Infant mortality rate — all countries

Infant mortality rate — Latvia

Infant mortality rate in Latvia in 2024 — 2.2 per 1,000. Ranked 13 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 91.8%.

2024 2.2 per 1,000 −8.33% vs 2023
World rank 13of 196
Period maximum 26.7 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2.2 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Infant mortality rate — Latvia, 1960–2024010203019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 26.7 per 1,0001962: 23.6 per 1,0001964: 21 per 1,0001966: 18.9 per 1,0001968: 17.4 per 1,0001970: 16.6 per 1,0001972: 16.3 per 1,0001974: 16.7 per 1,0001976: 17 per 1,0001978: 16.7 per 1,0001980: 16 per 1,0001982: 15.3 per 1,0001984: 14 per 1,0001986: 12.5 per 1,0001988: 11.9 per 1,0001990: 13.1 per 1,0001992: 15.1 per 1,0001994: 15.8 per 1,0001996: 15.2 per 1,0001998: 13.4 per 1,0002000: 11.6 per 1,0002002: 10.3 per 1,0002004: 9.1 per 1,0002006: 8.1 per 1,0002008: 7.3 per 1,0002010: 6.4 per 1,0002012: 5.5 per 1,0002014: 4.7 per 1,0002016: 4 per 1,0002018: 3.6 per 1,0002020: 3.1 per 1,0002022: 2.6 per 1,0002024: 2.2 per 1,000
Change over the period: −24.5 (−91.76%) Average annual rate: -3.83 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latvia

Latvia 2.2 per 1,000
World 27.7 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 6.6 per 1,000
Northern Europe computed 3.5 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 3.9 per 1,000
Infant mortality rate — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.2 −0.2 −8.33%
2023 2.4 −0.2 −7.69%
2022 2.6 −0.3 −10.34%
2021 2.9 −0.2 −6.45%
2020 3.1 −0.2 −6.06%
2019 3.3 −0.3 −8.33%
2018 3.6 −0.2 −5.26%
2017 3.8 −0.2 −5%
2016 4 −0.3 −6.98%
2015 4.3 −0.4 −8.51%
2014 4.7 −0.4 −7.84%
2013 5.1 −0.4 −7.27%
2012 5.5 −0.5 −8.33%
2011 6 −0.4 −6.25%
2010 6.4 −0.5 −7.25%
2009 6.9 −0.4 −5.48%
2008 7.3 −0.4 −5.19%
2007 7.7 −0.4 −4.94%
2006 8.1 −0.5 −5.81%
2005 8.6 −0.5 −5.49%
2004 9.1 −0.6 −6.19%
2003 9.7 −0.6 −5.83%
2002 10.3 −0.6 −5.5%
2001 10.9 −0.7 −6.03%
2000 11.6 −0.8 −6.45%
1999 12.4 −1 −7.46%
1998 13.4 −1 −6.94%
1997 14.4 −0.8 −5.26%
1996 15.2 −0.5 −3.18%
1995 15.7 −0.1 −0.63%
1994 15.8 +0.1 +0.64%
1993 15.7 +0.6 +3.97%
1992 15.1 +0.9 +6.34%
1991 14.2 +1.1 +8.4%
1990 13.1 +0.8 +6.5%
1989 12.3 +0.4 +3.36%
1988 11.9 −0.1 −0.83%
1987 12 −0.5 −4%
1986 12.5 −0.7 −5.3%
1985 13.2 −0.8 −5.71%
1984 14 −0.7 −4.76%
1983 14.7 −0.6 −3.92%
1982 15.3 −0.4 −2.55%
1981 15.7 −0.3 −1.88%
1980 16 −0.4 −2.44%
1979 16.4 −0.3 −1.8%
1978 16.7 −0.3 −1.76%
1977 17 +0 +0%
1976 17 +0.1 +0.59%
1975 16.9 +0.2 +1.2%
1974 16.7 +0.3 +1.83%
1973 16.4 +0.1 +0.61%
1972 16.3 +0 +0%
1971 16.3 −0.3 −1.81%
1970 16.6 −0.3 −1.78%
1969 16.9 −0.5 −2.87%
1968 17.4 −0.7 −3.87%
1967 18.1 −0.8 −4.23%
1966 18.9 −0.9 −4.55%
1965 19.8 −1.2 −5.71%
1964 21 −1.2 −5.41%
1963 22.2 −1.4 −5.93%
1962 23.6 −1.5 −5.98%
1961 25.1 −1.6 −5.99%
1960 26.7

About the indicator

The number of children who died before the age of one per 1,000 live births in the same year. One of the most sensitive indicators of the quality of health care and of social conditions: it responds to the availability of obstetric care, vaccination, clean water and nutrition faster than life expectancy does. The estimates are prepared by the UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (UN IGME).

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.