What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Cuba and El Salvador?

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

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

40 years are reported by both, from 1985 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cuba vs El Salvador: Mortality rate, neonatal

Cuba

4.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

El Salvador

4.3 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Cuba rank

138th

El Salvador rank

138th

Mortality rate, neonatal over time

Cuba
El Salvador

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 4.3 per 1,000 live births against 4.3 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 40 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

Cuba ranks 138th and El Salvador ranks 138th of 197 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	El Salvador	Difference	Ahead
1980s	8.26 per 1,000 live births	24.54 per 1,000 live births	16.28 per 1,000 live births	El Salvador
1990s	5.61 per 1,000 live births	19.1 per 1,000 live births	13.49 per 1,000 live births	El Salvador
2000s	3.46 per 1,000 live births	11.3 per 1,000 live births	7.84 per 1,000 live births	El Salvador
2010s	2.74 per 1,000 live births	6.66 per 1,000 live births	3.92 per 1,000 live births	El Salvador
2020s	3.98 per 1,000 live births	4.7 per 1,000 live births	0.72 per 1,000 live births	El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, Cuba or El Salvador?: Cuba, at 4.3 per 1,000 live births against 4.3 per 1,000 live births in El Salvador as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between Cuba and El Salvador?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and El Salvador?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Cuba and El Salvador rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: Cuba ranks 138th and El Salvador ranks 138th 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.