Probability that a man will outlive a woman in East Timor
East Timor: Probability that a man will outlive a woman was 43.8% in 2023. ▼ Falling
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in East Timor, 1950–2023
Source: Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2023, probability that a man will outlive a woman in East Timor stood at 43.8%.
That represents a change of down 1.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, probability that a man will outlive a woman in East Timor peaked at 46.9% in 1974 and was at its lowest, 35.2%, in 1987.
That places East Timor 25th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 74 years of available data.
Probability that a man will outlive a woman in East Timor, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 46.8% | — |
| 1951 | 46.8% | +0.0% |
| 1952 | 46.8% | +0.0% |
| 1953 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1954 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1955 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1956 | 46.8% | -0.0% |
| 1957 | 46.8% | -0.0% |
| 1958 | 46.8% | +0.0% |
| 1959 | 46.8% | +0.0% |
| 1960 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1961 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1962 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1963 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1964 | 46.9% | -0.0% |
| 1965 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1966 | 46.9% | +0.0% |
| 1967 | 46.8% | -0.0% |
| 1968 | 46.8% | -0.0% |
| 1969 | 46.8% | -0.1% |
| 1970 | 46.8% | -0.0% |
| 1971 | 46.8% | -0.0% |
| 1972 | 46.7% | -0.0% |
| 1973 | 46.7% | -0.0% |
| 1974 | 46.9% | +0.5% |
| 1975 | 41.3% | -11.9% |
| 1976 | 40.4% | -2.2% |
| 1977 | 41.3% | +2.1% |
| 1978 | 42.6% | +3.3% |
| 1979 | 42.0% | -1.4% |
| 1980 | 38.2% | -9.1% |
| 1981 | 37.7% | -1.5% |
| 1982 | 37.0% | -1.7% |
| 1983 | 36.9% | -0.5% |
| 1984 | 35.7% | -3.1% |
| 1985 | 36.0% | +0.9% |
| 1986 | 35.9% | -0.2% |
| 1987 | 35.2% | -1.9% |
| 1988 | 35.4% | +0.5% |
| 1989 | 46.4% | +31.1% |
| 1990 | 46.7% | +0.5% |
| 1991 | 46.5% | -0.3% |
| 1992 | 46.4% | -0.2% |
| 1993 | 46.3% | -0.3% |
| 1994 | 46.3% | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 46.2% | -0.3% |
| 1996 | 46.0% | -0.5% |
| 1997 | 45.6% | -0.7% |
| 1998 | 45.6% | -0.0% |
| 1999 | 42.8% | -6.2% |
| 2000 | 45.5% | +6.2% |
| 2001 | 45.3% | -0.3% |
| 2002 | 45.2% | -0.3% |
| 2003 | 45.1% | -0.2% |
| 2004 | 45.0% | -0.2% |
| 2005 | 44.9% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 44.8% | -0.2% |
| 2007 | 44.7% | -0.1% |
| 2008 | 44.7% | -0.1% |
| 2009 | 44.7% | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 44.5% | -0.3% |
| 2011 | 44.4% | -0.2% |
| 2012 | 44.4% | -0.1% |
| 2013 | 44.3% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 44.3% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 44.3% | -0.1% |
| 2016 | 44.2% | -0.1% |
| 2017 | 44.2% | -0.2% |
| 2018 | 44.0% | -0.3% |
| 2019 | 43.9% | -0.3% |
| 2020 | 43.1% | -1.8% |
| 2021 | 43.9% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 43.8% | -0.1% |
| 2023 | 43.8% | +0.0% |
East Timor compared with similar countries
- East Timor's 43.8% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 41.9%, 1.0× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- East Timor's 43.8% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 40.0%, 1.1× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Probability that a man will outlive a woman in East Timor changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1989 | +31.1% | 35.4% | 46.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 46.8% | 46.8% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 1960s | 46.8% | 46.8% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 1970s | 44.2% | 40.4% | 46.9% | 10 |
| 1980s | 37.5% | 35.2% | 46.4% | 10 |
| 1990s | 45.8% | 42.8% | 46.7% | 10 |
| 2000s | 45.0% | 44.7% | 45.5% | 10 |
| 2010s | 44.3% | 43.9% | 44.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 43.6% | 43.1% | 43.9% | 4 |
Countries ranked near East Timor
More gender data for East Timor
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) 462.75 (2030)
- Child population (UN estimates and projections) (0-14), annual growth -0.4702 % change on previous year (2030)
- Population 1,057 (2030)
- Working-age population (UN estimates and projections) 1,057 (2030)
- Population (UN estimates and projections), annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2030)
- Age population, age 00, female, interpolated 14,331 (2025)
- Age population, age 00, male, interpolated 15,248 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, female, interpolated 14,172 (2025)
- Age population, age 01, male, interpolated 15,056 (2025)
- Age population, age 02, female, interpolated 14,127 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is probability that a man will outlive a woman in East Timor?
- Probability that a man will outlive a woman in East Timor was 43.8% in 2023, according to Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in East Timor?
- The highest recorded value was 46.9% in 1974.
- What is the lowest probability that a man will outlive a woman recorded in East Timor?
- The lowest recorded value was 35.2% in 1987.
- How does East Timor rank for probability that a man will outlive a woman?
- East Timor ranks 25th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is probability that a man will outlive a woman rising or falling in East Timor?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this East Timor data come from?
- The figures come from Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024); Bergeron-Boucher et al. (2022) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Probability that a man will outlive a woman. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Probability that a male will live longer than a female if both are randomly selected from the population at birth.