East Timor vs Zimbabwe: Number of child deaths per woman
East Timor
0.2219 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Zimbabwe
0.2095 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
East Timor rank
25th
Zimbabwe rank
27th
Number of child deaths per woman over time
- East Timor
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
East Timor currently reports 0.2219 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2095 under-five deaths per woman in Zimbabwe, a difference of 0.0124 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes East Timor's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 42 shared years of data; in 1983 it was East Timor ahead.
East Timor ranks 25th and Zimbabwe ranks 27th of 200 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, East Timor averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | East Timor | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1.39 under-five deaths per woman | 0.5023 under-five deaths per woman | 0.8834 under-five deaths per woman | East Timor |
| 1990s | 1.18 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4189 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7575 under-five deaths per woman | East Timor |
| 2000s | 0.5211 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3515 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1696 under-five deaths per woman | East Timor |
| 2010s | 0.2517 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2502 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0016 under-five deaths per woman | East Timor |
| 2020s | 0.2079 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2143 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0064 under-five deaths per woman | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of child deaths per woman, East Timor or Zimbabwe?
- East Timor, at 0.2219 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2095 under-five deaths per woman in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
- What is the difference in number of child deaths per woman between East Timor and Zimbabwe?
- 0.0124 under-five deaths per woman, with East Timor ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for East Timor and Zimbabwe?
- 42 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2024.
- How do East Timor and Zimbabwe rank globally for number of child deaths per woman?
- East Timor ranks 25th and Zimbabwe ranks 27th 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).