Cuba vs Malaysia: Child mortality
Cuba
0.8559 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
0.8309 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
137th
Malaysia rank
138th
Child mortality over time
- Cuba
- Malaysia
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8309 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.025 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Malaysia ahead.
Cuba ranks 137th and Malaysia ranks 138th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 40.7 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 2.88 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1810s | 38.97 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 4.61 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1820s | 37.02 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 6.56 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1830s | 36.51 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 7.07 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1840s | 36.59 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 6.99 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1850s | 36.25 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 7.33 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1860s | 39.79 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 3.79 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1870s | 42.32 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1880s | 31.45 deaths per 100 live births | 43.58 deaths per 100 live births | 12.13 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1890s | 51.13 deaths per 100 live births | 43.56 deaths per 100 live births | 7.57 deaths per 100 live births | Cuba |
| 1900s | 38.86 deaths per 100 live births | 43.23 deaths per 100 live births | 4.37 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1910s | 35.57 deaths per 100 live births | 42.35 deaths per 100 live births | 6.78 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1920s | 28.01 deaths per 100 live births | 41.33 deaths per 100 live births | 13.32 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1930s | 16.33 deaths per 100 live births | 34.5 deaths per 100 live births | 18.16 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1940s | 7.95 deaths per 100 live births | 22.49 deaths per 100 live births | 14.54 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1950s | 4.54 deaths per 100 live births | 13.44 deaths per 100 live births | 8.9 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1960s | 4.31 deaths per 100 live births | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | 3.03 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 4.4 deaths per 100 live births | 1.35 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5166 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 1.37 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2667 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 0.7306 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8627 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1321 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 0.628 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8135 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1855 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.7854 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8237 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0383 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Cuba or Malaysia?
- Cuba, at 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8309 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Cuba and Malaysia?
- 0.025 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Malaysia?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Malaysia rank globally for child mortality?
- Cuba ranks 137th and Malaysia ranks 138th 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
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.