Life expectancy at birth, total in Latvia
Latvia: Life expectancy at birth, total was 76.43 years in 2024. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy at birth, total in Latvia, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN). Measured in years.
Analysis
Latvia recorded 76.43 years for life expectancy at birth, total in 2024. That is the highest value across all 65 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 1.3% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy at birth, total in Latvia peaked at 76.43 years in 2024 and was at its lowest, 65.66 years, in 1994.
Latvia ranks 93rd of 215 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 70.18 years | 69.43 years | 71.03 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 69.4 years | 68.5 years | 70.16 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.66 years | 68.79 years | 70.69 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.24 years | 65.66 years | 69.74 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 71.41 years | 70.31 years | 73.08 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.28 years | 73.48 years | 75.39 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.86 years | 72.98 years | 76.43 years | 5 |
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More health data for Latvia
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 9,764 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, male, interpolated 10,158 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above 22.2% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total 1.16 million (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 66.7% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male 571,658 (2025)
- Age population, age 15, female, interpolated 9,567 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 585,382 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 9,372 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 10,035 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is life expectancy at birth, total in Latvia?
- Life expectancy at birth, total in Latvia was 76.43 years in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN).
- What is the highest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.43 years in 2024.
- What is the lowest life expectancy at birth, total recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 65.66 years in 1994.
- How does Latvia rank for life expectancy at birth, total?
- Latvia ranks 93rd out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is life expectancy at birth, total rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as part of Life expectancy at birth, total (years). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Life expectancy at birth indicates the number of years a newborn infant would live if prevailing patterns of mortality at the time of its birth were to stay the same throughout its life.