Which has higher survival to age 65, female, Cuba or United States?

United States, at 88.4% against 88.2% in Cuba as of 2024.

What is the difference in survival to age 65, female between Cuba and United States?

0.2%, with United States ahead.

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

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cuba vs United States: Survival to age 65, female

Cuba

88.2%

in 2024

United States

88.4%

in 2024

Cuba rank

87th

United States rank

84th

Survival to age 65, female over time

Cuba
United States

How they compare

United States currently reports 88.4% against 88.2% in Cuba, a difference of 0.2%.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was United States ahead.

Cuba ranks 87th and United States ranks 84th of 218 countries.

United States has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	United States	Difference	Ahead
1960s	70.9%	78.9%	8.0%	United States
1970s	76.9%	81.5%	4.6%	United States
1980s	81.0%	84.2%	3.3%	United States
1990s	82.6%	85.7%	3.1%	United States
2000s	85.9%	87.1%	1.2%	United States
2010s	87.2%	87.9%	0.7%	United States
2020s	86.5%	86.7%	0.2%	United States

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher survival to age 65, female, Cuba or United States?: United States, at 88.4% against 88.2% in Cuba as of 2024.
What is the difference in survival to age 65, female between Cuba and United States?: 0.2%, with United States ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and United States?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Cuba and United States rank globally for survival to age 65, female?: Cuba ranks 87th and United States ranks 84th of 218 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Cuba vs United States: Survival to age 65, female. Statizoid, drawing on World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/survival-to-age-65-female-percent-of-cohort/cuba/united-states/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/survival-to-age-65-female-percent-of-cohort/cuba/united-states/">Cuba vs United States: Survival to age 65, female</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Survival to age 65, female (% of cohort)
Unit: % of cohort
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 266 places, 17,290 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 17 September 2026

Survival to age 65 refers to the percentage of a cohort of newborn infants that would survive to age 65, if subject to age specific mortality rates of the specified year.