Timor-Leste

Child mortality in Timor-Leste

Child mortality in Timor-Leste: 23.2 per 100 live births in 1983 and 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates.

Latest, 2024
4.8 per 100 live births
Since 1983
−18.5 per 100 live births
Rank, 2024
33 of 200
counting from the highest
World, 2024
3.7 per 100 live births
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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

Child mortality in Timor-LesteChild mortality in Timor-Leste: 23.2 per 100 live births in 1983 and 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. The highest was 27.2 per 100 live births in 1985, the lowest 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024.
Estimates, Gapminder and UN IGMEWorld

What the numbers say

  • The highest was 27.2 per 100 live births in 1985, the lowest 4.8 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearTimor-LesteWorld
20244.83.7
20234.93.8
20225.14
20215.24
20205.33.9
20195.54
20185.64
20175.74.1
20165.94.2
201564.3
20146.24.4
20136.44.5
20126.64.7
20116.85
20107.15.1
20097.45.3
20087.75.5
200785.7
20068.46
20058.86.2
20049.26.6
20039.76.8
200210.27.1
200110.67.4
200011.27.7
199920.17.9
199817.88.3
199717.68.4
199618.58.6
199519.48.8
199419.38.9
199320.29.1
199221.39.2
199122.49.3
199022.89.4
198923.29.5
198824.310
198724.69.9
198626.410.3
198527.210.6
198422.210.9
198323.211.1
1982–11.2
1981–11.6
1980–11.9
1979–11.9
1978–12.3
1977–12.6
1976–12.8
1975–13.1
1974–13.3
1973–13.5
1972–13.7
1971–13.9
1970–14.2
1969–14.6
1968–15
1967–15.3
1966–15.1
1965–15.1
1964–15.7
1963–16.2
1962–17
1961–18.8
1960–20.2
1959–19.9
1958–19.7
1957–20.5
1956–21.3
1955–22.3
1954–22.8
1953–23.3
1952–23.9
1951–24.3
1950–24.7
1949–24.9
1948–24.9
1947–25.5
1946–25.8
1945–26.7
1944–27.4
1943–27.7
1942–27.9
1941–27.8
1940–27.9
1939–28
1938–28.7
1937–28.8
1936–29.1
1935–29.5
1934–30.7
1933–30.5
1932–30.7
1931–31.4
1930–31.6
1929–32
1928–31.9
1927–31.9
1926–32.7
1925–32.4
1924–33.1
1923–33.1
1922–33.2
1921–34.2
1920–34.4
1919–35.7
1918–37.6
1917–35.3
1916–35.1
1915–35.3
1914–35.4
1913–35.1
1912–35.5
1911–36
1910–36.4
1909–36.6
1908–37.2
1907–37.4
1906–38.1
1905–38.8
1904–38.9
1903–39.5
1902–40.1
1901–40.8
1900–40.9
1899–40.8
1898–41.2
1897–41
1896–41.1
1895–41.3
1894–41.2
1893–41.2
1892–41.7
1891–41.3
1890–41.5
1889–41.2
1888–41
1887–41.1
1886–41.1
1885–41.2
1884–41.1
1883–41.4
1882–41.5
1881–41.1
1880–41.6
1879–41.1
1878–41.6
1877–41.2
1876–41.4
1875–41.5
1874–41.7
1873–41.8
1872–42.1
1871–42.2
1870–41.9
1869–42.1
1868–42.4
1867–42
1866–42.1
1865–42.3
1864–42.2
1863–42.5
1862–42.6
1861–42.9
1860–42.9
1859–43.7
1858–43.8
1857–44.2
1856–44.2
1855–44
1854–43.7
1853–43.2
1852–42.9
1851–42.4
1850–42
1849–42.3
1848–42.3
1847–42.2
1846–42.4
1845–42
1844–42.1
1843–42.1
1842–42.2
1841–42.1
1840–42.1
1839–42.1
1838–42.2
1837–42.2
1836–42.2
1835–42.2
1834–42.3
1833–42.2
1832–42.2
1831–42.2
1830–42.2
1829–42.1
1828–42.1
1827–42.1
1826–42.1
1825–42.1
1824–42.1
1823–42.1
1822–42.1
1821–42.1
1820–42.1
1819–42.2
1818–42.2
1817–42.2
1816–42.2
1815–42.2
1814–42.3
1813–42.3
1812–42.4
1811–42.4
1810–42.5
1809–42.5
1808–42.5
1807–42.5
1806–42.6
1805–42.6
1804–42.6
1803–42.6
1802–42.7
1801–42.7
1800–42.8

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

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