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

3.1 per 1,000 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.

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

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 Timor-Leste: Mortality rate, under-5

Ethiopia

44.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Timor-Leste

47.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

36th

Timor-Leste rank

33rd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Ethiopia
Timor-Leste

How they compare

Timor-Leste 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 Timor-Leste'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 Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	Timor-Leste	Difference	Ahead
1980s	247.6 per 1,000 live births	251.28 per 1,000 live births	3.68 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
1990s	175.06 per 1,000 live births	199.31 per 1,000 live births	24.25 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
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 Timor-Leste?: Timor-Leste, 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 Timor-Leste?: 3.1 per 1,000 live births, with Timor-Leste ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Timor-Leste?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Timor-Leste rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Ethiopia ranks 36th and Timor-Leste ranks 33rd of 196 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: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 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.