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

Ethiopia
38.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste
43.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
36th
Timor-Leste rank
33rd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Timor-Leste
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How they compare

Timor-Leste currently reports 43.4 per 1,000 live births against 38.5 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 4.9 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 36th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Timor-Leste Difference Ahead
1980s 233.28 per 1,000 live births 242.98 per 1,000 live births 9.7 per 1,000 live births Timor-Leste
1990s 161.63 per 1,000 live births 192.37 per 1,000 live births 30.74 per 1,000 live births Timor-Leste
2000s 101.14 per 1,000 live births 85.38 per 1,000 live births 15.76 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2010s 58.43 per 1,000 live births 56.74 per 1,000 live births 1.69 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia
2020s 50.8 per 1,000 live births 46.14 per 1,000 live births 4.66 per 1,000 live births Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Ethiopia or Timor-Leste?
Timor-Leste, at 43.4 per 1,000 live births against 38.5 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?
4.9 per 1,000 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?
40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Timor-Leste rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
Ethiopia ranks 36th 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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About this data

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

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.