Latvia's life expectancy rose from 66.4 yrs in 1995 to 76.4 yrs in 2024.
Latvia · Health
Longevity, mortality, health system capacity and risk factors.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Latvia's healthy life expectancy at birth rose from 61.2 yrs in 2000 to 63.8 yrs in 2021.
Latvia's infant mortality fell from 15.7 ‰ in 1995 to 2.2 ‰ in 2024.
Latvia's under-5 mortality rate fell from 19.7 ‰ in 1995 to 2.5 ‰ in 2024.
Latvia's maternal mortality ratio fell from 65.0 /100k in 1994 to 19.0 /100k in 2023.
Latvia's ncd mortality fell from 28.0 % in 2000 to 22.7 % in 2021.
Latvia's suicide mortality rate fell from 34.8 /100k in 2000 to 15.2 /100k in 2021.
Latvia's mortality caused by road traffic injury fell from 29.2 /100k in 2000 to 8.1 /100k in 2019.
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- Health spendingdown −0.8 pts78th of 192
- Current health expenditure per capita (current US$)up +0.2 %48th of 191
- Out-of-pocket expenditure (% of current health expenditure)up +4.3 pts126th of 192
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- Physiciansup +1.3 %41st of 129*
- Nurses and midwivesdown −0.4 %59th of 129
- Hospital bedsdown −1.4 %12th of 75
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- Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12–23 months)up +1.0 pts20th of 192
- Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12–23 months)down −1.0 pts29th of 192
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- Prevalence of HIV (ages 15–49)unchanged +0.0 pts81st of 148
- Incidence of tuberculosisdown −4.5 %81st of 208
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- Safe drinking waterup +0.0 pts40th of 148
- Safe sanitationup +0.0 pts31st of 141