What is mortality rate, infant in Latvia?

Mortality rate, infant in Latvia was 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).

What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Latvia?

The highest recorded value was 26.7 per 1,000 live births in 1960.

What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Latvia?

The lowest recorded value was 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024.

How does Latvia rank for mortality rate, infant?

Latvia ranks 181st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.

Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Latvia?

Over the last ten years it is down 53.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.

Where does this Latvia data come from?

The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Mortality rate, infant in Latvia

Name: Mortality rate, infant in Latvia
Creator: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
License: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)

Latvia: Mortality rate, infant was 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling

Latest (2024)

2.2 per 1,000 live births

Change on year

down 8.3%

World rank

181st

of 195 countries

All-time high

26.7 per 1,000 live births

in 1960

All-time low

2.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Years of data

1960–2024

Mortality rate, infant in Latvia, 1960–2024

Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.

Analysis

Latvia recorded 2.2 per 1,000 live births for mortality rate, infant in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 53.2% over ten years.

Over the whole period, mortality rate, infant in Latvia peaked at 26.7 per 1,000 live births in 1960 and was at its lowest, 2.2 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.

That places Latvia 181st out of 195 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.

Averages by decade

Decade	Average	Lowest	Highest	Years
1960s	20.97 per 1,000 live births	16.9 per 1,000 live births	26.7 per 1,000 live births	10
1970s	16.63 per 1,000 live births	16.3 per 1,000 live births	17 per 1,000 live births	10
1980s	13.76 per 1,000 live births	11.9 per 1,000 live births	16 per 1,000 live births	10
1990s	14.5 per 1,000 live births	12.4 per 1,000 live births	15.8 per 1,000 live births	10
2000s	9.02 per 1,000 live births	6.9 per 1,000 live births	11.6 per 1,000 live births	10
2010s	4.67 per 1,000 live births	3.3 per 1,000 live births	6.4 per 1,000 live births	10
2020s	2.64 per 1,000 live births	2.2 per 1,000 live births	3.1 per 1,000 live births	5

Countries ranked near Latvia

178 Andorra 2.4 per 1,000 live births compare
179 Italy 2.3 per 1,000 live births compare
179 South Korea 2.3 per 1,000 live births compare
181 Monaco 2.2 per 1,000 live births compare
181 Singapore 2.2 per 1,000 live births compare
184 Czechia 2.1 per 1,000 live births compare
184 Iceland 2.1 per 1,000 live births compare

See the full ranking of 243 places →

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)

All data for Latvia →

Frequently asked questions

What is mortality rate, infant in Latvia?: Mortality rate, infant in Latvia was 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024, according to UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF).
What is the highest mortality rate, infant recorded in Latvia?: The highest recorded value was 26.7 per 1,000 live births in 1960.
What is the lowest mortality rate, infant recorded in Latvia?: The lowest recorded value was 2.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
How does Latvia rank for mortality rate, infant?: Latvia ranks 181st out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
Is mortality rate, infant rising or falling in Latvia?: Over the last ten years it is down 53.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
Where does this Latvia data come from?: The figures come from UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as part of Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 243 places, 13,475 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.