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