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Under-five mortality rate — Cuba

Under-five mortality rate in Cuba in 2024 — 8.6 per 1,000. Ranked 62 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 80.5%.

2024 8.6 per 1,000 +4.88% vs 2023
World rank 62of 196
Period maximum 44.5 per 1,0001962
Period minimum 6 per 1,0002013

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Cuba, 1960–2024020406019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 44.1 per 1,0001962: 44.5 per 1,0001964: 44.2 per 1,0001966: 43 per 1,0001968: 41 per 1,0001970: 38.1 per 1,0001972: 34.8 per 1,0001974: 31.2 per 1,0001976: 27.8 per 1,0001978: 24.8 per 1,0001980: 22.2 per 1,0001982: 20 per 1,0001984: 18.2 per 1,0001986: 16.5 per 1,0001988: 14.9 per 1,0001990: 13.5 per 1,0001992: 12.2 per 1,0001994: 11.1 per 1,0001996: 10.2 per 1,0001998: 9.3 per 1,0002000: 8.6 per 1,0002002: 7.9 per 1,0002004: 7.3 per 1,0002006: 6.8 per 1,0002008: 6.5 per 1,0002010: 6.2 per 1,0002012: 6.1 per 1,0002014: 6.1 per 1,0002016: 6.3 per 1,0002018: 6.6 per 1,0002020: 7.2 per 1,0002022: 7.8 per 1,0002024: 8.6 per 1,000
Change over the period: −35.5 (−80.5%) Average annual rate: -2.52 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Cuba

Cuba 8.6 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Latin America & Caribbean 15.4 per 1,000
Upper-middle-income countries computed 10.4 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Cuba, by year Cuba All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 8.6 +0.4 +4.88%
2023 8.2 +0.4 +5.13%
2022 7.8 +0.3 +4%
2021 7.5 +0.3 +4.17%
2020 7.2 +0.3 +4.35%
2019 6.9 +0.3 +4.55%
2018 6.6 +0.2 +3.12%
2017 6.4 +0.1 +1.59%
2016 6.3 +0.2 +3.28%
2015 6.1 +0 +0%
2014 6.1 +0.1 +1.67%
2013 6 −0.1 −1.64%
2012 6.1 +0 +0%
2011 6.1 −0.1 −1.61%
2010 6.2 −0.1 −1.59%
2009 6.3 −0.2 −3.08%
2008 6.5 −0.1 −1.52%
2007 6.6 −0.2 −2.94%
2006 6.8 −0.3 −4.23%
2005 7.1 −0.2 −2.74%
2004 7.3 −0.3 −3.95%
2003 7.6 −0.3 −3.8%
2002 7.9 −0.3 −3.66%
2001 8.2 −0.4 −4.65%
2000 8.6 −0.3 −3.37%
1999 8.9 −0.4 −4.3%
1998 9.3 −0.4 −4.12%
1997 9.7 −0.5 −4.9%
1996 10.2 −0.4 −3.77%
1995 10.6 −0.5 −4.5%
1994 11.1 −0.5 −4.31%
1993 11.6 −0.6 −4.92%
1992 12.2 −0.6 −4.69%
1991 12.8 −0.7 −5.19%
1990 13.5 −0.6 −4.26%
1989 14.1 −0.8 −5.37%
1988 14.9 −0.8 −5.1%
1987 15.7 −0.8 −4.85%
1986 16.5 −0.8 −4.62%
1985 17.3 −0.9 −4.95%
1984 18.2 −0.9 −4.71%
1983 19.1 −0.9 −4.5%
1982 20 −1.1 −5.21%
1981 21.1 −1.1 −4.95%
1980 22.2 −1.2 −5.13%
1979 23.4 −1.4 −5.65%
1978 24.8 −1.4 −5.34%
1977 26.2 −1.6 −5.76%
1976 27.8 −1.6 −5.44%
1975 29.4 −1.8 −5.77%
1974 31.2 −1.7 −5.17%
1973 32.9 −1.9 −5.46%
1972 34.8 −1.7 −4.66%
1971 36.5 −1.6 −4.2%
1970 38.1 −1.5 −3.79%
1969 39.6 −1.4 −3.41%
1968 41 −1.1 −2.61%
1967 42.1 −0.9 −2.09%
1966 43 −0.7 −1.6%
1965 43.7 −0.5 −1.13%
1964 44.2 −0.3 −0.67%
1963 44.5 +0 +0%
1962 44.5 +0.1 +0.23%
1961 44.4 +0.3 +0.68%
1960 44.1 — —

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

TC Turks and Caicos Islands 4.7 CU Cuba 8.6 AG Antigua and Barbuda 9.1 BB Barbados 9.8 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.3 BS Bahamas 12.4 VG British Virgin Islands 12.4 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 15.9 LC Saint Lucia 17.2 JM Jamaica 17.8 GD Grenada 18 TT Trinidad and Tobago 18.8 DO Dominican Republic 30.6 DM Dominica 35.7 HT Haiti 52.8
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About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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