What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Czechia and Latvia?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Latvia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Latvia?

65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Czechia vs Latvia: Mortality rate, infant

Czechia

2.1 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Latvia

2.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Czechia rank

186th

Latvia rank

183rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Czechia
Latvia

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 2.2 per 1,000 live births against 2.1 per 1,000 live births in Czechia, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Latvia ahead.

Czechia ranks 186th and Latvia ranks 183rd of 197 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Czechia averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 5.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Czechia	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1960s	21.14 per 1,000 live births	20.97 per 1,000 live births	0.17 per 1,000 live births	Czechia
1970s	18.76 per 1,000 live births	16.63 per 1,000 live births	2.13 per 1,000 live births	Czechia
1980s	12.44 per 1,000 live births	13.76 per 1,000 live births	1.32 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
1990s	7.53 per 1,000 live births	14.5 per 1,000 live births	6.97 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
2000s	3.62 per 1,000 live births	9.02 per 1,000 live births	5.4 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
2010s	2.56 per 1,000 live births	4.67 per 1,000 live births	2.11 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
2020s	2.22 per 1,000 live births	2.64 per 1,000 live births	0.42 per 1,000 live births	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Czechia or Latvia?: Latvia, at 2.2 per 1,000 live births against 2.1 per 1,000 live births in Czechia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Czechia and Latvia?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Czechia and Latvia?: 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
How do Czechia and Latvia rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Czechia ranks 186th and Latvia ranks 183rd 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 (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 (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: 03 September 2026

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