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

1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi 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.

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

Malawi

48.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

East Timor

47.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Malawi rank

30th

East Timor rank

33rd

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

Malawi
East Timor

How they compare

Malawi currently reports 48.8 per 1,000 live births against 47.6 per 1,000 live births in East Timor, a difference of 1.2 per 1,000 live births.

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

Malawi ranks 30th and East Timor ranks 33rd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1980s	252.48 per 1,000 live births	251.28 per 1,000 live births	1.2 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
1990s	212.63 per 1,000 live births	199.31 per 1,000 live births	13.32 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
2000s	128.75 per 1,000 live births	91.17 per 1,000 live births	37.58 per 1,000 live births	Malawi
2010s	61.52 per 1,000 live births	61.81 per 1,000 live births	0.29 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2020s	49.78 per 1,000 live births	50.58 per 1,000 live births	0.8 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, Malawi or East Timor?: Malawi, at 48.8 per 1,000 live births against 47.6 per 1,000 live births in East Timor as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Malawi and East Timor?: 1.2 per 1,000 live births, with Malawi ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and East Timor?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Malawi and East Timor rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Malawi ranks 30th 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.