Infant mortality per 1,000 live births fell 2.84% to 37.7 in East Timor in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in East Timor reached an all time high of 171 in 1983 and an all time low of 37.7 in 2019. When compared to East Timor's main peers, infant mortality per 1,000 live births in Australia amounted to 3.20, 20.2 in Indonesia, 7.30 in Malaysia and 36.2 in Papua New Guinea in 2019.
East Timor has been ranked 34th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of infant mortality per 1,000 live births.
| Infant Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Australia | 3.40 | 3.30 | 3.20 | 3.20 | 3.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Cambodia | 28.7 | 27.3 | 26.0 | 24.9 | 23.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| East Timor | 44.3 | 42.8 | 41.4 | 40.1 | 38.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | 24.1 | 23.2 | 22.4 | 21.6 | 20.8 | |||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | 6.80 | 6.90 | 7.00 | 7.10 | 7.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| New Zealand | 4.70 | 4.60 | 4.40 | 4.30 | 4.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Papua New Guinea | 41.2 | 40.2 | 39.3 | 38.2 | 37.2 | |||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | 23.7 | 23.4 | 23.0 | 22.6 | 22.1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.20 | 2.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | 9.70 | 9.30 | 8.90 | 8.50 | 8.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam | 17.6 | 17.4 | 17.3 | 17.1 | 17.0 |
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