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Child homicide rate in Cuba

Cuba: Child homicide rate was 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. ▼ Falling

Latest (2021)
0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people
Change on year
down 34.4%
World rank
31st
of 113 countries
All-time high
3.08 deaths per 100,000 people
in 1995
All-time low
0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2021
Years of data
41
1964–2021

Child homicide rate in Cuba, 1964–2021

11.522.531964199220211964: 2.3 deaths per 100,000 people1968: 2 deaths per 100,000 people1969: 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people1970: 1.9 deaths per 100,000 people1971: 2 deaths per 100,000 people1972: 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people1973: 2.2 deaths per 100,000 people1974: 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people1975: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people1976: 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people1977: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people1992: 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people1993: 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people1994: 2.5 deaths per 100,000 people1995: 3.1 deaths per 100,000 people1996: 2.2 deaths per 100,000 people1997: 2.1 deaths per 100,000 people1998: 1.9 deaths per 100,000 people1999: 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people2000: 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people2001: 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people2002: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people2003: 2 deaths per 100,000 people2004: 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people2005: 1.9 deaths per 100,000 people2006: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people2007: 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people2008: 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people2009: 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people2010: 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people2011: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people2012: 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people2013: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people2014: 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people2015: 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people2016: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people2017: 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people2018: 1 deaths per 100,000 people2019: 0.974 deaths per 100,000 people2020: 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people2021: 0.839 deaths per 100,000 people

Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for child homicide rate in Cuba is 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people, measured in 2021. That is the lowest value across all 41 years on record.

The figure is down 34.4% on the previous year and down 50.4% over ten years.

Over the whole period, child homicide rate in Cuba peaked at 3.08 deaths per 100,000 people in 1995 and was at its lowest, 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2021.

That places Cuba 31st out of 113 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 41 years of available data.

Child homicide rate in Cuba, year by year

Year deaths per 100,000 people Change
1964 2.25 deaths per 100,000 people —
1968 2 deaths per 100,000 people -11.2%
1969 1.45 deaths per 100,000 people -27.7%
1970 1.95 deaths per 100,000 people +34.8%
1971 1.97 deaths per 100,000 people +0.8%
1972 1.75 deaths per 100,000 people -10.8%
1973 2.16 deaths per 100,000 people +22.8%
1974 2.12 deaths per 100,000 people -1.7%
1975 1.65 deaths per 100,000 people -22.0%
1976 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people -12.6%
1977 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people +17.7%
1992 2.93 deaths per 100,000 people +72.5%
1993 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people -8.1%
1994 2.47 deaths per 100,000 people -8.2%
1995 3.08 deaths per 100,000 people +24.6%
1996 2.17 deaths per 100,000 people -29.7%
1997 2.09 deaths per 100,000 people -3.6%
1998 1.87 deaths per 100,000 people -10.4%
1999 1.16 deaths per 100,000 people -37.9%
2000 1.58 deaths per 100,000 people +35.9%
2001 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people +14.1%
2002 1.74 deaths per 100,000 people -3.4%
2003 2.04 deaths per 100,000 people +17.3%
2004 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people -26.4%
2005 1.88 deaths per 100,000 people +25.3%
2006 1.67 deaths per 100,000 people -11.1%
2007 1.56 deaths per 100,000 people -6.5%
2008 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people +1.9%
2009 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people -0.1%
2010 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people -9.3%
2011 1.69 deaths per 100,000 people +17.1%
2012 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people -7.3%
2013 1.66 deaths per 100,000 people +6.1%
2014 1.53 deaths per 100,000 people -8.1%
2015 1.35 deaths per 100,000 people -11.7%
2016 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people +27.0%
2017 1.38 deaths per 100,000 people -19.4%
2018 1.04 deaths per 100,000 people -24.7%
2019 0.9741 deaths per 100,000 people -6.3%
2020 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people +31.3%
2021 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people -34.4%

Cuba compared with similar countries

  • Cuba's 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6615 deaths per 100,000 people, 1.3× the median. (43 countries reporting)
  • Cuba's 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people is below the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 3.14 deaths per 100,000 people, 27% of the median. (31 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1960s 1.9 deaths per 100,000 people 1.45 deaths per 100,000 people 2.25 deaths per 100,000 people 3
1970s 1.84 deaths per 100,000 people 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2.16 deaths per 100,000 people 8
1990s 2.31 deaths per 100,000 people 1.16 deaths per 100,000 people 3.08 deaths per 100,000 people 8
2000s 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2.04 deaths per 100,000 people 10
2010s 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people 0.9741 deaths per 100,000 people 1.71 deaths per 100,000 people 10
2020s 1.06 deaths per 100,000 people 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people 1.28 deaths per 100,000 people 2

Countries ranked near Cuba

  1. 28 Suriname 0.9077 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  2. 29 Guadeloupe 0.8965 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  3. 30 Peru 0.8607 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  4. 32 Sweden 0.8237 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  5. 33 New Zealand 0.7911 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  6. 34 Iran 0.741 deaths per 100,000 people compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is child homicide rate in Cuba?
Child homicide rate in Cuba was 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest child homicide rate recorded in Cuba?
The highest recorded value was 3.08 deaths per 100,000 people in 1995.
What is the lowest child homicide rate recorded in Cuba?
The lowest recorded value was 0.8394 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021.
How does Cuba rank for child homicide rate?
Cuba ranks 31st out of 113 countries with data for 2021.
Is child homicide rate rising or falling in Cuba?
Over the last ten years it is down 50.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Cuba data come from?
The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Child homicide rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Child homicide rate
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
113 places, 4,903 data points, 1950–2023
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Annual number of homicides where the victim is under 20 years old, per 100,000 people in the same age-group.