Japan vs Latvia: Child mortality vs. GDP per capita
Japan
0.2434 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Latvia
0.2501 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
191st
Latvia rank
189th
Child mortality vs. GDP per capita over time
- Japan
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 0.2501 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2434 deaths per 100 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.0067 deaths per 100 live births.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 67 shared years of data; in 1958 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 191st 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 | 4.51 deaths per 100 live births | 3.65 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8602 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1960s | 2.72 deaths per 100 live births | 2.65 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0673 deaths per 100 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 1.38 deaths per 100 live births | 2.17 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7971 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1980s | 0.7876 deaths per 100 live births | 1.81 deaths per 100 live births | 1.02 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 1990s | 0.5665 deaths per 100 live births | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | 1.26 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 0.3848 deaths per 100 live births | 1.1 deaths per 100 live births | 0.7162 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 0.2843 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5572 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2729 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.2401 deaths per 100 live births | 0.305 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0649 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher child mortality vs. gdp per capita, Japan or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 0.2501 deaths per 100 live births against 0.2434 deaths per 100 live births in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in child mortality vs. gdp per capita between Japan and Latvia?
- 0.0067 deaths per 100 live births, with Latvia 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 vs. gdp per capita?
- Japan ranks 191st and Latvia ranks 189th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) β processed by Our World in Data, published as Child mortality vs. GDP per capita. 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 children aged under five years, per 100 live births .