Cuba vs Kuwait: Neonatal mortality rate

Cuba
0.4255 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Kuwait
0.4425 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Cuba rank
140th
Kuwait rank
137th

Neonatal mortality rate over time

  • Cuba
  • Kuwait
0.511.522.5196819962024

How they compare

Kuwait currently reports 0.4425 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4255 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba, a difference of 0.017 deaths per 100 live births.

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

Cuba ranks 140th and Kuwait ranks 137th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Cuba Kuwait Difference Ahead
1980s 0.825 deaths per 100 live births 1.16 deaths per 100 live births 0.3384 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
1990s 0.5605 deaths per 100 live births 0.825 deaths per 100 live births 0.2645 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
2000s 0.3463 deaths per 100 live births 0.5982 deaths per 100 live births 0.2519 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
2010s 0.2737 deaths per 100 live births 0.5109 deaths per 100 live births 0.2372 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait
2020s 0.3961 deaths per 100 live births 0.4698 deaths per 100 live births 0.0737 deaths per 100 live births Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Cuba or Kuwait?
Kuwait, at 0.4425 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4255 deaths per 100 live births in Cuba as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Cuba and Kuwait?
0.017 deaths per 100 live births, with Kuwait ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Kuwait?
40 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2024.
How do Cuba and Kuwait rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?
Cuba ranks 140th and Kuwait ranks 137th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Neonatal mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Neonatal mortality rate
Unit
deaths per 100 live births
Source
United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
199 places, 10,377 data points, 1951–2024
Last refreshed

The estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days, per 100 live births .