What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cuba and Nauru?

0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Nauru?

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.

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.

Cuba vs Nauru: Child mortality rate

Cuba

0.86 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Nauru

0.83 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cuba rank

135th

Nauru rank

137th

Child mortality rate over time

Cuba
Nauru

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 0.86 deaths per 100 live births against 0.83 deaths per 100 live births in Nauru, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 40 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Nauru ahead.

Cuba ranks 135th and Nauru ranks 137th of 200 countries.

Nauru has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	Nauru	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.57 deaths per 100 live births	7.79 deaths per 100 live births	6.22 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
1990s	1.1 deaths per 100 live births	5.39 deaths per 100 live births	4.29 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2000s	0.729 deaths per 100 live births	3.46 deaths per 100 live births	2.73 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2010s	0.628 deaths per 100 live births	1.87 deaths per 100 live births	1.24 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2020s	0.786 deaths per 100 live births	0.944 deaths per 100 live births	0.158 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher child mortality rate, Cuba or Nauru?: Cuba, at 0.86 deaths per 100 live births against 0.83 deaths per 100 live births in Nauru as of 2024.
What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cuba and Nauru?: 0.03 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Nauru?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Cuba and Nauru rank globally for child mortality rate?: Cuba ranks 135th and Nauru 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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Indicator: Child mortality rate
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: 200 places, 16,161 data points, 1751–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Long-run estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.