Under-five mortality rate — all countries

Under-five mortality rate — Latvia

Under-five mortality rate in Latvia in 2024 — 2.5 per 1,000. Ranked 10 in the world out of 196. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 92.5%.

2024 2.5 per 1,000 −10.71% vs 2023
World rank 10of 196
Period maximum 33.2 per 1,0001960
Period minimum 2.5 per 1,0002024

Trend over time

1960–2024 · per 1,000 live births

Under-five mortality rate — Latvia, 1960–202401020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 33.2 per 1,0001962: 29.6 per 1,0001964: 26.5 per 1,0001966: 24 per 1,0001968: 22.4 per 1,0001970: 21.4 per 1,0001972: 21.2 per 1,0001974: 21.8 per 1,0001976: 22.4 per 1,0001978: 22 per 1,0001980: 21.2 per 1,0001982: 20.2 per 1,0001984: 18.5 per 1,0001986: 16.4 per 1,0001988: 15.5 per 1,0001990: 16.9 per 1,0001992: 19.3 per 1,0001994: 20 per 1,0001996: 19 per 1,0001998: 16.7 per 1,0002000: 14.3 per 1,0002002: 12.6 per 1,0002004: 11.1 per 1,0002006: 9.9 per 1,0002008: 8.8 per 1,0002010: 7.7 per 1,0002012: 6.6 per 1,0002014: 5.6 per 1,0002016: 4.8 per 1,0002018: 4.2 per 1,0002020: 3.6 per 1,0002022: 3 per 1,0002024: 2.5 per 1,000
Change over the period: −30.7 (−92.47%) Average annual rate: -3.96 %

Comparison, 2024

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

Latvia 2.5 per 1,000
World 37.4 per 1,000
Europe & Central Asia 7.8 per 1,000
Northern Europe computed 4.1 per 1,000
High-income countries computed 4.8 per 1,000
Under-five mortality rate — Latvia, by year Latvia All countries CSV XLSX
Year per 1,000 Change Change, %
2024 2.5 −0.3 −10.71%
2023 2.8 −0.2 −6.67%
2022 3 −0.3 −9.09%
2021 3.3 −0.3 −8.33%
2020 3.6 −0.3 −7.69%
2019 3.9 −0.3 −7.14%
2018 4.2 −0.3 −6.67%
2017 4.5 −0.3 −6.25%
2016 4.8 −0.3 −5.88%
2015 5.1 −0.5 −8.93%
2014 5.6 −0.5 −8.2%
2013 6.1 −0.5 −7.58%
2012 6.6 −0.6 −8.33%
2011 7.2 −0.5 −6.49%
2010 7.7 −0.6 −7.23%
2009 8.3 −0.5 −5.68%
2008 8.8 −0.5 −5.38%
2007 9.3 −0.6 −6.06%
2006 9.9 −0.6 −5.71%
2005 10.5 −0.6 −5.41%
2004 11.1 −0.8 −6.72%
2003 11.9 −0.7 −5.56%
2002 12.6 −0.8 −5.97%
2001 13.4 −0.9 −6.29%
2000 14.3 −1.1 −7.14%
1999 15.4 −1.3 −7.78%
1998 16.7 −1.3 −7.22%
1997 18 −1 −5.26%
1996 19 −0.7 −3.55%
1995 19.7 −0.3 −1.5%
1994 20 +0.1 +0.5%
1993 19.9 +0.6 +3.11%
1992 19.3 +1.1 +6.04%
1991 18.2 +1.3 +7.69%
1990 16.9 +1 +6.29%
1989 15.9 +0.4 +2.58%
1988 15.5 −0.2 −1.27%
1987 15.7 −0.7 −4.27%
1986 16.4 −1 −5.75%
1985 17.4 −1.1 −5.95%
1984 18.5 −1 −5.13%
1983 19.5 −0.7 −3.47%
1982 20.2 −0.6 −2.88%
1981 20.8 −0.4 −1.89%
1980 21.2 −0.4 −1.85%
1979 21.6 −0.4 −1.82%
1978 22 −0.3 −1.35%
1977 22.3 −0.1 −0.45%
1976 22.4 +0.2 +0.9%
1975 22.2 +0.4 +1.83%
1974 21.8 +0.4 +1.87%
1973 21.4 +0.2 +0.94%
1972 21.2 +0.1 +0.47%
1971 21.1 −0.3 −1.4%
1970 21.4 −0.4 −1.83%
1969 21.8 −0.6 −2.68%
1968 22.4 −0.7 −3.03%
1967 23.1 −0.9 −3.75%
1966 24 −1.2 −4.76%
1965 25.2 −1.3 −4.91%
1964 26.5 −1.5 −5.36%
1963 28 −1.6 −5.41%
1962 29.6 −1.8 −5.73%
1961 31.4 −1.8 −5.42%
1960 33.2

About the indicator

The probability of dying before the age of five, expressed as the number of deaths per 1,000 live births. The main target indicator of UN Sustainable Development Goal 3.2 — to bring it down to 25 per 1,000 by 2030. The gap between countries remains more than twentyfold, while over the past thirty years the world value has more than halved.

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