Which has higher causes of mortality, France or Latvia?

France, at 621,705 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia as of 2023.

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

595,389 Deaths, with France ahead.

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

44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.

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.

France vs Latvia: Causes of mortality

France

621,705 Deaths

in 2023

Latvia

26,316 Deaths

in 2024

France rank

9th

Latvia rank

5th

Causes of mortality over time

France
Latvia

How they compare

France currently reports 621,705 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia, a difference of 595,389 Deaths.

That makes France's figure about 23.6 times Latvia's.

Across all 44 years both countries report, France has been ahead every year.

France ranks 9th and Latvia ranks 5th of 36 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	France	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	542,795 Deaths	64,762 Deaths	478,033 Deaths	France
1990s	529,382 Deaths	58,477 Deaths	470,905 Deaths	France
2000s	529,249 Deaths	32,209 Deaths	497,040 Deaths	France
2010s	567,965 Deaths	28,545 Deaths	539,420 Deaths	France
2020s	643,304 Deaths	30,210 Deaths	613,094 Deaths	France

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, France or Latvia?: France, at 621,705 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between France and Latvia?: 595,389 Deaths, with France ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for France and Latvia?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do France and Latvia rank globally for causes of mortality?: France ranks 9th and Latvia ranks 5th of 36 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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About this data

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.