Chile vs Cuba: Infant mortality rate by sex
Chile
0.5355 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba
0.6009 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Chile rank
144th
Cuba rank
141st
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Chile
- Cuba
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 0.6009 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5355 deaths per 100 live births in Chile, a difference of 0.0654 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Chile ahead.
Chile ranks 144th and Cuba ranks 141st of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 7 and Cuba in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Cuba | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 11.5 deaths per 100 live births | 3.26 deaths per 100 live births | 8.24 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1960s | 9.09 deaths per 100 live births | 3.23 deaths per 100 live births | 5.86 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1970s | 4.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.22 deaths per 100 live births | 2.68 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1980s | 1.87 deaths per 100 live births | 1.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6148 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 1990s | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7563 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3269 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 2000s | 0.7235 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5087 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2148 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 2010s | 0.6288 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4405 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1883 deaths per 100 live births | Chile |
| 2020s | 0.5386 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5527 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0141 deaths per 100 live births | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Chile or Cuba?
- Cuba, at 0.6009 deaths per 100 live births against 0.5355 deaths per 100 live births in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Chile and Cuba?
- 0.0654 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Cuba?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Cuba rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Chile ranks 144th and Cuba ranks 141st 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 Infant mortality rate by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of female children aged under one year, per 100 live births .