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

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi 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.

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

Malawi

43.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Timor-Leste

43.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malawi rank

31st

Timor-Leste rank

33rd

Mortality rate, under-5, female over time

Malawi
Timor-Leste

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 43.4 per 1,000 live births in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

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

Malawi ranks 31st and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Timor-Leste	Difference	Ahead
1980s	240.5 per 1,000 live births	242.98 per 1,000 live births	2.48 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
1990s	202.38 per 1,000 live births	192.37 per 1,000 live births	10.01 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
2000s	120.23 per 1,000 live births	85.38 per 1,000 live births	34.85 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
2010s	55.35 per 1,000 live births	56.74 per 1,000 live births	1.39 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2020s	44.34 per 1,000 live births	46.14 per 1,000 live births	1.8 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, Malawi or Timor-Leste?: Malawi, at 43.5 per 1,000 live births against 43.4 per 1,000 live births in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Malawi and Timor-Leste?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Timor-Leste?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Malawi and Timor-Leste rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: Malawi ranks 31st 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.