Estonia vs Latvia

Estonia vs Latvia: Child mortality

Child mortality in 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births in Estonia 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 1.25 times that in Estonia.

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

Estonia vs Latvia: Child mortalityChild mortality in 2024: 0.2 per 100 live births in Estonia 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 1.25 times that in Estonia.
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What the numbers say

  • Latvia has been higher since 1991, when it overtook Estonia.
  • 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

YearEstoniaLatviaWorld
20240.20.33.7
20230.20.33.8
20220.20.34
20210.20.34
20200.20.43.9
20190.30.44
20180.30.44
20170.30.54.1
20160.30.54.2
20150.30.54.3
20140.30.64.4
20130.40.64.5
20120.40.74.7
20110.40.75
20100.50.85.1
20090.50.85.3
20080.50.95.5
20070.60.95.7
20060.716
20050.71.16.2
20040.81.16.6
20030.91.26.8
20020.91.37.1
200111.37.4
20001.11.47.7
19991.21.57.9
19981.31.78.3
19971.41.88.4
19961.51.98.6
19951.628.8
19941.628.9
19931.729.1
19921.71.99.2
19911.81.89.3
19901.81.79.4
19891.81.69.5
19881.81.610
19871.81.69.9
19861.91.610.3
19851.91.710.6
198421.910.9
19832211.1
19822.1211.2
19812.12.111.6
19802.22.111.9
19792.22.211.9
19782.22.212.3
19772.22.212.6
19762.22.212.8
19752.22.213.1
19742.22.213.3
19732.22.113.5
19722.22.113.7
19712.22.113.9
19702.22.114.2
19692.32.214.6
19682.32.215
19672.42.315.3
19662.52.415.1
19652.62.515.1
19642.82.715.7
19632.92.816.2
19623.1317
19613.33.118.8
19603.53.320.2
19593.73.519.9
195843.819.7
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.

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