Which has higher causes of mortality, Latvia or Poland?

Poland, at 408,504 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia as of 2024.

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

382,188 Deaths, with Poland ahead.

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

43 years are reported by both, from 1980 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.

Latvia vs Poland: Causes of mortality

Latvia

26,316 Deaths

in 2024

Poland

408,504 Deaths

in 2024

Latvia rank

5th

Poland rank

2nd

Causes of mortality over time

Latvia
Poland

How they compare

Poland currently reports 408,504 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia, a difference of 382,188 Deaths.

That makes Poland's figure about 15.5 times Latvia's.

Across all 43 years both countries report, Poland has been ahead every year.

Latvia ranks 5th and Poland ranks 2nd of 7 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latvia	Poland	Difference	Ahead
1980s	64,762 Deaths	369,232 Deaths	304,470 Deaths	Poland
1990s	64,630 Deaths	389,474 Deaths	324,844 Deaths	Poland
2000s	32,209 Deaths	369,902 Deaths	337,693 Deaths	Poland
2010s	28,545 Deaths	391,224 Deaths	362,678 Deaths	Poland
2020s	29,432 Deaths	452,572 Deaths	423,140 Deaths	Poland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Latvia or Poland?: Poland, at 408,504 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia as of 2024.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Latvia and Poland?: 382,188 Deaths, with Poland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Poland?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Latvia and Poland rank globally for causes of mortality?: Latvia ranks 5th and Poland ranks 2nd 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.