Which has higher causes of mortality, Italy or Latvia?

Italy, at 666,131 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia as of 2023.

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

639,815 Deaths, with Italy ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Italy 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.

Italy vs Latvia: Causes of mortality

Italy

666,131 Deaths

in 2023

Latvia

26,316 Deaths

in 2024

Italy rank

7th

Latvia rank

5th

Causes of mortality over time

Italy
Latvia

How they compare

Italy currently reports 666,131 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia, a difference of 639,815 Deaths.

That makes Italy's figure about 25.3 times Latvia's.

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

Italy ranks 7th and Latvia ranks 5th of 36 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	542,972 Deaths	64,762 Deaths	478,210 Deaths	Italy
1990s	556,737 Deaths	58,477 Deaths	498,260 Deaths	Italy
2000s	568,108 Deaths	32,209 Deaths	535,899 Deaths	Italy
2010s	617,980 Deaths	28,545 Deaths	589,434 Deaths	Italy
2020s	710,350 Deaths	30,210 Deaths	680,139 Deaths	Italy

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Italy or Latvia?: Italy, at 666,131 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia as of 2023.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Italy and Latvia?: 639,815 Deaths, with Italy ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Latvia?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do Italy and Latvia rank globally for causes of mortality?: Italy ranks 7th 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.