Cuba vs Sweden: Child homicide rate
Cuba
0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Sweden
0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2023
Cuba rank
31st
Sweden rank
32nd
Child homicide rate over time
- Cuba
- Sweden
How they compare
Cuba currently reports 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people in Sweden, a difference of 0.0157 deaths per 100,000 people.
Across all 41 years both countries report, Cuba has been ahead every year.
Cuba ranks 31st and Sweden ranks 32nd of 113 countries.
Cuba has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.9 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.7458 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.16 deaths per 100,000 people | Cuba |
| 1970s | 1.84 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6839 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.16 deaths per 100,000 people | Cuba |
| 1990s | 2.31 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.5047 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people | Cuba |
| 2000s | 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4172 deaths per 100,000 people | 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people | Cuba |
| 2010s | 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4774 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.9576 deaths per 100,000 people | Cuba |
| 2020s | 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.6422 deaths per 100,000 people | 0.4169 deaths per 100,000 people | Cuba |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child homicide rate, Cuba or Sweden?
- Cuba, at 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people in Sweden as of 2021.
- What is the difference in child homicide rate between Cuba and Sweden?
- 0.0157 deaths per 100,000 people, with Cuba ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Sweden?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1964 to 2021.
- How do Cuba and Sweden rank globally for child homicide rate?
- Cuba ranks 31st and Sweden ranks 32nd of 113 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Child homicide rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Annual number of homicides where the victim is under 20 years old, per 100,000 people in the same age-group.