What is the difference in respiratory infection death rate between Barbados and Latvia?

0.34 deaths per 100,000 people, with Barbados ahead.

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

30 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2013.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Respiratory infection death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Barbados vs Latvia: Respiratory infection death rate

Barbados

20.82 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2013

Latvia

20.48 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Barbados rank

65th

Latvia rank

66th

Respiratory infection death rate over time

Barbados
Latvia

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 20.82 deaths per 100,000 people against 20.48 deaths per 100,000 people in Latvia, a difference of 0.34 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 65th and Latvia ranks 66th of 109 countries.

Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	21.22 deaths per 100,000 people	10.06 deaths per 100,000 people	11.16 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
1990s	16.52 deaths per 100,000 people	12.81 deaths per 100,000 people	3.72 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
2000s	25.12 deaths per 100,000 people	13.91 deaths per 100,000 people	11.22 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
2010s	22.7 deaths per 100,000 people	11.4 deaths per 100,000 people	11.3 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher respiratory infection death rate, Barbados or Latvia?: Barbados, at 20.82 deaths per 100,000 people against 20.48 deaths per 100,000 people in Latvia as of 2013.
What is the difference in respiratory infection death rate between Barbados and Latvia?: 0.34 deaths per 100,000 people, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Latvia?: 30 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2013.
How do Barbados and Latvia rank globally for respiratory infection death rate?: Barbados ranks 65th and Latvia ranks 66th of 109 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Respiratory infection death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Respiratory infection death rate
Unit: deaths per 100,000 people
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 109 places, 4,746 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Reported deaths from respiratory infections in both sexes in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.