Cuba vs Kuwait: Infant mortality rate
Cuba
0.6811 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait
0.7018 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
140th
Kuwait rank
138th
Infant mortality rate over time
- Cuba
- Kuwait
How they compare
Kuwait currently reports 0.7018 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6811 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba, a difference of 0.0207 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 66 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.
Cuba ranks 140th and Kuwait ranks 138th 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 | 3.63 deaths per 100 live births | 12.52 deaths per 100 live births | 8.89 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1960s | 3.58 deaths per 100 live births | 8.71 deaths per 100 live births | 5.13 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1970s | 2.52 deaths per 100 live births | 4.51 deaths per 100 live births | 1.99 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1980s | 1.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2.14 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6866 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 0.8805 deaths per 100 live births | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3618 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 0.5773 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9977 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4204 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 0.4955 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8099 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3143 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 0.6235 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7352 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1117 deaths per 100 live births | Kuwait |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate, Cuba or Kuwait?
- Kuwait, at 0.7018 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6811 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Cuba and Kuwait?
- 0.0207 deaths per 100 live births, with Kuwait 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 infant mortality rate?
- Cuba ranks 140th and Kuwait ranks 138th 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. 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 children aged under one year, per 100 live births .