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

0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.

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

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.

Timor-Leste vs Zambia: Mortality rate, under-5

Timor-Leste

47.6 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Zambia

48.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Timor-Leste rank

33rd

Zambia rank

32nd

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Timor-Leste
Zambia

How they compare

Zambia currently reports 48.4 per 1,000 live births against 47.6 per 1,000 live births in Timor-Leste, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.

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

Timor-Leste ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 32nd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Timor-Leste	Zambia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	251.28 per 1,000 live births	173.12 per 1,000 live births	78.16 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
1990s	199.31 per 1,000 live births	172.32 per 1,000 live births	26.99 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste
2000s	91.17 per 1,000 live births	111.09 per 1,000 live births	19.92 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2010s	61.81 per 1,000 live births	62.46 per 1,000 live births	0.65 per 1,000 live births	Zambia
2020s	50.58 per 1,000 live births	49.98 per 1,000 live births	0.6 per 1,000 live births	Timor-Leste

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, Timor-Leste or Zambia?: Zambia, at 48.4 per 1,000 live births against 47.6 per 1,000 live births in Timor-Leste as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Timor-Leste and Zambia?: 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Zambia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Timor-Leste and Zambia?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Timor-Leste and Zambia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Timor-Leste ranks 33rd and Zambia ranks 32nd 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: 03 September 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.