What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between South Korea and Latvia?

0 per 1,000 live births, with South Korea ahead.

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

45 years are reported by both, from 1980 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

South Korea vs Latvia: Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births)

South Korea

1.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Latvia

1.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

South Korea rank

188th

Latvia rank

188th

Mortality rate, neonatal (per 1,000 live births) over time

South Korea
Latvia

How they compare

South Korea currently reports 1.2 per 1,000 live births against 1.2 per 1,000 live births in Latvia, a difference of 0 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was South Korea ahead.

South Korea ranks 188th and Latvia ranks 188th of 197 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, South Korea averaged higher in 1 and Latvia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	South Korea	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	12.55 per 1,000 live births	6.93 per 1,000 live births	5.62 per 1,000 live births	South Korea
1990s	5.28 per 1,000 live births	9.9 per 1,000 live births	4.62 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
2000s	2.53 per 1,000 live births	5.63 per 1,000 live births	3.1 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
2010s	1.64 per 1,000 live births	3 per 1,000 live births	1.36 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
2020s	1.26 per 1,000 live births	1.52 per 1,000 live births	0.26 per 1,000 live births	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, neonatal, South Korea or Latvia?: South Korea, at 1.2 per 1,000 live births against 1.2 per 1,000 live births in Latvia as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, neonatal between South Korea and Latvia?: 0 per 1,000 live births, with South Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Korea and Latvia?: 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do South Korea and Latvia rank globally for mortality rate, neonatal?: South Korea ranks 188th and Latvia ranks 188th 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, neonatal (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, neonatal (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, 11,751 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 29 October 2026

Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.