Latvia vs Monaco: Child mortality
Latvia
0.2501 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Monaco
0.2661 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Latvia rank
192nd
Monaco rank
189th
Child mortality over time
- Latvia
- Monaco
How they compare
Monaco currently reports 0.2661 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2501 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia, a difference of 0.016 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Monaco's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 75 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Latvia ahead.
Latvia ranks 192nd and Monaco ranks 189th of 203 countries.
Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Latvia | Monaco | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.26 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 5.36 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1960s | 2.65 deaths per 100 live births | 1.31 deaths per 100 live births | 1.34 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1970s | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9873 deaths per 100 live births | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1980s | 1.81 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9417 deaths per 100 live births | 0.869 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1990s | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6445 deaths per 100 live births | 1.19 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.457 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6441 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 0.5572 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3561 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2011 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.305 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2834 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0217 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality, Latvia or Monaco?
- Monaco, at 0.2661 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2501 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality between Latvia and Monaco?
- 0.016 deaths per 100 live births, with Monaco ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Monaco?
- 75 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2024.
- How do Latvia and Monaco rank globally for child mortality?
- Latvia ranks 192nd and Monaco ranks 189th of 203 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
The estimated share of newborns who die before reaching the age of five.