Bolivia vs Cuba
Bolivia vs Cuba: Child mortality
Child mortality in 2024: 1.6 per 100 live births in Bolivia and 0.9 per 100 live births in Cuba, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Bolivia, by 0.7 per 100 live births, or 1.83 times that in Cuba.
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
What the numbers say
- Bolivia has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1960.
- The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.
Every year
deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME
| Year | Bolivia | Cuba | World |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.6 | 0.9 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 1.6 | 0.8 | 3.8 |
| 2022 | 1.7 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2021 | 1.8 | 0.8 | 4 |
| 2020 | 1.9 | 0.7 | 3.9 |
| 2019 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2018 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 4 |
| 2017 | 2.3 | 0.6 | 4.1 |
| 2016 | 2.5 | 0.6 | 4.2 |
| 2015 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 4.3 |
| 2014 | 2.8 | 0.6 | 4.4 |
| 2013 | 3 | 0.6 | 4.5 |
| 2012 | 3.2 | 0.6 | 4.7 |
| 2011 | 3.4 | 0.6 | 5 |
| 2010 | 3.7 | 0.6 | 5.1 |
| 2009 | 3.9 | 0.6 | 5.3 |
| 2008 | 4.2 | 0.7 | 5.5 |
| 2007 | 4.5 | 0.7 | 5.7 |
| 2006 | 4.8 | 0.7 | 6 |
| 2005 | 5.1 | 0.7 | 6.2 |
| 2004 | 5.5 | 0.7 | 6.6 |
| 2003 | 5.8 | 0.8 | 6.8 |
| 2002 | 6.2 | 0.8 | 7.1 |
| 2001 | 6.6 | 0.8 | 7.4 |
| 2000 | 7.1 | 0.9 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 7.5 | 0.9 | 7.9 |
| 1998 | 8 | 0.9 | 8.3 |
| 1997 | 8.5 | 1 | 8.4 |
| 1996 | 8.9 | 1 | 8.6 |
| 1995 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 8.8 |
| 1994 | 9.9 | 1.1 | 8.9 |
| 1993 | 10.4 | 1.2 | 9.1 |
| 1992 | 10.8 | 1.2 | 9.2 |
| 1991 | 11.3 | 1.3 | 9.3 |
| 1990 | 11.8 | 1.4 | 9.4 |
| 1989 | 12.3 | 1.4 | 9.5 |
| 1988 | 12.8 | 1.5 | 10 |
| 1987 | 13.3 | 1.6 | 9.9 |
| 1986 | 13.8 | 1.7 | 10.3 |
| 1985 | 14.3 | 1.7 | 10.6 |
| 1984 | 14.7 | 1.8 | 10.9 |
| 1983 | 15.2 | 1.9 | 11.1 |
| 1982 | 15.6 | 2 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 16.1 | 2.1 | 11.6 |
| 1980 | 16.5 | 2.2 | 11.9 |
| 1979 | 17 | 2.3 | 11.9 |
| 1978 | 17.6 | 2.5 | 12.3 |
| 1977 | 18.1 | 2.6 | 12.6 |
| 1976 | 18.7 | 2.8 | 12.8 |
| 1975 | 19.4 | 2.9 | 13.1 |
| 1974 | 20 | 3.1 | 13.3 |
| 1973 | 20.7 | 3.3 | 13.5 |
| 1972 | 21.3 | 3.5 | 13.7 |
| 1971 | 21.9 | 3.7 | 13.9 |
| 1970 | 22.5 | 3.8 | 14.2 |
| 1969 | 23.2 | 4 | 14.6 |
| 1968 | 23.8 | 4.1 | 15 |
| 1967 | 24.4 | 4.2 | 15.3 |
| 1966 | 25 | 4.3 | 15.1 |
| 1965 | 25.6 | 4.4 | 15.1 |
| 1964 | 26.2 | 4.4 | 15.7 |
| 1963 | 26.8 | 4.5 | 16.2 |
| 1962 | 27.4 | 4.5 | 17 |
| 1961 | 28 | 4.4 | 18.8 |
| 1960 | 28.5 | 4.4 | 20.2 |
| 1959 | – | 4.4 | 19.9 |
| 1958 | – | 4.4 | 19.7 |
| 1957 | – | 4.7 | 20.5 |
| 1956 | – | 4.3 | 21.3 |
| 1955 | – | 4.6 | 22.3 |
| 1954 | – | 4.1 | 22.8 |
| 1953 | – | 4.8 | 23.3 |
| 1952 | – | 4.8 | 23.9 |
| 1951 | – | 5 | 24.3 |
| 1950 | – | 4.4 | 24.7 |
| 1949 | – | 4.8 | 24.9 |
| 1948 | – | 5 | 24.9 |
| 1947 | – | 5.4 | 25.5 |
| 1946 | – | 5.3 | 25.8 |
| 1945 | – | 9.5 | 26.7 |
| 1944 | – | 7.8 | 27.4 |
| 1943 | – | 9.9 | 27.7 |
| 1942 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1941 | – | – | 27.8 |
| 1940 | – | – | 27.9 |
| 1939 | – | – | 28 |
| 1938 | – | 11.9 | 28.7 |
| 1937 | – | 12.6 | 28.8 |
| 1936 | – | 16 | 29.1 |
| 1935 | – | 20 | 29.5 |
| 1934 | – | 14.9 | 30.7 |
| 1933 | – | 20.9 | 30.5 |
| 1932 | – | 17.3 | 30.7 |
| 1931 | – | – | 31.4 |
| 1930 | – | – | 31.6 |
| 1929 | – | – | 32 |
| 1928 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1927 | – | – | 31.9 |
| 1926 | – | – | 32.7 |
| 1925 | – | – | 32.4 |
| 1924 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1923 | – | – | 33.1 |
| 1922 | – | – | 33.2 |
| 1921 | – | – | 34.2 |
| 1920 | – | – | 34.4 |
| 1919 | – | – | 35.7 |
| 1918 | – | – | 37.6 |
| 1917 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1916 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1915 | – | – | 35.3 |
| 1914 | – | – | 35.4 |
| 1913 | – | – | 35.1 |
| 1912 | – | – | 35.5 |
| 1911 | – | – | 36 |
| 1910 | – | – | 36.4 |
| 1909 | – | – | 36.6 |
| 1908 | – | – | 37.2 |
| 1907 | – | – | 37.4 |
| 1906 | – | – | 38.1 |
| 1905 | – | – | 38.8 |
| 1904 | – | – | 38.9 |
| 1903 | – | – | 39.5 |
| 1902 | – | – | 40.1 |
| 1901 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1900 | – | – | 40.9 |
| 1899 | – | – | 40.8 |
| 1898 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1897 | – | – | 41 |
| 1896 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1895 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1894 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1893 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1892 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1891 | – | – | 41.3 |
| 1890 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1889 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1888 | – | – | 41 |
| 1887 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1886 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1885 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1884 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1883 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1882 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1881 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1880 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1879 | – | – | 41.1 |
| 1878 | – | – | 41.6 |
| 1877 | – | – | 41.2 |
| 1876 | – | – | 41.4 |
| 1875 | – | – | 41.5 |
| 1874 | – | – | 41.7 |
| 1873 | – | – | 41.8 |
| 1872 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1871 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1870 | – | – | 41.9 |
| 1869 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1868 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1867 | – | – | 42 |
| 1866 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1865 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1864 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1863 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1862 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1861 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1860 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1859 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1858 | – | – | 43.8 |
| 1857 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1856 | – | – | 44.2 |
| 1855 | – | – | 44 |
| 1854 | – | – | 43.7 |
| 1853 | – | – | 43.2 |
| 1852 | – | – | 42.9 |
| 1851 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1850 | – | – | 42 |
| 1849 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1848 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1847 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1846 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1845 | – | – | 42 |
| 1844 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1843 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1842 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1841 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1840 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1839 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1838 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1837 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1836 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1835 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1834 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1833 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1832 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1831 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1830 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1829 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1828 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1827 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1826 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1825 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1824 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1823 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1822 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1821 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1820 | – | – | 42.1 |
| 1819 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1818 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1817 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1816 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1815 | – | – | 42.2 |
| 1814 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1813 | – | – | 42.3 |
| 1812 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1811 | – | – | 42.4 |
| 1810 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1809 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1808 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1807 | – | – | 42.5 |
| 1806 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1805 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1804 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1803 | – | – | 42.6 |
| 1802 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1801 | – | – | 42.7 |
| 1800 | – | – | 42.8 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
- Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
- Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Bolivia vs Cuba
Health
- Life expectancyBolivia: 68.6 years in 2023Cuba: 78.1 years in 2023
- Infant mortalityBolivia: 31.8 per 1,000 live births in 2023Cuba: 4.4 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionBolivia: 3.09% in 2017Cuba: 3.32% in 2017
- Suicide rateBolivia: 6.4 per 100,000 people in 2017Cuba: 11.3 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationBolivia: 12.2 million people in 2023Cuba: 11 million people in 2023
- Population growthBolivia: 1.38% a year in 2023Cuba: -0.35% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateBolivia: 2.55 births per woman in 2023Cuba: 1.44 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationBolivia: 71.6% in 2025Cuba: 77.2% in 2025
- Median ageBolivia: 24.7 years in 2023Cuba: 41.7 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overBolivia: 5.6% in 2023Cuba: 16.2% in 2023
- Net migration rateBolivia: -0.2 per 1,000 people in 2023Cuba: -2.1 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingBolivia: 1.22% of GDP in 2025Cuba: 2.88% of GDP in 2018
- Military spending per personBolivia: $55 in 2025Cuba: $11 in 2018
- Armed forces personnelBolivia: 71,000 people in 2020Cuba: 76,000 people in 2020
- National powerBolivia: 0.1% of world capability in 2022Cuba: 0.11% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersBolivia: 1.21% of the labour force in 2020Cuba: 1.54% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsBolivia: 0 TIV in 2024Cuba: 8 million TIV in 2004