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Cuba — Infant mortality
Infant Mortality Rate for Cuba, 1960–2024.
Latest value · 2024
6.8
Infant Mortality Rate · per 1,000 live births · -81.4% since 1960
Infant mortality for Cuba was 6.8 in 2024, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1960 to 2024. The highest recorded value was 36.9 in 1962. The lowest was 4.8 in 2011 (about 1.4× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.60% per year.
Cuba ranks 139 of 196 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 71%. The median for Latin America & Caribbean is 12.0, so Cuba sits below it. It peaked in 1962 and has fallen 82% since. Over the last decade (2014–2024) the figure moved up 42%.
Key figures
Latest (2024)
6.8
First (1960)
36.6
Change
-81.4%
Highest
36.9
in 1962
Lowest
4.8
in 2011
Average
15.1
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.60%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | per 1,000 live births |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 6.8 |
| 2023 | 6.5 |
| 2022 | 6.2 |
| 2021 | 5.9 |
| 2020 | 5.7 |
| 2019 | 5.4 |
| 2018 | 5.2 |
| 2017 | 5.1 |
| 2016 | 4.9 |
| 2015 | 4.8 |
| 2014 | 4.8 |
| 2013 | 4.8 |
Reading this correctly. Number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year. Figures are in per 1,000 live births. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.DYN.IMRT.IN — Infant Mortality Rate. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.