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

0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.

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

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.

East Timor vs Zambia: Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births)

East Timor

43.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zambia

43.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

East Timor rank

33rd

Zambia rank

30th

Mortality rate, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births) over time

East Timor
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 43.7 per 1,000 live births against 43.4 per 1,000 live births in East Timor, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was East Timor ahead.

East Timor ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 30th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	242.98 per 1,000 live births	165.28 per 1,000 live births	77.7 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
1990s	192.37 per 1,000 live births	163.67 per 1,000 live births	28.7 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2000s	85.38 per 1,000 live births	103.08 per 1,000 live births	17.7 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2010s	56.74 per 1,000 live births	56.67 per 1,000 live births	0.07 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2020s	46.14 per 1,000 live births	45.18 per 1,000 live births	0.96 per 1,000 live births	East Timor

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, female, East Timor or Zambia?: Zambia, at 43.7 per 1,000 live births against 43.4 per 1,000 live births in East Timor as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, female between East Timor and Zambia?: 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Zambia?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do East Timor and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?: East Timor ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 30th 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: 29 October 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.