Which has higher causes of mortality, Estonia or Latvia?

Latvia, at 26,316 Deaths against 15,530 Deaths in Estonia as of 2024.

What is the difference in causes of mortality between Estonia and Latvia?

10,786 Deaths, with Latvia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Latvia?

42 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Estonia vs Latvia: Causes of mortality

Estonia

15,530 Deaths

in 2024

Latvia

26,316 Deaths

in 2024

Estonia rank

7th

Latvia rank

5th

Causes of mortality over time

Estonia
Latvia

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 26,316 Deaths against 15,530 Deaths in Estonia, a difference of 10,786 Deaths.

That makes Latvia's figure about 1.7 times Estonia's.

Across all 42 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.

Estonia ranks 7th and Latvia ranks 5th of 7 countries.

Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Estonia	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	36,839 Deaths	64,564 Deaths	27,725 Deaths	Latvia
1990s	27,984 Deaths	58,477 Deaths	30,493 Deaths	Latvia
2000s	17,593 Deaths	32,209 Deaths	14,616 Deaths	Latvia
2010s	15,416 Deaths	28,545 Deaths	13,129 Deaths	Latvia
2020s	16,503 Deaths	29,432 Deaths	12,929 Deaths	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Estonia or Latvia?: Latvia, at 26,316 Deaths against 15,530 Deaths in Estonia as of 2024.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Estonia and Latvia?: 10,786 Deaths, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Latvia?: 42 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2024.
How do Estonia and Latvia rank globally for causes of mortality?: Estonia ranks 7th and Latvia ranks 5th of 7 countries.
Where does this data come from?: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, published as Causes of mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Causes of mortality
Unit: Deaths
Source: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development
Licence: OECD Terms and Conditions (attribution required)
Coverage: 46 places, 2,503 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 19 August 2026

This dataset presents the number of deaths and age-standardised death rates by causes of deaths. The number of deaths according to sex and selected causes are extracted from the World Health Organization Mortality Database available at https://www.who.int/data/data-collection-tools/who-mortality-database. Detailed information on the coverage and reliability of the cause-of-death data is regularly published in World Health Statistics Annuals. The selected causes of death presented in the OECD Health Statistics database are detailed in an Excel file available for download, with codes according to the Tenth revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD) along with codes from other ICD revisions used in the WHO Mortality Database. Please refer to the Sources and Methods for detailed country-specific information.