What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Latvia and Montenegro?

0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Latvia ahead.

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

41 years are reported by both, from 1984 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, under-5 (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Latvia vs Montenegro: Mortality rate, under-5

Latvia

2.5 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Montenegro

2.4 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Latvia rank

185th

Montenegro rank

188th

Mortality rate, under-5 over time

Latvia
Montenegro

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 2.5 per 1,000 live births against 2.4 per 1,000 live births in Montenegro, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Montenegro ahead.

Latvia ranks 185th and Montenegro ranks 188th of 196 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Latvia	Montenegro	Difference	Ahead
1980s	16.57 per 1,000 live births	21.93 per 1,000 live births	5.37 per 1,000 live births	Montenegro
1990s	18.31 per 1,000 live births	15.27 per 1,000 live births	3.04 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
2000s	11.01 per 1,000 live births	10.92 per 1,000 live births	0.09 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
2010s	5.57 per 1,000 live births	4.6 per 1,000 live births	0.97 per 1,000 live births	Latvia
2020s	3.04 per 1,000 live births	2.64 per 1,000 live births	0.4 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, Latvia or Montenegro?: Latvia, at 2.5 per 1,000 live births against 2.4 per 1,000 live births in Montenegro as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5 between Latvia and Montenegro?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Latvia and Montenegro?: 41 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2024.
How do Latvia and Montenegro rank globally for mortality rate, under-5?: Latvia ranks 185th and Montenegro ranks 188th 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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Indicator: Mortality rate, under-5 (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: 243 places, 13,506 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 20 August 2026

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.