Cuba vs United States: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.9 per 100 live births in Cuba and 0.7 per 100 live births in United States, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Cuba, by 0.2 per 100 live births, or 1.32 times that in United States.

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deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

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What the numbers say

Cuba has been higher since 2018, when it overtook United States.
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	Cuba	United States	World
2024	0.9	0.7	3.7
2023	0.8	0.7	3.8
2022	0.8	0.7	4
2021	0.8	0.7	4
2020	0.7	0.7	3.9
2019	0.7	0.7	4
2018	0.7	0.7	4
2017	0.6	0.7	4.1
2016	0.6	0.7	4.2
2015	0.6	0.7	4.3
2014	0.6	0.7	4.4
2013	0.6	0.7	4.5
2012	0.6	0.7	4.7
2011	0.6	0.7	5
2010	0.6	0.7	5.1
2009	0.6	0.8	5.3
2008	0.7	0.8	5.5
2007	0.7	0.8	5.7
2006	0.7	0.8	6
2005	0.7	0.8	6.2
2004	0.7	0.8	6.6
2003	0.8	0.8	6.8
2002	0.8	0.8	7.1
2001	0.8	0.8	7.4
2000	0.9	0.8	7.7
1999	0.9	0.9	7.9
1998	0.9	0.9	8.3
1997	1	0.9	8.4
1996	1	0.9	8.6
1995	1.1	1	8.8
1994	1.1	1	8.9
1993	1.2	1	9.1
1992	1.2	1.1	9.2
1991	1.3	1.1	9.3
1990	1.4	1.1	9.4
1989	1.4	1.2	9.5
1988	1.5	1.2	10
1987	1.6	1.2	9.9
1986	1.7	1.2	10.3
1985	1.7	1.3	10.6
1984	1.8	1.3	10.9
1983	1.9	1.3	11.1
1982	2	1.4	11.2
1981	2.1	1.4	11.6
1980	2.2	1.5	11.9
1979	2.3	1.6	11.9
1978	2.5	1.6	12.3
1977	2.6	1.7	12.6
1976	2.8	1.8	12.8
1975	2.9	1.9	13.1
1974	3.1	2	13.3
1973	3.3	2.1	13.5
1972	3.5	2.2	13.7
1971	3.7	2.2	13.9
1970	3.8	2.3	14.2
1969	4	2.4	14.6
1968	4.1	2.5	15
1967	4.2	2.6	15.3
1966	4.3	2.6	15.1
1965	4.4	2.7	15.1
1964	4.4	2.8	15.7
1963	4.5	2.8	16.2
1962	4.5	2.9	17
1961	4.4	3	18.8
1960	4.4	3	20.2
1959	4.4	3.1	19.9
1958	4.4	3.1	19.7
1957	4.7	3.2	20.5
1956	4.3	3.2	21.3
1955	4.6	3.3	22.3
1954	4.1	3.4	22.8
1953	4.8	3.5	23.3
1952	4.8	3.6	23.9
1951	5	3.7	24.3
1950	4.4	3.8	24.7
1949	4.8	3.9	24.9
1948	5	4	24.9
1947	5.4	4.3	25.5
1946	5.3	4.7	25.8
1945	9.5	4.8	26.7
1944	7.8	5	27.4
1943	9.9	5.4	27.7
1942	–	5.5	27.9
1941	–	6	27.8
1940	–	6.2	27.9
1939	–	6.3	28
1938	11.9	7	28.7
1937	12.6	7.4	28.8
1936	16	7.6	29.1
1935	20	7.5	29.5
1934	14.9	8	30.7
1933	20.9	7.3	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

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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.

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