Cuba vs Malaysia: Child mortality vs. health spending

Cuba

0.8559 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Malaysia

0.8309 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Cuba rank

136th

Malaysia rank

137th

Child mortality vs. health spending over time

Cuba
Malaysia

How they compare

Cuba currently reports 0.8559 deaths per 100 live births against 0.8309 deaths per 100 live births in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0251 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Malaysia ahead.

Globally, Cuba ranks 136th and Malaysia ranks 137th of 199 countries.

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About this data

Indicator: Child mortality vs. health spending
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, 13,255 data points, 1931–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The estimated number of deaths of children aged under five years, per 100 live births .