Japan vs Latvia: Mortality rate, under-5
Japan
2.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Latvia
2.5 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Japan rank
188th
Latvia rank
185th
Mortality rate, under-5 over time
- Japan
- Latvia
How they compare
Latvia currently reports 2.5 per 1,000 live births against 2.4 per 1,000 live births in Japan, a difference of 0.1 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 188th and Latvia ranks 185th of 196 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 | 27.2 per 1,000 live births | 26.52 per 1,000 live births | 0.68 per 1,000 live births | Japan |
| 1970s | 13.79 per 1,000 live births | 21.74 per 1,000 live births | 7.95 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 1980s | 7.86 per 1,000 live births | 18.11 per 1,000 live births | 10.25 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 1990s | 5.66 per 1,000 live births | 18.31 per 1,000 live births | 12.65 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 2000s | 3.84 per 1,000 live births | 11.01 per 1,000 live births | 7.17 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 2010s | 2.87 per 1,000 live births | 5.57 per 1,000 live births | 2.7 per 1,000 live births | Latvia |
| 2020s | 2.4 per 1,000 live births | 3.04 per 1,000 live births | 0.64 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, Japan or Latvia?
- Latvia, at 2.5 per 1,000 live births against 2.4 per 1,000 live births in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Japan and Latvia?
- 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Latvia 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?
- Japan ranks 188th and Latvia ranks 185th of 196 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 (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 is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.