Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) vs East Timor: Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births)
Mortality rate, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births) over time
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 51.7 per 1,000 live births against 17.08 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income), a difference of 34.62 per 1,000 live births.
That makes East Timor's figure about 3.0 times Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s.
Across all 35 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.
Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th and East Timor ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
East Timor has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.47 per 1,000 live births | 205.94 per 1,000 live births | 156.47 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2000s | 29.9 per 1,000 live births | 96.66 per 1,000 live births | 66.76 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2010s | 21.22 per 1,000 live births | 66.59 per 1,000 live births | 45.37 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2020s | 17.89 per 1,000 live births | 54.84 per 1,000 live births | 36.95 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, male, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 51.7 per 1,000 live births against 17.08 per 1,000 live births in Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and East Timor?
- 34.62 per 1,000 live births, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and East Timor?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) and East Timor rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) ranks 30th and East Timor ranks 33rd of 47 groups.
- 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, male (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, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.