Korea vs Latvia: Infant mortality rate by sex
Korea
0.2095 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Latvia
0.1986 deaths per 100 live births
in 2024
Korea rank
184th
Latvia rank
186th
Infant mortality rate by sex over time
- Korea
- Latvia
How they compare
Korea currently reports 0.2095 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1986 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia, a difference of 0.0109 deaths per 100 live births.
That makes Korea'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 Korea ahead.
Korea ranks 184th and Latvia ranks 186th of 199 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 4 and Latvia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Korea | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7.46 deaths per 100 live births | 2.56 deaths per 100 live births | 4.9 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1960s | 5.77 deaths per 100 live births | 1.82 deaths per 100 live births | 3.95 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1970s | 3.33 deaths per 100 live births | 1.43 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1980s | 1.83 deaths per 100 live births | 1.18 deaths per 100 live births | 0.6441 deaths per 100 live births | Korea |
| 1990s | 0.7997 deaths per 100 live births | 1.29 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4919 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 0.4236 deaths per 100 live births | 0.8266 deaths per 100 live births | 0.403 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 0.2652 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4331 deaths per 100 live births | 0.1679 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
| 2020s | 0.2174 deaths per 100 live births | 0.2412 deaths per 100 live births | 0.0237 deaths per 100 live births | Latvia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher infant mortality rate by sex, Korea or Latvia?
- Korea, at 0.2095 deaths per 100 live births against 0.1986 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in infant mortality rate by sex between Korea and Latvia?
- 0.0109 deaths per 100 live births, with Korea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Latvia?
- 67 years are reported by both, from 1958 to 2024.
- How do Korea and Latvia rank globally for infant mortality rate by sex?
- Korea ranks 184th and Latvia ranks 186th 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 Infant 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 one year, per 100 live births .