Iceland vs Latvia: Mortality rate, infant, male

Iceland
2.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latvia
2.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Iceland rank
184th
Latvia rank
184th

Mortality rate, infant, male over time

  • Iceland
  • Latvia
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How they compare

Iceland currently reports 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.3 per 1,000 live births in Latvia, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

Across all 65 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.

Iceland ranks 184th and Latvia ranks 184th of 197 countries.

Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Iceland Latvia Difference Ahead
1960s 17.28 per 1,000 live births 23.63 per 1,000 live births 6.35 per 1,000 live births Latvia
1970s 11.77 per 1,000 live births 18.85 per 1,000 live births 7.08 per 1,000 live births Latvia
1980s 6.98 per 1,000 live births 15.6 per 1,000 live births 8.62 per 1,000 live births Latvia
1990s 4.57 per 1,000 live births 16 per 1,000 live births 11.43 per 1,000 live births Latvia
2000s 2.69 per 1,000 live births 9.74 per 1,000 live births 7.05 per 1,000 live births Latvia
2010s 2.16 per 1,000 live births 5 per 1,000 live births 2.84 per 1,000 live births Latvia
2020s 2.3 per 1,000 live births 2.8 per 1,000 live births 0.5 per 1,000 live births Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, male, Iceland or Latvia?
Iceland, at 2.3 per 1,000 live births against 2.3 per 1,000 live births in Latvia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant, male between Iceland and Latvia?
0 per 1,000 live births, with Iceland ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Latvia?
65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Iceland and Latvia rank globally for mortality rate, infant, male?
Iceland ranks 184th and Latvia ranks 184th of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator
Mortality rate, infant, male (per 1,000 live births)
Unit
per 1,000 live births
Source
UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed

Infant mortality rate, male is the number of male infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 male live births in a given year.