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Under-five mortality rate — Timor-Leste

Under-five mortality rate in Timor-Leste in 2024 — 47.6 per 1,000. Ranked 164 in the world out of 196. Since 1985, the indicator has fallen by 82.5%.

2024 47.6 per 1,000 −3.25% vs 2023
World rank 164of 196
Period maximum 271.8 per 1,0001985
Period minimum 47.6 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1985–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Timor-Leste, 1985–20240100200300198519891993199720012005200920132017202120241985: 271.8 per 1,0001986: 264 per 1,0001987: 245.5 per 1,0001988: 243 per 1,0001989: 232.1 per 1,0001990: 228 per 1,0001991: 224.3 per 1,0001992: 212.8 per 1,0001993: 201.5 per 1,0001994: 193.1 per 1,0001995: 193.6 per 1,0001996: 184.8 per 1,0001997: 176.4 per 1,0001998: 178 per 1,0001999: 200.6 per 1,0002000: 111.5 per 1,0002001: 106.4 per 1,0002002: 101.5 per 1,0002003: 96.8 per 1,0002004: 92.3 per 1,0002005: 88 per 1,0002006: 84 per 1,0002007: 80.4 per 1,0002008: 76.9 per 1,0002009: 73.9 per 1,0002010: 71 per 1,0002011: 68.4 per 1,0002012: 65.9 per 1,0002013: 63.9 per 1,0002014: 61.9 per 1,0002015: 60.2 per 1,0002016: 58.7 per 1,0002017: 57.3 per 1,0002018: 56 per 1,0002019: 54.8 per 1,0002020: 53.4 per 1,0002021: 52 per 1,0002022: 50.7 per 1,0002023: 49.2 per 1,0002024: 47.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −224.2 (−82.49%) Average annual rate: -4.37 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Timor-Leste

Timor-Leste 47.6 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
East Asia & Pacific 13.2 per 1,000
South-Eastern Asia computed 19.3 per 1,000
Lower-middle-income countries computed 36.3 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Timor-Leste, by year Timor-Leste All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 47.6 −1.6 −3.25%
2023 49.2 −1.5 −2.96%
2022 50.7 −1.3 −2.5%
2021 52 −1.4 −2.62%
2020 53.4 −1.4 −2.55%
2019 54.8 −1.2 −2.14%
2018 56 −1.3 −2.27%
2017 57.3 −1.4 −2.39%
2016 58.7 −1.5 −2.49%
2015 60.2 −1.7 −2.75%
2014 61.9 −2 −3.13%
2013 63.9 −2 −3.03%
2012 65.9 −2.5 −3.65%
2011 68.4 −2.6 −3.66%
2010 71 −2.9 −3.92%
2009 73.9 −3 −3.9%
2008 76.9 −3.5 −4.35%
2007 80.4 −3.6 −4.29%
2006 84 −4 −4.55%
2005 88 −4.3 −4.66%
2004 92.3 −4.5 −4.65%
2003 96.8 −4.7 −4.63%
2002 101.5 −4.9 −4.61%
2001 106.4 −5.1 −4.57%
2000 111.5 −89.1 −44.42%
1999 200.6 +22.6 +12.7%
1998 178 +1.6 +0.91%
1997 176.4 −8.4 −4.55%
1996 184.8 −8.8 −4.55%
1995 193.6 +0.5 +0.26%
1994 193.1 −8.4 −4.17%
1993 201.5 −11.3 −5.31%
1992 212.8 −11.5 −5.13%
1991 224.3 −3.7 −1.62%
1990 228 −4.1 −1.77%
1989 232.1 −10.9 −4.49%
1988 243 −2.5 −1.02%
1987 245.5 −18.5 −7.01%
1986 264 −7.8 −2.87%
1985 271.8 — —

South-Eastern Asia, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

SG Singapore 2.7 MY Malaysia 8.3 TH Thailand 9 BN Brunei Darussalam 9.9 VN Vietnam 17.3 ID Indonesia 17.7 KH Cambodia 18.4 PH Philippines 26.5 LA Laos 29.4 MM Myanmar 36.9 TL Timor-Leste 47.6
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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