Cuba vs Zimbabwe: Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts

Cuba

35.2%

in 2019

Zimbabwe

32.8%

in 2019

Cuba rank

67th

Zimbabwe rank

69th

Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts over time

Cuba currently reports 35.2% against 32.8% in Zimbabwe, a difference of 2.4%.

That makes Cuba's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 6 shared years of data; in 1986 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Cuba ranks 67th and Zimbabwe ranks 69th of 96 countries.

Indicator: Share of children with diarrhea receiving oral rehydration salts
Unit: % of children under 5 who received ORS packet
Source: Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) and UNICEF, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 96 places, 780 data points, 1985–2021
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

The share of children under five years old with diarrhea, in the two weeks prior to the survey, who received oral rehydration salts.