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

3.1 per 1,000 live births, with East Timor ahead.

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

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 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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

Ethiopia

44.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

East Timor

47.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

36th

East Timor rank

33rd

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

Ethiopia
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 47.6 per 1,000 live births against 44.5 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 3.1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes East Timor's figure about 1.1 times Ethiopia's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 36th and East Timor ranks 33rd of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 3 and East Timor in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1980s	247.6 per 1,000 live births	251.28 per 1,000 live births	3.68 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
1990s	175.06 per 1,000 live births	199.31 per 1,000 live births	24.25 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2000s	112.34 per 1,000 live births	91.17 per 1,000 live births	21.17 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2010s	66.85 per 1,000 live births	61.81 per 1,000 live births	5.04 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia
2020s	57.2 per 1,000 live births	50.58 per 1,000 live births	6.62 per 1,000 live births	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Ethiopia or East Timor?: East Timor, at 47.6 per 1,000 live births against 44.5 per 1,000 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Ethiopia and East Timor?: 3.1 per 1,000 live births, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and East Timor?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and East Timor rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Ethiopia ranks 36th and East Timor ranks 33rd 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 (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 (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, 13,546 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

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.