Belarus vs Latvia: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Belarus
2.6 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latvia
2.7 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Belarus rank
189th
Latvia rank
187th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Belarus
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Belarus, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 65 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Belarus ahead.
Belarus ranks 189th and Latvia ranks 187th of 197 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Belarus averaged higher in 3 and Latvia in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belarus | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 35.73 per 1,000 live births | 29.76 per 1,000 live births | 5.97 per 1,000 live births | Belarus |
| 1970s | 25.03 per 1,000 live births | 24.57 per 1,000 live births | 0.46 per 1,000 live births | Belarus |
| 1980s | 20.53 per 1,000 live births | 20.46 per 1,000 live births | 0.07 per 1,000 live births | Belarus |
| 1990s | 17.34 per 1,000 live births | 20.24 per 1,000 live births | 2.9 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 10.46 per 1,000 live births | 11.96 per 1,000 live births | 1.5 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 4.78 per 1,000 live births | 6.01 per 1,000 live births | 1.23 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 2020s | 2.92 per 1,000 live births | 3.3 per 1,000 live births | 0.38 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, male, Belarus or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 2.7 per 1,000 live births against 2.6 per 1,000 live births in Belarus as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Belarus and Latvia?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Latvia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belarus and Latvia?
- 65 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2024.
- How do Belarus and Latvia rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Belarus ranks 189th and Latvia ranks 187th 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, 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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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.