Japan vs Latvia: Mortality rate, under-5, female
Japan
2.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latvia
2.3 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
185th
Latvia rank
185th
Mortality rate, under-5, female over time
- Japan
- Latvia
How they compare
Japan 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.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 185th and Latvia ranks 185th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Latvia in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 24.14 per 1,000 live births | 23.09 per 1,000 live births | 1.05 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 12.02 per 1,000 live births | 18.77 per 1,000 live births | 6.75 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 1980s | 7.04 per 1,000 live births | 15.64 per 1,000 live births | 8.6 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 1990s | 5.17 per 1,000 live births | 16.24 per 1,000 live births | 11.07 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 3.57 per 1,000 live births | 10 per 1,000 live births | 6.43 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 2.7 per 1,000 live births | 5.11 per 1,000 live births | 2.41 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, under-5, female, Japan or Latvia?
- Japan, 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, under-5, female between Japan and Latvia?
- 0 per 1,000 live births, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, female?
- Japan ranks 185th and Latvia ranks 185th 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, under-5, female (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, female is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn female baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to female age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.