Cuba vs Georgia: Child mortality

Cuba
0.8559 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Georgia
0.8595 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
137th
Georgia rank
136th

Child mortality over time

  • Cuba
  • Georgia
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How they compare

Georgia currently reports 0.8595 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba, a difference of 0.0036 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Cuba ahead.

Cuba ranks 137th and Georgia ranks 136th of 203 countries.

Across the 23 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 10 and Georgia in 13.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Georgia Difference Ahead
1800s 40.7 deaths per 100 live births 39.31 deaths per 100 live births 1.39 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1810s 38.97 deaths per 100 live births 38.49 deaths per 100 live births 0.4717 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1820s 37.02 deaths per 100 live births 37.7 deaths per 100 live births 0.6781 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
1830s 36.51 deaths per 100 live births 36.92 deaths per 100 live births 0.4072 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
1840s 36.59 deaths per 100 live births 36.15 deaths per 100 live births 0.4385 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1850s 36.25 deaths per 100 live births 35.4 deaths per 100 live births 0.8472 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1860s 39.79 deaths per 100 live births 34.67 deaths per 100 live births 5.12 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1870s 42.32 deaths per 100 live births 33.95 deaths per 100 live births 8.37 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1880s 31.45 deaths per 100 live births 33.25 deaths per 100 live births 1.8 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
1890s 51.13 deaths per 100 live births 32.56 deaths per 100 live births 18.57 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1900s 38.86 deaths per 100 live births 30.8 deaths per 100 live births 8.06 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1910s 35.57 deaths per 100 live births 27.91 deaths per 100 live births 7.66 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1920s 28.01 deaths per 100 live births 25.29 deaths per 100 live births 2.72 deaths per 100 live births Cuba
1930s 16.33 deaths per 100 live births 20.8 deaths per 100 live births 4.47 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
1940s 7.95 deaths per 100 live births 15.07 deaths per 100 live births 7.12 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
1950s 4.54 deaths per 100 live births 11.58 deaths per 100 live births 7.04 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
1960s 4.31 deaths per 100 live births 9.21 deaths per 100 live births 4.9 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
1970s 3.05 deaths per 100 live births 7.08 deaths per 100 live births 4.03 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
1980s 1.79 deaths per 100 live births 5.19 deaths per 100 live births 3.4 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
1990s 1.1 deaths per 100 live births 4.39 deaths per 100 live births 3.29 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
2000s 0.7306 deaths per 100 live births 2.5 deaths per 100 live births 1.77 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
2010s 0.628 deaths per 100 live births 1.12 deaths per 100 live births 0.493 deaths per 100 live births Georgia
2020s 0.7854 deaths per 100 live births 0.8982 deaths per 100 live births 0.1127 deaths per 100 live births Georgia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality, Cuba or Georgia?
Georgia, at 0.8595 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 Cuba and Georgia?
0.0036 deaths per 100 live births, with Georgia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Georgia?
225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
How do Cuba and Georgia rank globally for child mortality?
Cuba ranks 137th and Georgia ranks 136th 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

Indicator
Child mortality
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
203 places, 42,924 data points, 1800–2024
Last refreshed

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