Cuba vs Uruguay: Infant mortality rate

Cuba
0.6811 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Uruguay
0.6166 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
140th
Uruguay rank
141st

Infant mortality rate over time

  • Cuba
  • Uruguay
0246194919862024

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 0.6811 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6166 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay, a difference of 0.0645 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Uruguay's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Uruguay ahead.

Cuba ranks 140th and Uruguay ranks 141st of 199 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Cuba averaged higher in 1 and Uruguay in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Uruguay Difference Ahead
1950s 3.61 deaths per 100 live births 5.71 deaths per 100 live births 2.09 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1960s 3.58 deaths per 100 live births 5.28 deaths per 100 live births 1.7 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1970s 2.52 deaths per 100 live births 4.7 deaths per 100 live births 2.18 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1980s 1.46 deaths per 100 live births 2.67 deaths per 100 live births 1.21 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
1990s 0.8805 deaths per 100 live births 1.84 deaths per 100 live births 0.9631 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2000s 0.5773 deaths per 100 live births 1.25 deaths per 100 live births 0.6686 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2010s 0.4955 deaths per 100 live births 0.7684 deaths per 100 live births 0.2728 deaths per 100 live births Uruguay
2020s 0.6235 deaths per 100 live births 0.6115 deaths per 100 live births 0.012 deaths per 100 live births Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher infant mortality rate, Cuba or Uruguay?
Cuba, at 0.6811 deaths per 100 live births against 0.6166 deaths per 100 live births in Uruguay as of 2024.
What is the difference in infant mortality rate between Cuba and Uruguay?
0.0645 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Uruguay?
67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
How do Cuba and Uruguay rank globally for infant mortality rate?
Cuba ranks 140th and Uruguay 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Infant mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 13,185 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under one year, per 100 live births .