What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Cuba and Nauru?

0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Cuba vs Nauru: Youth mortality rate

Cuba

1.08 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Nauru

1.03 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cuba rank

134th

Nauru rank

136th

Youth mortality rate over time

Cuba
Nauru

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 1.08 deaths per 100 live births against 1.03 deaths per 100 live births in Nauru, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100 live births.

That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Nauru's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Nauru ahead.

Cuba ranks 134th and Nauru ranks 136th of 199 countries.

Nauru has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Cuba	Nauru	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1.44 deaths per 100 live births	6.32 deaths per 100 live births	4.88 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2000s	0.9592 deaths per 100 live births	4.12 deaths per 100 live births	3.16 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2010s	0.8236 deaths per 100 live births	2.27 deaths per 100 live births	1.44 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru
2020s	1 deaths per 100 live births	1.18 deaths per 100 live births	0.1749 deaths per 100 live births	Nauru

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Cuba or Nauru?: Cuba, at 1.08 deaths per 100 live births against 1.03 deaths per 100 live births in Nauru as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Cuba and Nauru?: 0.05 deaths per 100 live births, with Cuba ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Nauru?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Cuba and Nauru rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Cuba ranks 134th and Nauru ranks 136th 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 Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth 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, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.