Cuba vs Kuwait: Child mortality rate
Cuba
0.8559 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait
0.8104 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
136th
Kuwait rank
139th
Child mortality rate over time
- Cuba
- Kuwait
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0455 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Kuwait's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1959 it was Kuwait ahead.
Cuba ranks 136th and Kuwait ranks 139th of 199 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.38 deaths per 100 live births | 15.22 deaths per 100 live births | 10.83 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 4.31 deaths per 100 live births | 10.49 deaths per 100 live births | 6.18 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 3.05 deaths per 100 live births | 5.35 deaths per 100 live births | 2.3 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 2.54 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7468 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 1.48 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3847 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.7306 deaths per 100 live births | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4566 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.628 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9476 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3196 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.7854 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8511 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0657 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Cuba or Kuwait?
- Cuba, at 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8104 deaths per 100 live births in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cuba and Kuwait?
- 0.0455 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Kuwait?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1959 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Kuwait rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Cuba ranks 136th and Kuwait ranks 139th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .