Cuba vs Malaysia: Mortality rate, under-5
Cuba
8.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Malaysia
8.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
134th
Malaysia rank
136th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Cuba
- Malaysia
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 8.6 per 1,000 live births against 8.3 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.3 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Malaysia ahead.
Cuba ranks 134th and Malaysia ranks 136th of 196 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 | 43.11 per 1,000 live births | 73.41 per 1,000 live births | 30.3 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 1970s | 30.51 per 1,000 live births | 43.96 per 1,000 live births | 13.45 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 1980s | 17.91 per 1,000 live births | 23.08 per 1,000 live births | 5.17 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 1990s | 10.99 per 1,000 live births | 13.65 per 1,000 live births | 2.66 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 2000s | 7.29 per 1,000 live births | 8.63 per 1,000 live births | 1.34 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 2010s | 6.28 per 1,000 live births | 8.13 per 1,000 live births | 1.85 per 1,000 live births | Malaysia |
| 2020s | 7.86 per 1,000 live births | 8.24 per 1,000 live births | 0.38 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, Cuba or Malaysia?
- Cuba, at 8.6 per 1,000 live births against 8.3 per 1,000 live births in Malaysia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Cuba and Malaysia?
- 0.3 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?
- Cuba ranks 134th and Malaysia ranks 136th of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.