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

0.0153 deaths per 100 live births, with Korea ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Korea 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.

Korea vs Latvia: Youth mortality rate

Korea

0.3671 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Latvia

0.3518 deaths per 100 live births

in 2024

Korea rank

182nd

Latvia rank

184th

Youth mortality rate over time

Korea
Latvia

How they compare

Korea currently reports 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia, a difference of 0.0153 deaths per 100 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 46 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Korea ahead.

Korea ranks 182nd and Latvia ranks 184th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Korea averaged higher in 2 and Latvia in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Korea	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1970s	5.18 deaths per 100 live births	2.71 deaths per 100 live births	2.47 deaths per 100 live births	Korea
1980s	3.45 deaths per 100 live births	2.35 deaths per 100 live births	1.1 deaths per 100 live births	Korea
1990s	1.48 deaths per 100 live births	2.28 deaths per 100 live births	0.8053 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia
2000s	0.7522 deaths per 100 live births	1.4 deaths per 100 live births	0.6443 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia
2010s	0.4541 deaths per 100 live births	0.7287 deaths per 100 live births	0.2746 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia
2020s	0.3761 deaths per 100 live births	0.4162 deaths per 100 live births	0.0401 deaths per 100 live births	Latvia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher youth mortality rate, Korea or Latvia?: Korea, at 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births against 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births in Latvia as of 2024.
What is the difference in youth mortality rate between Korea and Latvia?: 0.0153 deaths per 100 live births, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Korea and Latvia?: 46 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2024.
How do Korea and Latvia rank globally for youth mortality rate?: Korea ranks 182nd 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.