Cuba vs Puerto Rico: Mortality rates at age 25
Cuba
0.0733 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Puerto Rico
0.0716 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Cuba rank
168th
Puerto Rico rank
171st
Mortality rates at age 25 over time
- Cuba
- Puerto Rico
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 0.0733 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0716 deaths per 1,000 people in Puerto Rico, a difference of 0.0017 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Puerto Rico ahead.
Cuba ranks 168th and Puerto Rico ranks 171st of 236 countries.
Puerto Rico has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Puerto Rico | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 0.302 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3631 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.061 deaths per 1,000 people | Puerto Rico |
| 1960s | 0.2457 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2872 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0415 deaths per 1,000 people | Puerto Rico |
| 1970s | 0.1906 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3109 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1203 deaths per 1,000 people | Puerto Rico |
| 1980s | 0.1609 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3065 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1456 deaths per 1,000 people | Puerto Rico |
| 1990s | 0.1571 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2576 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1005 deaths per 1,000 people | Puerto Rico |
| 2000s | 0.1031 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1883 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0852 deaths per 1,000 people | Puerto Rico |
| 2010s | 0.0832 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1181 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0349 deaths per 1,000 people | Puerto Rico |
| 2020s | 0.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2009 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.1209 deaths per 1,000 people | Puerto Rico |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 25, Cuba or Puerto Rico?
- Cuba, at 0.0733 deaths per 1,000 people against 0.0716 deaths per 1,000 people in Puerto Rico as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 25 between Cuba and Puerto Rico?
- 0.0017 deaths per 1,000 people, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Puerto Rico?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Cuba and Puerto Rico rank globally for mortality rates at age 25?
- Cuba ranks 168th and Puerto Rico ranks 171st of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 25. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.