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Latvia - Infant Mortality Rate 1979

Infant mortality rate per 1,000 live births · World Bank
15.2 Global rank: 24th

Latvia's infant mortality rate was 15.2 in 1979. This was the 24th highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1979▾
Infant Mortality Rate by Country - 1979
RankCountryValueYoY
1st Sweden 7.4 -3.9%
2nd Finland 7.6 -7.3%
3rd Japan 7.8 -6.0%
4th Iceland 8.4 -5.6%
5th Norway 8.4 -4.5%
6th Denmark 8.5 -3.4%
7th Switzerland 8.7 -5.4%
8th Netherlands 9.0 -3.2%
9th France 10.5 -4.5%
10th Canada 11.0 -6.0%
11th Australia 11.3 -5.0%
12th Luxembourg 11.7 -4.1%
13th Singapore 12.1 -1.6%
14th Belgium 12.7 -5.2%
15th United Kingdom 12.7 -5.2%
16th Ireland 13.0 -8.5%
17th United States 13.1 -5.1%
18th New Zealand 13.2 -2.9%
19th Germany 13.5 -6.3%
20th Spain 13.5 -7.5%
21st Antigua and Barbuda 13.9 -6.1%
22nd Austria 14.6 -5.8%
23rd Italy 15.1 -6.2%
24th Latvia 15.2 -
25th Czechia 15.5 -5.5%
26th Malta 15.6 -4.3%
27th Israel 16.4 -5.7%
28th Lithuania 16.6 -2.9%
29th Belarus 17.1 -1.7%
30th Brunei Darussalam 18.1 -7.7%
31st Greece 18.6 -6.5%
32nd Cuba 19.2 -5.9%
33rd Dominica 20.2 -5.2%
34th Slovak Republic 20.5 -3.8%
35th Bulgaria 20.6 -5.1%
36th Poland 21.7 -3.1%
37th Russian Federation 21.8 -0.5%
38th Cyprus 21.9 -9.9%
39th Costa Rica 22.1 -10.2%
40th Hungary 22.8 -6.9%
41st Seychelles 24.2 -9.0%
42nd Malaysia 24.6 -6.1%
43rd Portugal 24.6 -8.2%
44th Ukraine 24.8 -1.6%
45th Barbados 25.0 -6.0%
46th Tonga 25.0 -3.8%
47th Bahamas, The 25.3 -1.6%
48th St. Lucia 26.8 -6.3%
49th British Virgin Islands 28.7 -2.0%
50th Grenada 28.9 -2.7%
51st United Arab Emirates 29.1 -10.2%
52nd Romania 29.5 -2.6%
53rd Korea 29.8 -4.8%
54th Turks and Caicos Islands 30.3 -6.8%
55th Bahrain 30.7 -7.0%
56th Chile 31.5 -12.3%
57th Qatar 31.5 -4.8%
58th Kuwait 33.0 -7.0%
59th Jamaica 33.7 -3.2%
60th Mauritius 33.9 -6.4%
61st Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of 34.3 -3.9%
62nd Panama 34.5 -2.8%
63rd Samoa 34.7 -4.7%
64th Fiji 35.6 -4.6%
65th Sri Lanka 35.7 -7.0%
66th Trinidad and Tobago 37.8 -2.6%
67th Uruguay 39.5 -8.8%
68th Argentina 39.7 -8.3%
69th Palau 40.7 -4.7%
70th Solomon Islands 41.3 -5.1%
71st Moldova 42.4 -2.1%
72nd St. Kitts and Nevis 43.6 -3.3%
73rd St. Vincent and the Grenadines 46.0 -8.4%
74th Jordan 48.3 -4.2%
75th Colombia 48.7 -5.3%
76th Viet Nam 48.7 -1.8%
77th Georgia 49.3 -3.7%
78th Marshall Islands 49.7 -1.2%
79th Syrian Arab Republic 50.8 -5.0%
80th China 51.2 -5.2%
81st Micronesia, Federated States of 51.3 -1.9%
82nd Thailand 51.9 -4.2%
83rd Belize 52.3 -3.5%
84th Philippines 52.4 -0.6%
85th São Tomé and Principe 53.1 0.8%
86th Paraguay 54.1 -2.2%
87th Vanuatu 54.6 -4.9%
88th Tuvalu 54.9 -4.2%
89th Lebanon 55.5 -0.9%
90th Libya 55.7 -5.1%
91st Cabo Verde 56.2 -2.8%
92nd Guyana 59.3 -0.5%
93rd Iraq 59.3 -3.7%
94th Mexico 60.6 -3.8%
95th Albania 61.3 -8.4%
96th Kazakhstan 63.4 -2.2%
97th Botswana 63.5 -5.4%
98th Congo, Republic of 64.3 -1.7%
99th Tunisia 64.5 -6.4%
100th Dominican Republic 68.3 -3.3%
101st Namibia 69.9 1.7%
102nd Kenya 70.3 -2.8%
103rd Armenia 71.7 -4.0%
104th Ecuador 73.3 -4.2%
105th West Bank and Gaza 73.4 -6.0%
106th Gabon 73.7 -2.4%
107th Honduras 73.8 -4.2%
108th Zimbabwe 73.9 0.5%
109th Brazil 79.8 -3.6%
110th Papua New Guinea 81.0 -2.6%
111th Zambia 81.4 0.9%
112th El Salvador 84.2 -4.1%
113th Nicaragua 87.6 -5.4%
114th Eswatini 87.6 -3.7%
115th Indonesia 88.5 -2.2%
116th Sudan 89.4 -0.2%
117th Kyrgyz Republic 89.6 -3.1%
118th Peru 90.2 -1.7%
119th Kiribati 90.3 -1.0%
120th Ghana 90.7 -1.8%
121st Saudi Arabia 91.5 -6.5%
122nd Guatemala 92.3 -3.4%
123rd Eritrea 92.9 -0.7%
124th South Africa 93.1 -5.7%
125th Madagascar 93.5 1.6%
126th Oman 93.5 -7.9%
127th Iran, Islamic Republic of 94.6 -6.7%
128th Tajikistan 96.1 -0.9%
129th Senegal 99.2 -3.0%
130th Mauritania 99.8 -2.3%
131st Uzbekistan 100.0 -
132nd Togo 101.7 -2.0%
133rd Morocco 103.1 -3.8%
134th Tanzania 103.8 -0.7%
135th Myanmar 105.9 -1.7%
136th Djibouti 106.2 -1.8%
137th Türkiye 106.9 -3.9%
138th Lesotho 107.8 -4.2%
139th Nigeria 109.3 -2.8%
140th Cameroon 109.5 -1.7%
141st Turkmenistan 110.7 -4.0%
142nd India 111.7 -3.0%
143rd Central African Republic 114.7 -1.3%
144th Côte d'Ivoire 114.8 -3.2%
145th Congo, Democratic Republic of 115.2 -1.3%
146th Algeria 115.8 -5.5%
147th Burundi 116.5 -2.4%
148th Benin 117.2 -1.8%
149th Bolivia, Plurinational State of 122.0 -2.6%
150th Rwanda 123.2 -4.1%
151st Egypt, Arab Republic of 123.4 -3.7%
152nd Uganda 125.1 1.5%
153rd Burkina Faso 127.2 -3.0%
154th Gambia, The 127.4 -1.6%
155th Maldives 127.5 -5.1%
156th Pakistan 127.9 -0.5%
157th Comoros 130.1 -2.4%
158th Chad 131.1 -0.6%
159th Haiti 133.7 -2.6%
160th Lao PDR 135.1 -1.3%
161st Malawi 135.4 -3.1%
162nd Bangladesh 135.8 -2.3%
163rd Cambodia 137.5 -36.4%
164th Sierra Leone 142.0 -0.7%
165th Niger 142.2 -1.7%
166th Bhutan 146.0 -2.9%
167th Nepal 148.0 -2.5%
168th Mozambique 150.2 0.3%
169th South Sudan 158.3 -0.9%
170th Yemen, Republic of 159.0 -4.9%
171st Mali 159.4 -2.4%
172nd Liberia 159.8 -1.5%
173rd Guinea 163.0 -1.6%
174th Afghanistan 192.9 -1.9%
Source: World Bank (SP.DYN.IMRT.IN)

FAQ

What was Latvia's infant mortality rate in 1979?▾

Latvia's infant mortality rate in 1979 was 15.2. This ranked 24th globally.

Which country had the highest infant mortality rate in 1979?▾

Afghanistan had the highest infant mortality rate in 1979 at 192.9.

What is the infant mortality rate of Latvia in 1979?▾

The infant mortality rate of Latvia in 1979 was 15.2. This ranked 24th globally.

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