5th highest height of women168.8 cm · #5 of 196 · 2019
15th lowest infant mortality2.2 per 1,000 · #15 of 194 · 2024
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COUNTRYDUEL EUROPE
Surprising facts about Latvia
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among Latvia’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
Latvia among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where Latvia sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the
world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like Latvia across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Latvia
vs Belarus 
vs Estonia 
vs Lithuania 
vs Russia