Timor-Leste vs Zambia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Timor-Leste
43.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zambia
43.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste rank
33rd
Zambia rank
30th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Timor-Leste
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 43.7 per 1,000 live births against 43.4 per 1,000 live births in Timor-Leste, 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 Timor-Leste ahead.
Timor-Leste ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 30th of 197 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Timor-Leste averaged higher in 4 and Zambia in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | 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 | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 192.37 per 1,000 live births | 163.67 per 1,000 live births | 28.7 per 1,000 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 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 | Timor-Leste |
| 2020s | 46.14 per 1,000 live births | 45.18 per 1,000 live births | 0.96 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 Zambia?
- Zambia, at 43.7 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 Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 0.3 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
- How do Timor-Leste and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Timor-Leste 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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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.