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

1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.

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

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.

East Timor vs Uganda: Mortality rate, under-5

East Timor

47.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Uganda

48.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

East Timor rank

33rd

Uganda rank

31st

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

East Timor
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 48.7 per 1,000 live births against 47.6 per 1,000 live births in East Timor, a difference of 1.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was East Timor ahead.

East Timor ranks 33rd and Uganda ranks 31st of 196 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 4 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Timor	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1980s	251.28 per 1,000 live births	192.64 per 1,000 live births	58.64 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
1990s	199.31 per 1,000 live births	165.2 per 1,000 live births	34.11 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2000s	91.17 per 1,000 live births	111.31 per 1,000 live births	20.14 per 1,000 live births	Uganda
2010s	61.81 per 1,000 live births	60.82 per 1,000 live births	0.99 per 1,000 live births	East Timor
2020s	50.58 per 1,000 live births	49.84 per 1,000 live births	0.74 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 Timor or Uganda?: Uganda, at 48.7 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 East Timor and Uganda?: 1.1 per 1,000 live births, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Uganda?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do East Timor and Uganda rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: East Timor ranks 33rd and Uganda ranks 31st 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.