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
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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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Indicator
Mortality rate, under-5, 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

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.