Cuba vs Malaysia: Child mortality rate
Cuba
0.86 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
0.83 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
135th
Malaysia rank
137th
Child mortality rate over time
- Cuba
- Malaysia
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 0.86 deaths per 100 live births against 0.83 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malaysia ahead.
Cuba ranks 135th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 200 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 0.517 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 1.36 deaths per 100 live births | 0.266 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 0.729 deaths per 100 live births | 0.863 deaths per 100 live births | 0.134 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 0.628 deaths per 100 live births | 0.813 deaths per 100 live births | 0.185 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 0.786 deaths per 100 live births | 0.824 deaths per 100 live births | 0.038 deaths per 100 live births | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Cuba or Malaysia?
- Cuba, at 0.86 deaths per 100 live births against 0.83 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cuba and Malaysia?
- 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Malaysia?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Malaysia rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Cuba ranks 135th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 200 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 rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.