Latvia vs Norway: Child mortality by sex
Latvia
0.2698 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Norway
0.2735 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Latvia rank
190th
Norway rank
189th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Latvia
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 0.2735 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2698 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia, a difference of 0.0037 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Latvia ahead.
Latvia ranks 190th and Norway ranks 189th of 199 countries.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.07 deaths per 100 live births | 2.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.41 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1960s | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | 2.25 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7289 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1970s | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.51 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9488 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1980s | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 1.12 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9295 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1990s | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7016 deaths per 100 live births | 1.32 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4575 deaths per 100 live births | 0.739 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 0.6008 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3056 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2951 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.329 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2655 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0635 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality by sex, Latvia or Norway?
- Norway, at 0.2735 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2698 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Latvia and Norway?
- 0.0037 deaths per 100 live births, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Norway?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Latvia and Norway rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Latvia ranks 190th and Norway ranks 189th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality by sex. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated number of deaths of male children aged under five years, per 100 live births .