Life expectancy in Latvia
Latvia: Life expectancy was 76.19 years in 2023. ▲ Rising
Life expectancy in Latvia, 1896–2023
Source: Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Measured in years.
Analysis
The most recent figure for life expectancy in Latvia is 76.19 years, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 77 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.8% on the previous year and up 2.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, life expectancy in Latvia peaked at 76.19 years in 2023 and was at its lowest, 44.95 years, in 1896.
That places Latvia 106th out of 236 countries with data for 2023, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 77 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 44.95 years | 44.95 years | 44.95 years | 1 |
| 1920s | 53.7 years | 53.7 years | 53.7 years | 1 |
| 1930s | 58.08 years | 58.08 years | 58.08 years | 1 |
| 1950s | 66.98 years | 64.57 years | 69.52 years | 10 |
| 1960s | 70.66 years | 69.9 years | 71.53 years | 10 |
| 1970s | 69.76 years | 68.82 years | 70.57 years | 10 |
| 1980s | 69.95 years | 69.08 years | 71.01 years | 10 |
| 1990s | 68.12 years | 65.18 years | 69.65 years | 10 |
| 2000s | 70.85 years | 69.91 years | 72.7 years | 10 |
| 2010s | 74.4 years | 73.03 years | 75.63 years | 10 |
| 2020s | 74.93 years | 73.18 years | 76.19 years | 4 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 103 Sint Maarten (Dutch part) 76.37 years compare
- 104 Aruba 76.35 years compare
- 105 Algeria 76.26 years compare
- 107 Montserrat 76.19 years compare
- 108 Barbados 76.18 years compare
- 109 Cape Verde 76.06 years compare
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 in Latvia?
- Life expectancy in Latvia was 76.19 years in 2023, according to Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest life expectancy recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 76.19 years in 2023.
- What is the lowest life expectancy recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 44.95 years in 1896.
- How does Latvia rank for life expectancy?
- Latvia ranks 106th out of 236 countries with data for 2023.
- Is life expectancy rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia data come from?
- The figures come from Riley (2005); Zijdeman et al. (2015); HMD (2025); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Life expectancy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Period life expectancy is the number of years the average person born in a certain year would live if they experienced the same chances of dying at each age as people did that year.