Neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births fell 4.17% to 2.30 in Latvia in 2019, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Latvia reached an all time high of 11.5 in 1994 and an all time low of 2.30 in 2019. When compared to Latvia's main peers, neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births in Belarus amounted to 1.10, 1.00 in Estonia, 2.00 in Lithuania and 2.60 in Russia in 2019.
Latvia has been ranked 149th within the group of 172 countries we follow in terms of neonatal mortality per 1,000 live births, 18 places below the position seen 10 years ago.
| Neonatal Mortality (Per 1,000 Live Births) | Unit | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 |
| Belarus | 1.60 | 1.60 | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| China | 5.80 | 5.30 | 4.90 | 4.50 | 4.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Estonia | 1.50 | 1.40 | 1.30 | 1.20 | 1.10 | |||||||||||||||||
| Finland | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | 1.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Germany | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | 2.30 | |||||||||||||||||
| Japan | 0.900 | 0.900 | 0.900 | 0.900 | 0.900 | |||||||||||||||||
| Latvia | 2.90 | 2.70 | 2.60 | 2.40 | 2.40 | |||||||||||||||||
| Lithuania | 2.40 | 2.40 | 2.40 | 2.30 | 2.20 | |||||||||||||||||
| Poland | 3.00 | 2.90 | 2.90 | 2.80 | 2.80 | |||||||||||||||||
| Russia | 4.40 | 4.00 | 3.50 | 3.20 | 2.90 | |||||||||||||||||
| USA | 4.00 | 3.90 | 3.80 | 3.80 | 3.70 | |||||||||||||||||
| Ukraine | 5.80 | 5.60 | 5.40 | 5.30 | 5.10 |
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