What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Ethiopia and East Timor?

0.44 deaths per 100 live births, with East Timor ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ethiopia vs East Timor: Youth mortality rate

Ethiopia

5.17 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

East Timor

5.61 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Ethiopia rank

37th

East Timor rank

36th

Youth mortality rate over time

Ethiopia
East Timor

How they compare

East Timor currently reports 5.61 deaths per 100 live births against 5.17 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia, a difference of 0.44 deaths per 100 live births.

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

The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was East Timor ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 37th and East Timor ranks 36th of 199 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Ethiopia averaged higher in 3 and East Timor in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ethiopia	East Timor	Difference	Ahead
1990s	22.26 deaths per 100 live births	23.37 deaths per 100 live births	1.12 deaths per 100 live births	East Timor
2000s	13.91 deaths per 100 live births	10.5 deaths per 100 live births	3.4 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia
2010s	7.84 deaths per 100 live births	7.22 deaths per 100 live births	0.6241 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia
2020s	6.76 deaths per 100 live births	5.95 deaths per 100 live births	0.8116 deaths per 100 live births	Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Ethiopia or East Timor?: East Timor, at 5.61 deaths per 100 live births against 5.17 deaths per 100 live births in Ethiopia as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Ethiopia and East Timor?: 0.44 deaths per 100 live births, with East Timor ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and East Timor?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and East Timor rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Ethiopia ranks 37th and East Timor ranks 36th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.