Health in Latvia

1,264 indicators covering health for Latvia.

IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 62.5% 24th
Percentage of principal display area mandated to be covered by health 65 2022 up 116.7% 23rd
Medical doctors 74.3% 2023 unchanged 2nd
Retreatment cases: treatment after default 16 2012 95th
Retreatment cases: other 13 2012 down 67.5% 96th
Retreatment cases: treatment after failure 5 2012 103rd
Health care - Regions — Practising nurses 4.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 9.8% 22nd
Health statistics - Regions (for 'Developer API') — Practising nurses 4.14 Per 1 000 inhabitants 2024 down 9.8% 22nd
Large household expenditures health 5.7 2016 up 211.5% 7th
Share of population with large household expenditures on health 10pc 21.41 2016 up 96.2% 5th
Absolute number of deaths from ambient particulate air pollution 2,100 2015 down 12.5% 115th
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient curative care 247,860 2023 down 17.6% 28th
Hospital beds by hospital ownership 8,760 2024 down 13.9% 23rd
Health graduates - historical data 428 2021 up 84.5% 26th
Expenditure on sickness and health care function by type of benefit 2,303 2024 up 182.3% 30th
Preterm birth rate 5.58 2020 down 4.6% 94th
Preterm birth 979 2020 down 16.8% 95th
Proportion of the population with positive out-of-pocket household 18.6% 2019 up 38.1% 28th
Health personnel (excluding nursing and caring professionals) 6,346 2020 down 2.6% 25th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using culture 12.6 2014 down 37.6% 29th
Laboratories providing tuberculosis diagnostic services using sputum 0.6 2014 down 14.3% 108th
Congenital syphilis number of cases, reported 0 2023 60th
Hospital beds by type of care - historical data 10,379 2019 down 28.1% 26th
Completeness of death registration with cause-of-death information 100.0% 2015 up 1.1% 1st
Congenital syphilis rate per 100 000 live births, reported 0 2023 54th
Nursing personnel 99.5% 2023 down 0.5% 1st
Health worker distribution, by sex and type of occupation 99.5% 2023 down 0.5% 1st
Treatment success rate: XDR-TB cases 50 2015 up 19.0% 61st
Participation rate in organized learning (one year before the) 98.1% 2017 up 0.8% 22nd
Hospital discharges and length of stay for inpatient and curative 268,233 2019 down 27.1% 26th
Hpv vaccination coverage in 15 year olds 58 2024 down 7.9% 57th
Sales of beer in 1000s hectolitres 1.51 2009 down 99.8% 154th
Confirmed cases of MDR-TB 110 2012 down 31.2% 34th
Self-perceived health by sex, age and educational attainment level 13.7 2025 down 9.3% 37th
People having a long-standing illness or health problem, by sex, age 11.2 2025 up 1.8% 20th
Children with a birth weight 99.58 2020 up 4.6% 16th
Healthy life years by sex 76.4 2024 up 2.6% 30th
New cases: other 0 2012 33rd
Compliance with international health regulations 91 2016 up 40.0% 37th
Health care expenditure by function 2,865 2023 up 132.4% 29th
Health care expenditure by financing scheme 2,865 2023 up 132.4% 29th
Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care 2,865 2023 up 132.4% 29th
Health care expenditure by provider 2,865 2023 up 132.4% 28th
Expenditure for selected health care providers by health care 2,865 2023 up 132.4% 28th
Expenditure for selected health care functions by health care 2,865 2023 up 132.4% 28th
Persons having a longstanding health problem by level of disability 11.2 2025 up 1.8% 20th
Self-perceived health by level of disability (activity limitation) 88.3 2025 up 0.7% 28th
Healthy life expectancy based on self-perceived health 67.9 2024 up 4.6% 31st
1.1.1 Children living in households in extreme poverty 0.0354 2022 down 98.0% 51st
Infant mortality by age and sex 5 2024 down 77.3% 42nd
Health impacts of air pollution 6,315 2023 down 62.0% 27th
Technical resources in hospital 180 2024 down 34.3% 19th
Persistence to last grade of primary 96.4% 2016 up 3.6% 37th
Primary health care expenditure (PHCE) per сapita in US$ 607.72 2023 up 72.1% 26th
Revenues of health care financing schemes 2,865 2023 up 78.0% 20th
Revenues of health care financing schemes by health care financing 2,865 2023 up 78.0% 20th
Deaths related to infectious diseases 189 2024 down 26.2% 26th
Causes of death - infant mortality by country of occurrence 20 2024 down 75.9% 30th
Fetal, peri- and neonatal mortality rates by country of occurrence 3.8 2024 down 55.3% 18th
Peri-neonatal mortality by age of mother, country of residence and 55 2024 down 70.4% 28th