What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Italy and Latvia?

0.0012 deaths per 100 live births, with Latvia ahead.

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

46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Italy vs Latvia: Youth mortality rate

Italy

0.3506 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Latvia

0.3518 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Italy rank

185th

Latvia rank

184th

Youth mortality rate over time

Italy
Latvia

How they compare

Latvia currently reports 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3506 deaths per 100 live births in Italy, a difference of 0.0012 deaths per 100 live births.

Across all 46 years both countries report, Latvia has been ahead every year.

Italy ranks 185th and Latvia ranks 184th of 199 countries.

Latvia has averaged higher in every one of the 6 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Italy	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	2 deaths per 100 live births	2.71 deaths per 100 live births	0.7158 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia
1980s	1.49 deaths per 100 live births	2.35 deaths per 100 live births	0.8678 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia
1990s	0.9514 deaths per 100 live births	2.28 deaths per 100 live births	1.33 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia
2000s	0.5795 deaths per 100 live births	1.4 deaths per 100 live births	0.817 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia
2010s	0.4363 deaths per 100 live births	0.7287 deaths per 100 live births	0.2924 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia
2020s	0.3563 deaths per 100 live births	0.4162 deaths per 100 live births	0.0599 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Italy or Latvia?: Latvia, at 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3506 deaths per 100 live births in Italy as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Italy and Latvia?: 0.0012 deaths per 100 live births, with Latvia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Italy and Latvia?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
How do Italy and Latvia rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Italy ranks 185th and Latvia ranks 184th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Youth mortality rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Youth mortality rate
Unit: deaths per 100 live births
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 9,824 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed: 30 October 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.