East Asia & Pacific vs East Timor: Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births)
East Asia & Pacific
13.2 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
East Timor
47.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
East Asia & Pacific rank
36th
East Timor rank
33rd
Mortality rate, under-5 (per 1,000 live births) over time
- East Asia & Pacific
- East Timor
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 47.6 per 1,000 live births against 13.2 per 1,000 live births in East Asia & Pacific, a difference of 34.4 per 1,000 live births.
That makes East Timor's figure about 3.6 times East Asia & Pacific's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, East Timor has been ahead every year.
East Asia & Pacific ranks 36th 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 | East Asia & Pacific | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 49.75 per 1,000 live births | 199.31 per 1,000 live births | 149.56 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2000s | 30.52 per 1,000 live births | 91.17 per 1,000 live births | 60.65 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2010s | 17.26 per 1,000 live births | 61.81 per 1,000 live births | 44.55 per 1,000 live births | East Timor |
| 2020s | 13.9 per 1,000 live births | 50.58 per 1,000 live births | 36.68 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, East Asia & Pacific or East Timor?
- East Timor, at 47.6 per 1,000 live births against 13.2 per 1,000 live births in East Asia & Pacific as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between East Asia & Pacific and East Timor?
- 34.4 per 1,000 live births, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific and East Timor?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do East Asia & Pacific and East Timor rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?
- East Asia & Pacific ranks 36th 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.