Latvia vs United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: Causes of mortality

Latvia
26,316 Deaths
in 2024
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
647,699 Deaths
in 2024
Latvia rank
5th
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank
8th

Causes of mortality over time

  • Latvia
  • United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
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How they compare

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland currently reports 647,699 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia, a difference of 621,383 Deaths.

That makes United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland's figure about 24.6 times Latvia's.

Across all 44 years both countries report, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has been ahead every year.

Latvia ranks 5th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 8th of 7 countries.

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Latvia United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Difference Ahead
1980s 64,762 Deaths 656,896 Deaths 592,134 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
1990s 58,477 Deaths 638,082 Deaths 579,604 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2000s 32,209 Deaths 586,500 Deaths 554,291 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2010s 28,545 Deaths 585,386 Deaths 556,841 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
2020s 29,432 Deaths 664,014 Deaths 634,582 Deaths United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher causes of mortality, Latvia or United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, at 647,699 Deaths against 26,316 Deaths in Latvia as of 2024.
What is the difference in causes of mortality between Latvia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
621,383 Deaths, with United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland?
44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do Latvia and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland rank globally for causes of mortality?
Latvia ranks 5th and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland ranks 8th 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

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.