Youth mortality rate in Latvia
Latvia: Youth mortality rate was 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Youth mortality rate in Latvia, 1979–2024
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100 live births.
Analysis
The most recent figure for youth mortality rate in Latvia is 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, youth mortality rate in Latvia peaked at 2.71 deaths per 100 live births in 1979 and was at its lowest, 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births, in 2024.
That places Latvia 184th out of 199 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 46 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 2.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.71 deaths per 100 live births | 2.71 deaths per 100 live births | 1 |
| 1980s | 2.35 deaths per 100 live births | 2.1 deaths per 100 live births | 2.67 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 2.28 deaths per 100 live births | 1.9 deaths per 100 live births | 2.48 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.4 deaths per 100 live births | 1.07 deaths per 100 live births | 1.78 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7287 deaths per 100 live births | 0.5191 deaths per 100 live births | 1 deaths per 100 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4162 deaths per 100 live births | 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births | 0.4841 deaths per 100 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 181 Spain 0.3972 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 182 South Korea 0.3671 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 183 Singapore 0.3553 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 185 Italy 0.3506 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 186 Czechia 0.3479 deaths per 100 live births compare
- 187 Montenegro 0.3414 deaths per 100 live births compare
More health data for Latvia
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,593 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 8,937 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 8,436 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 8,905 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 8,585 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 8,860 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 8,536 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is youth mortality rate in Latvia?
- Youth mortality rate in Latvia was 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births in 2024, according to United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest youth mortality rate recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 2.71 deaths per 100 live births in 1979.
- What is the lowest youth mortality rate recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3518 deaths per 100 live births in 2024.
- How does Latvia rank for youth mortality rate?
- Latvia ranks 184th out of 199 countries with data for 2024.
- Is youth mortality rate rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Youth mortality rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated number of deaths of children aged under fifteen years, per 100 live births.