Cuba vs Thailand: Child mortality rate
Cuba
0.86 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Thailand
0.9 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
135th
Thailand rank
133rd
Child mortality rate over time
- Cuba
- Thailand
How they compare
Thailand currently reports 0.9 deaths per 100 live births against 0.86 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 76 years both countries report, Thailand has been ahead every year.
Cuba ranks 135th and Thailand ranks 133rd of 200 countries.
Thailand has averaged higher in every one of the 9 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Thailand | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 4.83 deaths per 100 live births | 21.46 deaths per 100 live births | 16.63 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 1950s | 4.54 deaths per 100 live births | 17.86 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 | 0.729 deaths per 100 live births | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | 1.06 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 2010s | 0.628 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 0.587 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
| 2020s | 0.786 deaths per 100 live births | 0.952 deaths per 100 live births | 0.166 deaths per 100 live births | Thailand |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate, Cuba or Thailand?
- Thailand, at 0.9 deaths per 100 live births against 0.86 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate between Cuba and Thailand?
- 0.04 deaths per 100 live births, with Thailand ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Thailand?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1949 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Thailand rank globally for child mortality rate?
- Cuba ranks 135th and Thailand ranks 133rd 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.