Madagascar vs East Timor: Number of child deaths per woman
Madagascar
0.2353 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
East Timor
0.2219 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Madagascar rank
23rd
East Timor rank
25th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- Madagascar
- East Timor
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2219 under-five deaths per woman in East Timor, a difference of 0.0134 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times East Timor's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 23rd and East Timor ranks 25th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 2 and East Timor in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | East Timor | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.14 under-five deaths per woman | 1.39 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2426 under-five deaths per woman | East Timor |
| 1990s | 0.7852 under-five deaths per woman | 1.18 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3913 under-five deaths per woman | East Timor |
| 2000s | 0.4465 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5211 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0745 under-five deaths per woman | East Timor |
| 2010s | 0.2851 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2517 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0333 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 0.2467 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2079 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0388 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, Madagascar or East Timor?
- Madagascar, at 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2219 under-five deaths per woman in East Timor as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between Madagascar and East Timor?
- 0.0134 under-five deaths per woman, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and East Timor?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and East Timor rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- Madagascar ranks 23rd and East Timor ranks 25th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of child deaths per woman. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).