Cuba vs Thailand: Child mortality
Cuba
0.8559 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Thailand
0.8963 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
137th
Thailand rank
134th
Child mortality over time
- Cuba
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 0.8963 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba, a difference of 0.0404 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 225 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Thailand ahead.
Cuba ranks 137th and Thailand ranks 134th of 203 countries.
Across the 23 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 1 and Thailand in 22.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 40.7 deaths per 100 live births | 43.85 deaths per 100 live births | 3.14 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1810s | 38.97 deaths per 100 live births | 43.85 deaths per 100 live births | 4.88 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1820s | 37.02 deaths per 100 live births | 43.85 deaths per 100 live births | 6.83 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1830s | 36.51 deaths per 100 live births | 43.85 deaths per 100 live births | 7.34 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1840s | 36.59 deaths per 100 live births | 43.85 deaths per 100 live births | 7.26 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1850s | 36.25 deaths per 100 live births | 43.85 deaths per 100 live births | 7.6 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1860s | 39.79 deaths per 100 live births | 43.85 deaths per 100 live births | 4.06 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1870s | 42.32 deaths per 100 live births | 43.85 deaths per 100 live births | 1.53 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1880s | 31.45 deaths per 100 live births | 43.85 deaths per 100 live births | 12.4 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1890s | 51.13 deaths per 100 live births | 43.83 deaths per 100 live births | 7.3 deaths per 100 live births | Cuba |
| 1900s | 38.86 deaths per 100 live births | 43.5 deaths per 100 live births | 4.64 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1910s | 35.57 deaths per 100 live births | 42.61 deaths per 100 live births | 7.04 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1920s | 28.01 deaths per 100 live births | 41.58 deaths per 100 live births | 13.57 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1930s | 16.33 deaths per 100 live births | 33.73 deaths per 100 live births | 17.39 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1940s | 7.95 deaths per 100 live births | 25.48 deaths per 100 live births | 17.53 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1950s | 4.54 deaths per 100 live births | 17.85 deaths per 100 live births | 13.31 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1960s | 4.31 deaths per 100 live births | 12.58 deaths per 100 live births | 8.27 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1970s | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 8.05 deaths per 100 live births | 5 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1980s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 4.95 deaths per 100 live births | 3.16 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1990s | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2.92 deaths per 100 live births | 1.82 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 2000s | 0.7306 deaths per 100 live births | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 1.05 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 2010s | 0.628 deaths per 100 live births | 1.21 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5865 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 2020s | 0.7854 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9512 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1657 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Cuba or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 0.8963 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 Thailand?
- 0.0404 deaths per 100 live births, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Thailand?
- 225 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Thailand rank globally for child mortality?
- Cuba ranks 137th and Thailand ranks 134th 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.