Belarus vs Latvia

Belarus vs Latvia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births in Belarus and 0.3 per 100 live births in Latvia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Latvia, by 0 per 100 live births, or 1.09 times that in Belarus.

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME · log scale

Belarus vs Latvia: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births in Belarus and 0.3 per 100 live births in Latvia, by Gapminder and UN IGME estimates. In 2024 the value was higher in Latvia, by 0 per 100 live births, or 1.09 times that in Belarus.
BelarusLatviaWorld

Latest figures

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

CountryLatest10 years beforeRank in 2024
Belarus0.2 20240.4196 of 200
Latvia0.3 20240.6189 of 200
World3.7 20244.4

What the numbers say

  • Latvia has been higher since 1989, when it overtook Belarus.
  • The world as a whole: 3.7 per 100 live births in 2024.

Every year

deaths before age 5 per 100 live births · Gapminder and UN IGME

YearBelarusLatviaWorld
20240.20.33.7
20230.20.33.8
20220.30.34
20210.30.34
20200.30.43.9
20190.30.44
20180.30.44
20170.40.54.1
20160.40.54.2
20150.40.54.3
20140.40.64.4
20130.50.64.5
20120.50.74.7
20110.50.75
20100.60.85.1
20090.60.85.3
20080.70.95.5
20070.70.95.7
20060.816
20050.91.16.2
20040.91.16.6
200311.26.8
20021.11.37.1
20011.21.37.4
20001.31.47.7
19991.41.57.9
19981.51.78.3
19971.51.88.4
19961.61.98.6
19951.628.8
19941.628.9
19931.629.1
19921.51.99.2
19911.51.89.3
19901.51.79.4
19891.61.69.5
19881.61.610
19871.61.69.9
19861.71.610.3
19851.81.710.6
19841.81.910.9
19831.9211.1
19821.9211.2
198122.111.6
19802.12.111.9
19792.12.211.9
19782.12.212.3
19772.22.212.6
19762.22.212.8
19752.22.213.1
19742.22.213.3
19732.22.113.5
19722.22.113.7
19712.32.113.9
19702.32.114.2
19692.42.214.6
19682.52.215
19672.62.315.3
19662.72.415.1
19652.92.515.1
19643.12.715.7
19633.42.816.2
19623.7317
19614.13.118.8
19604.53.320.2
195953.519.9
19585.63.819.7
1957––20.5
1956––21.3
1955––22.3
1954––22.8
1953––23.3
1952––23.9
1951––24.3
1950––24.7
1949––24.9
1948––24.9
1947––25.5
1946––25.8
1945––26.7
1944––27.4
1943––27.7
1942––27.9
1941––27.8
1940––27.9
1939––28
1938––28.7
1937––28.8
1936––29.1
1935––29.5
1934––30.7
1933––30.5
1932––30.7
1931––31.4
1930––31.6
1929––32
1928––31.9
1927––31.9
1926––32.7
1925––32.4
1924––33.1
1923––33.1
1922––33.2
1921––34.2
1920––34.4
1919––35.7
1918––37.6
1917––35.3
1916––35.1
1915––35.3
1914––35.4
1913––35.1
1912––35.5
1911––36
1910––36.4
1909––36.6
1908––37.2
1907––37.4
1906––38.1
1905––38.8
1904––38.9
1903––39.5
1902––40.1
1901––40.8
1900––40.9
1899––40.8
1898––41.2
1897––41
1896––41.1
1895––41.3
1894––41.2
1893––41.2
1892––41.7
1891––41.3
1890––41.5
1889––41.2
1888––41
1887––41.1
1886––41.1
1885––41.2
1884––41.1
1883––41.4
1882––41.5
1881––41.1
1880––41.6
1879––41.1
1878––41.6
1877––41.2
1876––41.4
1875––41.5
1874––41.7
1873––41.8
1872––42.1
1871––42.2
1870––41.9
1869––42.1
1868––42.4
1867––42
1866––42.1
1865––42.3
1864––42.2
1863––42.5
1862––42.6
1861––42.9
1860––42.9
1859––43.7
1858––43.8
1857––44.2
1856––44.2
1855––44
1854––43.7
1853––43.2
1852––42.9
1851––42.4
1850––42
1849––42.3
1848––42.3
1847––42.2
1846––42.4
1845––42
1844––42.1
1843––42.1
1842––42.2
1841––42.1
1840––42.1
1839––42.1
1838––42.2
1837––42.2
1836––42.2
1835––42.2
1834––42.3
1833––42.2
1832––42.2
1831––42.2
1830––42.2
1829––42.1
1828––42.1
1827––42.1
1826––42.1
1825––42.1
1824––42.1
1823––42.1
1822––42.1
1821––42.1
1820––42.1
1819––42.2
1818––42.2
1817––42.2
1816––42.2
1815––42.2
1814––42.3
1813––42.3
1812––42.4
1811––42.4
1810––42.5
1809––42.5
1808––42.5
1807––42.5
1806––42.6
1805––42.6
1804––42.6
1803––42.6
1802––42.7
1801––42.7
1800––42.8

Each country on its own

Good to know

  • The share of children who die before their fifth birthday.
  • Source: Gapminder (2015) and UN IGME (2025), via Our World in Data.
  • Ranks count the 200 countries with a value in 2024, highest first.
  • The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.

How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time