Japan vs Latvia: Child mortality rate by sex
Japan
0.2336 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Latvia
0.2293 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
187th
Latvia rank
189th
Child mortality rate by sex over time
- Japan
- Latvia
How they compare
Japan currently reports 0.2336 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2293 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia, a difference of 0.0043 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 187th and Latvia ranks 189th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 4.14 deaths per 100 live births | 3.2 deaths per 100 live births | 0.9361 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1960s | 2.41 deaths per 100 live births | 2.31 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1037 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.2 deaths per 100 live births | 1.88 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6759 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1980s | 0.7051 deaths per 100 live births | 1.56 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8578 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1990s | 0.5153 deaths per 100 live births | 1.62 deaths per 100 live births | 1.11 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 0.357 deaths per 100 live births | 1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6436 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 0.2702 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5111 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2409 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.2298 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2797 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0499 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality rate by sex, Japan or Latvia?
- Japan, at 0.2336 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2293 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality rate by sex between Japan and Latvia?
- 0.0043 deaths per 100 live births, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for child mortality rate by sex?
- Japan ranks 187th and Latvia 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 rate 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 female children aged under five years, per 100 live births .