor: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

Kiribati

21.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

East Timor

21.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Kiribati rank

35th

East Timor rank

36th

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

Kiribati
East Timor

How they compare

Kiribati currently reports 21.7 per 1,000 live births against 21.6 per 1,000 live births in East Timor, 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 East Timor ahead.

Kiribati ranks 35th and East Timor ranks 36th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

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

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Kiribati or East Timor?: Kiribati, at 21.7 per 1,000 live births against 21.6 per 1,000 live births in East Timor as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Kiribati and East Timor?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Kiribati ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kiribati and East Timor?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Kiribati and East Timor rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Kiribati ranks 35th and East Timor 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: 29 October 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.