Latvia vs Sweden: Child mortality by sex
Latvia
0.2698 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Sweden
0.2615 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Latvia rank
190th
Sweden rank
191st
Child mortality by sex over time
- Latvia
- Sweden
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 0.2698 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden, a difference of 0.0083 deaths per 100 live births.
Across all 67 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.
Latvia ranks 190th and Sweden ranks 191st of 199 countries.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Sweden | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.07 deaths per 100 live births | 2.27 deaths per 100 live births | 1.79 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1960s | 2.98 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 1.08 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1970s | 2.46 deaths per 100 live births | 1.22 deaths per 100 live births | 1.24 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1980s | 2.05 deaths per 100 live births | 0.851 deaths per 100 live births | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1990s | 2.03 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5825 deaths per 100 live births | 1.44 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3981 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7984 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 0.6008 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3114 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2893 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.329 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2711 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0578 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 Sweden?
- Latvia, at 0.2698 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2615 deaths per 100 live births in Sweden as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality by sex between Latvia and Sweden?
- 0.0083 deaths per 100 live births, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Sweden?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Latvia and Sweden rank globally for child mortality by sex?
- Latvia ranks 190th and Sweden ranks 191st 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 .