Cuba vs Malaysia: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Cuba
9.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
9 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
132nd
Malaysia rank
136th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Cuba
- Malaysia
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 9.5 per 1,000 live births against 9 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.5 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malaysia ahead.
Cuba ranks 132nd and Malaysia ranks 136th of 197 countries.
Malaysia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Malaysia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 46.51 per 1,000 live births | 78.36 per 1,000 live births | 31.85 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 33.66 per 1,000 live births | 47.56 per 1,000 live births | 13.9 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 20.09 per 1,000 live births | 25.21 per 1,000 live births | 5.12 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 12.37 per 1,000 live births | 14.93 per 1,000 live births | 2.56 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 8.1 per 1,000 live births | 9.36 per 1,000 live births | 1.26 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 6.93 per 1,000 live births | 8.83 per 1,000 live births | 1.9 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 8.64 per 1,000 live births | 8.94 per 1,000 live births | 0.3 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Cuba or Malaysia?
- Cuba, at 9.5 per 1,000 live births against 9 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Cuba and Malaysia?
- 0.5 per 1,000 live births, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Malaysia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Malaysia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Cuba ranks 132nd and Malaysia ranks 136th 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, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.