What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Burundi and Timor-Leste?

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

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

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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Burundi vs Timor-Leste: Mortality rate, under-5, female

Burundi

43 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Timor-Leste

43.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Burundi rank

34th

Timor-Leste rank

33rd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Burundi
Timor-Leste

How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 43.4 per 1,000 live births against 43 per 1,000 live births in Burundi, a difference of 0.4 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Timor-Leste ahead.

Burundi ranks 34th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 3 and Timor-Leste in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Burundi	Timor-Leste	Difference	Ahead
1980s	163.82 per 1,000 live births	242.98 per 1,000 live births	79.16 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
1990s	163.06 per 1,000 live births	192.37 per 1,000 live births	29.31 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2000s	118.24 per 1,000 live births	85.38 per 1,000 live births	32.86 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2010s	65.22 per 1,000 live births	56.74 per 1,000 live births	8.48 per 1,000 live births	Burundi
2020s	46.18 per 1,000 live births	46.14 per 1,000 live births	0.04 per 1,000 live births	Burundi

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Burundi or Timor-Leste?: Timor-Leste, at 43.4 per 1,000 live births against 43 per 1,000 live births in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Burundi and Timor-Leste?: 0.4 per 1,000 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Timor-Leste?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Timor-Leste rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Burundi ranks 34th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd 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, under-5, female (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, under-5, female (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

Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.