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Latvia
COUNTRY #1
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
LATVIA VS ETHIOPIA

Compare Latvia and Ethiopia health profiles including life expectancy history, causes of death and population dynamics side by side. Health Data used is WHO, World Bank and the United Nations for population.

Ethiopia
COUNTRY #2
Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Antigua/Bar. Arab Emirates Argentina Armenia Australia Austria Azerbaijan Bahamas Bahrain Bangladesh Barbados Belarus Belgium Belize Benin Bhutan Bolivia Bosnia/Herzeg. Botswana Brazil Brunei Bulgaria Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Canada Cape Verde Central Africa Chad Chile China Colombia Comoros Congo Costa Rica Cote d Ivoire Croatia Cuba Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Djibouti Dominican Rep. DR Congo Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equ. Guinea Eritrea Estonia Ethiopia Fiji Finland France Gabon Gambia Georgia Germany Ghana Greece Grenada Guatemala Guinea Guinea-Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras Hungary Iceland India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ireland Israel Italy Jamaica Japan Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kiribati Kuwait Kyrgyzstan Laos Latvia Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Libya Lithuania Luxembourg Madagascar Malawi Malaysia Maldives Mali Malta Mauritania Mauritius Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Namibia Nepal Netherlands New Guinea New Zealand Nicaragua Niger Nigeria No Macedonia North Korea Norway Oman Pakistan Panama Paraguay Peru Philippines Poland Portugal Qatar Romania Russia Rwanda Saint Lucia Saint Vincent Samoa Sao Tome Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles Sierra Leone Singapore Slovakia Slovenia Solomon Isl. Somalia South Africa South Korea South Sudan Spain Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Sweden Switzerland Syria Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor-Leste Togo Tonga Trinidad/Tob. Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine United Kingdom United States Uruguay Uzbekistan Vanuatu Venezuela Viet Nam Yemen Zambia Zimbabwe
DYNAMIC PYRAMIDS
Data Source: United Nations
Latvia Population Pyramid
1,479,176
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
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Ethiopia Population Pyramid
205,410,671
Created with Raphaël 2.2.0 95+ 90-94 85-89 80-84 75-79 70-74 65-69 60-64 55-59 50-54 45-49 40-44 35-39 30-34 25-29 20-24 15-19 10-14 5-9 0-42.5%2.5%5%5%7.5%7.5%
LIFE EXPECTANCY HISTORY
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Latvia LATVIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
       
World Rank
        
World Rank
  M F All M F All   M F All M F All
1960
66.3
73.5
69.8
24
11
15
  
37.3
40.2
38.7
155
152
155
1970
65.7
74.2
69.8
42
20
32
  
41.5
44.5
43.0
155
152
153
1980
63.8
74.1
68.8
74
38
56
  
43.3
46.3
44.8
164
160
161
1990
64.2
74.6
69.3
94
54
74
  
46.1
49.1
47.5
168
168
168
2000
64.4
75.7
70.1
106
54
93
  
49.3
53.1
51.2
162
156
160
2010
67.6
77.7
72.8
101
55
88
  
60.1
63.6
61.8
144
144
146
2019
70.6
79.8
75.4
94
51
74
  
66.9
70.5
68.7
126
130
128
LIFE EXPECTANCY BY AGE
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
      World Rank       World Rank
  M F M F M F M F
At Birth
70.6
79.8
94
51
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age
70.6
79.8
94
51
66.9
70.5
126
130
Age 5
70.8
80.1
114
59
70.8
73.8
112
127
Age 10
70.8
80.1
114
59
71.2
74.2
108
125
Age 15
70.9
80.1
116
61
71.5
74.4
105
124
Age 20
71.1
80.2
118
60
71.9
74.7
103
124
Age 25
71.3
80.3
118
61
72.2
74.9
103
123
Age 30
71.6
80.4
119
62
72.6
75.2
103
123
Age 35
72.2
80.6
119
61
73.1
75.6
103
122
Age 40
72.7
80.8
121
61
73.6
76.1
102
121
Age 45
73.5
81.2
119
61
74.2
76.7
102
121
Age 50
74.4
81.6
118
58
75.1
77.5
102
116
Age 55
75.7
82.2
111
57
76.1
78.4
101
115
Age 60
77.3
83.0
108
56
77.4
79.4
101
112
Age 65
79.1
83.9
104
56
79.1
80.7
105
110
Age 70
81.4
85.0
95
56
81.2
82.4
108
111
Age 75
84.0
86.4
87
59
83.6
84.5
107
106
Age 80
86.7
88.1
85
69
86.5
87.2
105
101
Age 85
89.7
90.2
108
107
89.8
90.4
94
91
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
TOP 50 CAUSES OF DEATH Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Coronary Heart Disease
146.65
49
78.39
134
2. Stroke
99.14
74
83.71
90
3. Inflammatory/Heart
30.32
3
3.59
120
4. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
6.02
158
5. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
4.05
145
6. Hypertension
19.91
83
29.73
46
7. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
26.35
21
8. Suicide
16.06
24
9.45
80
9. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
6.59
127
10. Liver Disease
13.03
113
50.31
11
11. Influenza and Pneumonia
12.01
149
79.86
42
12. Other Injuries
11.98
45
14.07
29
13. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
2.77
163
14. Diabetes Mellitus
10.89
141
33.58
80
15. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
0.83
170
16. Alzheimers & Dementia
9.94
155
21.74
30
17. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
7.86
9
18. Alcohol
8.83
9
1.38
91
19. Lung Disease
7.50
177
25.66
75
20. Road Traffic Accidents
7.17
138
42.41
19
21. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
16.48
49
22. Kidney Disease
6.43
158
24.20
81
23. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
2.58
101
24. Lymphomas
6.05
41
5.49
64
25. Drownings
5.64
21
2.44
90
26. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
1.54
136
27. Falls
4.77
106
8.65
38
28. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
2.06
92
29. Leukemia
4.38
53
6.06
6
30. Violence
4.15
98
8.85
58
31. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
3.00
167
32. HIV/AIDS
3.65
82
13.62
51
33. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
3.35
59
34. Fires
3.48
36
3.73
33
35. Peptic Ulcer Disease
3.17
85
3.22
83
36. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
1.82
97
37. Other Neoplasms
3.00
32
0.30
139
38. Congenital Anomalies
2.45
168
6.38
73
39. Tuberculosis
2.34
103
25.31
44
40. Parkinson's Disease
2.07
160
3.68
119
41. Hepatitis C
1.99
1
0.21
55
42. Endocrine Disorders
1.76
156
2.30
141
43. Epilepsy
1.76
84
2.02
65
44. Drug Use
1.72
59
0.71
140
45. Skin Disease
1.48
97
1.67
88
46. Rheumatic Heart Disease
0.97
124
2.22
60
47. Poisonings
0.96
69
4.29
7
48. Asthma
0.88
139
8.13
71
49. Prostatic Hypertrophy
0.75
10
0.00
99
50. Multiple Sclerosis
0.68
23
0.11
152
TOTAL DEATHS BY CAUSE
PERCENT TOP 50 CAUSES
  Latvia LATVIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Deaths % Deaths %
1. Coronary Heart Disease
8,099
30.00
36,530
6.48
2. Stroke
5,893
21.83
39,362
6.98
3. Hypertension
1,194
4.42
13,470
2.39
4. Lung Cancers
956
3.54
2,202
0.39
5. Inflammatory/Heart
921
3.41
2,168
0.38
6. Colon-Rectum Cancers
722
2.67
3,755
0.67
7. Alzheimers & Dementia
664
2.46
8,258
1.46
8. Diabetes Mellitus
529
1.96
16,258
2.88
9. Influenza and Pneumonia
501
1.86
59,931
10.63
10. Breast Cancer
472
1.75
8,485
1.51
11. Stomach Cancer
470
1.74
1,519
0.27
12. Prostate Cancer
464
1.72
1,244
0.22
13. Pancreas Cancer
436
1.61
488
0.09
14. Suicide
384
1.42
6,030
1.07
15. Liver Disease
365
1.35
27,270
4.84
16. Other Injuries
362
1.34
11,735
2.08
17. Kidney Disease
356
1.32
12,103
2.15
18. Lung Disease
346
1.28
11,870
2.11
19. Lymphomas
245
0.91
3,590
0.64
20. Bladder Cancer
228
0.84
1,080
0.19
21. Alcohol
227
0.84
750
0.13
22. Oral Cancer
214
0.79
1,477
0.26
23. Falls
201
0.74
4,510
0.80
24. Ovary Cancer
196
0.73
2,424
0.43
25. Leukemia
186
0.69
4,222
0.75
26. Liver Cancer
157
0.58
1,730
0.31
27. Road Traffic Accidents
154
0.57
31,564
5.60
28. Other Neoplasms
153
0.57
148
0.03
29. Uterin Cancer
148
0.55
421
0.07
30. Skin Cancers
144
0.53
1,006
0.18
31. Peptic Ulcer Disease
142
0.53
1,758
0.31
32. Oesophagus Cancer
131
0.49
1,839
0.33
33. Cervical Cancer
128
0.47
5,019
0.89
34. Drownings
127
0.47
3,133
0.56
35. Parkinson's Disease
125
0.46
1,578
0.28
36. Fires
103
0.38
3,255
0.58
37. Violence
94
0.35
8,076
1.43
38. Skin Disease
76
0.28
904
0.16
39. HIV/AIDS
74
0.27
11,471
2.03
40. Tuberculosis
71
0.26
21,455
3.81
41. Endocrine Disorders
59
0.22
1,623
0.29
42. Hepatitis C
53
0.20
115
0.02
43. Congenital Anomalies
46
0.17
15,638
2.77
44. Prostatic Hypertrophy
45
0.17
0
0.00
45. Epilepsy
44
0.16
1,625
0.29
46. Asthma
42
0.16
4,484
0.80
47. Drug Use
41
0.15
513
0.09
48. Rheumatic Heart Disease
41
0.15
1,339
0.24
49. Poisonings
23
0.09
3,668
0.65
50. Multiple Sclerosis
20
0.07
61
0.01
CANCER RANK BY TYPE
AGE-STANDARDIZED DEATH RATE
PER 100,000 POPULATION
GOOD
 
 
 
POOR
  Latvia LATVIA   Ethiopia ETHIOPIA
  Rate World Rank Rate World Rank
1. Prostate Cancer
28.10
34
6.02
158
2. Lung Cancers
23.52
33
4.05
145
3. Breast Cancer
19.03
63
26.35
21
4. Colon-Rectum Cancers
15.41
24
6.59
127
5. Stomach Cancer
11.16
30
2.77
163
6. Pancreas Cancer
10.04
4
0.83
170
7. Ovary Cancer
8.99
3
7.86
9
8. Cervical Cancer
7.05
105
16.48
49
9. Oral Cancer
6.18
28
2.58
101
10. Lymphomas
6.05
41
5.49
64
11. Uterin Cancer
4.89
20
1.54
136
12. Bladder Cancer
4.46
17
2.06
92
13. Leukemia
4.38
53
6.06
6
14. Liver Cancer
3.97
133
3.00
167
15. Oesophagus Cancer
3.50
55
3.35
59
16. Skin Cancers
3.11
29
1.82
97
Data rounded. Decimals affect ranking.
Data Source: WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION 2020
Data Accuracy Not Guaranteed
WHO Excludes Cause of Death Data For the following countries: Andorra, Cook Islands, Dominica, Marshall Islands, Monaco, Nauru, Niue, Palau, Saint Kitts, San Marino, Tuvalu.