Bulgaria vs Latvia: Mortality rates at age 65
Bulgaria
2.92 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Latvia
2.87 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Bulgaria rank
81st
Latvia rank
84th
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Bulgaria
- Latvia
How they compare
Bulgaria currently reports 2.92 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.87 deaths per 1,000 people in Latvia, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Latvia ahead.
Bulgaria ranks 81st and Latvia ranks 84th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Bulgaria averaged higher in 1 and Latvia in 7.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bulgaria | Latvia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 3.09 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.66 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5655 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 1960s | 2.89 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.311 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 1970s | 2.96 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.57 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6162 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 1980s | 3.19 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.77 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5838 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 1990s | 3.36 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.38 deaths per 1,000 people | 1.02 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 2000s | 3.2 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.06 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.859 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 2010s | 3.02 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.37 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3549 deaths per 1,000 people | Latvia |
| 2020s | 3.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0857 deaths per 1,000 people | Bulgaria |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Bulgaria or Latvia?
- Bulgaria, at 2.92 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.87 deaths per 1,000 people in Latvia as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Bulgaria and Latvia?
- 0.05 deaths per 1,000 people, with Bulgaria ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bulgaria and Latvia?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Bulgaria and Latvia rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Bulgaria ranks 81st and Latvia ranks 84th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.