Latvia vs Singapore: Child mortality by sex
Latvia
0.2698 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Singapore
0.2839 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Latvia rank
190th
Singapore rank
187th
Child mortality by sex over time
- Latvia
- Singapore
How they compare
Singapore currently reports 0.2839 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2698 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia, a difference of 0.0141 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Singapore's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Singapore ahead.
Latvia ranks 190th and Singapore ranks 187th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Latvia averaged higher in 6 and Singapore in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Singapore | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.07 deaths per 100 live births | 5.89 deaths per 100 live births | 1.82 deaths per 100 live births | Singapore |
| 1960s | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | 4.02 deaths per 100 live births | 1.04 deaths per 100 live births | Singapore |
| 1970s | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2.19 deaths per 100 live births | 0.263 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1980s | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | 0.802 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1990s | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5894 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3384 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8582 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 0.6008 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2857 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3151 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.329 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2676 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0613 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 Singapore?
- Singapore, at 0.2839 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 Singapore?
- 0.0141 deaths per 100 live births, with Singapore ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Singapore?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Latvia and Singapore rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Latvia ranks 190th and Singapore ranks 187th 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 .