What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Chile and Cuba?

1 per 1,000 live births, with Cuba ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Cuba?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Chile vs Cuba: Mortality rate, infant

Chile

5.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Cuba

6.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Chile rank

143rd

Cuba rank

140th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Chile
Cuba

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 6.8 per 1,000 live births against 5.8 per 1,000 live births in Chile, a difference of 1 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Cuba's figure about 1.2 times Chile's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Chile ahead.

Chile ranks 143rd and Cuba ranks 140th of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 6 and Cuba in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Chile	Cuba	Difference	Ahead
1960s	98.33 per 1,000 live births	35.79 per 1,000 live births	62.54 per 1,000 live births	Chile
1970s	53.92 per 1,000 live births	25.24 per 1,000 live births	28.68 per 1,000 live births	Chile
1980s	20.79 per 1,000 live births	14.59 per 1,000 live births	6.2 per 1,000 live births	Chile
1990s	11.96 per 1,000 live births	8.8 per 1,000 live births	3.16 per 1,000 live births	Chile
2000s	8.01 per 1,000 live births	5.77 per 1,000 live births	2.24 per 1,000 live births	Chile
2010s	6.85 per 1,000 live births	4.95 per 1,000 live births	1.9 per 1,000 live births	Chile
2020s	5.84 per 1,000 live births	6.22 per 1,000 live births	0.38 per 1,000 live births	Cuba

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Chile or Cuba?: Cuba, at 6.8 per 1,000 live births against 5.8 per 1,000 live births in Chile as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Chile and Cuba?: 1 per 1,000 live births, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Cuba?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Chile and Cuba rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Chile ranks 143rd and Cuba ranks 140th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.