Mortality rate, neonatal in Latvia
Latvia: Mortality rate, neonatal was 1.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024. ▼ Falling
Mortality rate, neonatal in Latvia, 1980–2024
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF). Measured in per 1,000 live births.
Analysis
In 2024, mortality rate, neonatal in Latvia stood at 1.2 per 1,000 live births. That is the lowest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 7.7% on the previous year and down 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, mortality rate, neonatal in Latvia peaked at 11.5 per 1,000 live births in 1994 and was at its lowest, 1.2 per 1,000 live births, in 2024.
Latvia ranks 186th of 195 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 6.93 per 1,000 live births | 6.5 per 1,000 live births | 7.7 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 1990s | 9.9 per 1,000 live births | 7.9 per 1,000 live births | 11.5 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2000s | 5.63 per 1,000 live births | 4.5 per 1,000 live births | 7.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2010s | 3 per 1,000 live births | 2.1 per 1,000 live births | 4.2 per 1,000 live births | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.52 per 1,000 live births | 1.2 per 1,000 live births | 1.9 per 1,000 live births | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 185 Slovenia 1.3 per 1,000 live births compare
- 186 Andorra 1.2 per 1,000 live births compare
- 186 South Korea 1.2 per 1,000 live births compare
- 189 North Macedonia 1.1 per 1,000 live births compare
- 189 Singapore 1.1 per 1,000 live births 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 mortality rate, neonatal in Latvia?
- Mortality rate, neonatal in Latvia was 1.2 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, neonatal recorded in Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 11.5 per 1,000 live births in 1994.
- What is the lowest mortality rate, neonatal recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.2 per 1,000 live births in 2024.
- How does Latvia rank for mortality rate, neonatal?
- Latvia ranks 186th out of 195 countries with data for 2024.
- Is mortality rate, neonatal rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.0%. 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, neonatal (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Neonatal mortality rate is the number of neonates dying before reaching 28 days of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.