Timor-Leste vs Upper middle income: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Timor-Leste
43.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Upper middle income
12 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste rank
33rd
Upper middle income rank
35th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Timor-Leste
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Timor-Leste currently reports 43.4 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income, a difference of 31.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Timor-Leste's figure about 3.6 times Upper middle income's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Timor-Leste has been ahead every year.
Timor-Leste ranks 33rd and Upper middle income ranks 35th of 197 countries.
Timor-Leste has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 192.37 per 1,000 live births | 44.99 per 1,000 live births | 147.38 per 1,000 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 85.38 per 1,000 live births | 27.29 per 1,000 live births | 58.09 per 1,000 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2010s | 56.74 per 1,000 live births | 15.54 per 1,000 live births | 41.2 per 1,000 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 46.14 per 1,000 live births | 12.54 per 1,000 live births | 33.6 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, Timor-Leste or Upper middle income?
- Timor-Leste, at 43.4 per 1,000 live births against 12 per 1,000 live births in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between Timor-Leste and Upper middle income?
- 31.4 per 1,000 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Upper middle income?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Timor-Leste and Upper middle income rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Timor-Leste ranks 33rd and Upper middle income ranks 35th 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
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.