Bahrain vs Cuba: Child mortality
Bahrain
0.8767 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba
0.8559 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Bahrain rank
135th
Cuba rank
137th
Child mortality over time
- Bahrain
- Cuba
How they compare
Bahrain currently reports 0.8767 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba, a difference of 0.0208 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Bahrain ahead.
Bahrain ranks 135th and Cuba ranks 137th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Bahrain averaged higher in 22 and Cuba in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahrain | Cuba | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 40.7 deaths per 100 live births | 3.28 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1810s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 38.97 deaths per 100 live births | 5.01 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1820s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 37.02 deaths per 100 live births | 6.96 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1830s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 36.51 deaths per 100 live births | 7.47 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1840s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 36.59 deaths per 100 live births | 7.39 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1850s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 36.25 deaths per 100 live births | 7.73 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1860s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 39.79 deaths per 100 live births | 4.19 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1870s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 42.32 deaths per 100 live births | 1.66 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1880s | 43.98 deaths per 100 live births | 31.45 deaths per 100 live births | 12.53 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1890s | 43.96 deaths per 100 live births | 51.13 deaths per 100 live births | 7.17 deaths per 100 live births | Cuba |
| 1900s | 43.63 deaths per 100 live births | 38.86 deaths per 100 live births | 4.77 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1910s | 42.74 deaths per 100 live births | 35.57 deaths per 100 live births | 7.17 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1920s | 41.71 deaths per 100 live births | 28.01 deaths per 100 live births | 13.69 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1930s | 40.16 deaths per 100 live births | 16.33 deaths per 100 live births | 23.83 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1940s | 33.39 deaths per 100 live births | 7.95 deaths per 100 live births | 25.44 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1950s | 28.31 deaths per 100 live births | 4.54 deaths per 100 live births | 23.77 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1960s | 13.65 deaths per 100 live births | 4.31 deaths per 100 live births | 9.34 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1970s | 5.32 deaths per 100 live births | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1980s | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8825 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 1990s | 1.86 deaths per 100 live births | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7584 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2000s | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7306 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3436 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2010s | 0.7914 deaths per 100 live births | 0.628 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1634 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
| 2020s | 0.8387 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7854 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0533 deaths per 100 live births | Bahrain |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Bahrain or Cuba?
- Bahrain, at 0.8767 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Bahrain and Cuba?
- 0.0208 deaths per 100 live births, with Bahrain ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahrain and Cuba?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Bahrain and Cuba rank globally for child mortality?
- Bahrain ranks 135th and Cuba ranks 137th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.