Timor-Leste vs Zambia: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Timor-Leste
51.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zambia
52.9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Timor-Leste rank
33rd
Zambia rank
32nd
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Timor-Leste
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 52.9 per 1,000 live births against 51.7 per 1,000 live births in Timor-Leste, a difference of 1.2 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 32nd of 197 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Timor-Leste averaged higher in 3 and Zambia in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Timor-Leste | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 259.26 per 1,000 live births | 180.56 per 1,000 live births | 78.7 per 1,000 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 1990s | 205.94 per 1,000 live births | 180.46 per 1,000 live births | 25.48 per 1,000 live births | Timor-Leste |
| 2000s | 96.66 per 1,000 live births | 118.68 per 1,000 live births | 22.02 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 2010s | 66.59 per 1,000 live births | 67.93 per 1,000 live births | 1.34 per 1,000 live births | Zambia |
| 2020s | 54.84 per 1,000 live births | 54.54 per 1,000 live births | 0.3 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, male, Timor-Leste or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 52.9 per 1,000 live births against 51.7 per 1,000 live births in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Timor-Leste and Zambia?
- 1.2 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, male?
- Timor-Leste ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 32nd 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, 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.