What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Cuba and Tonga?

0.0109 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.

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

36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.

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.

Cuba vs Tonga: Neonatal mortality rate

Cuba

0.4255 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Tonga

0.4146 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cuba rank

140th

Tonga rank

141st

Neonatal mortality rate over time

Cuba
Tonga

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 0.4255 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4146 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga, a difference of 0.0109 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 36 shared years of data; in 1989 it was Tonga ahead.

Cuba ranks 140th and Tonga ranks 141st of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	Tonga	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.7277 deaths per 100 live births	1.02 deaths per 100 live births	0.2883 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga
1990s	0.5605 deaths per 100 live births	0.8365 deaths per 100 live births	0.276 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga
2000s	0.3463 deaths per 100 live births	0.6331 deaths per 100 live births	0.2869 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga
2010s	0.2737 deaths per 100 live births	0.5141 deaths per 100 live births	0.2404 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga
2020s	0.3961 deaths per 100 live births	0.4396 deaths per 100 live births	0.0435 deaths per 100 live births	Tonga

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher neonatal mortality rate, Cuba or Tonga?: Cuba, at 0.4255 deaths per 100 live births against 0.4146 deaths per 100 live births in Tonga as of 2024.
What is the difference in neonatal mortality rate between Cuba and Tonga?: 0.0109 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Tonga?: 36 years are reported by both, from 1989 to 2024.
How do Cuba and Tonga rank globally for neonatal mortality rate?: Cuba ranks 140th and Tonga ranks 141st 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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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: 18 September 2026

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