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Timor-Leste — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Timor-Leste, 1985–2024.
Latest value · 2024
34.6
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -82.7% since 1985
Infant mortality for Timor-Leste was 34.6 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 40 years, from 1985 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 200.5 in 1985. Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -4.41% per year.
Timor-Leste ranks 35 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 18%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 14.4, so Timor-Leste sits above it. It peaked in 1985 and has fallen 83% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved down 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
34.6
First (1985)
200.5
Change
-82.7%
Highest
200.5
in 1985
Lowest
34.6
in 2024
Average
91.4
Annual growth (CAGR)
-4.41%
Years of data
40
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 34.6 |
| 2023 | 35.7 |
| 2022 | 36.7 |
| 2021 | 37.7 |
| 2020 | 38.7 |
| 2019 | 39.6 |
| 2018 | 40.6 |
| 2017 | 41.4 |
| 2016 | 42.5 |
| 2015 | 43.6 |
| 2014 | 45 |
| 2013 | 46.5 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.