Latvia Social: Health Statistics
LV: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population
LV: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data was reported at 0.100 Ratio in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.100 Ratio for 2023. LV: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.260 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.380 Ratio in 1999 and a record low of 0.100 Ratio in 2024. LV: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of new HIV infections among uninfected populations expressed per 1,000 uninfected population in the year before the period.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.100 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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LV: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24
LV: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24 data was reported at 0.100 Ratio in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 0.100 Ratio for 2023. LV: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 0.470 Ratio from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 0.880 Ratio in 1999 and a record low of 0.100 Ratio in 2024. LV: Incidence of HIV: per 1,000 Uninfected Population Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of new HIV infections among uninfected populations ages 15-24 expressed per 1,000 uninfected population ages 15-24 in the year before the period.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 0.100 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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LV: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24
LV: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data was reported at 100.000 Number in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 Number for 2023. LV: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data is updated yearly, averaging 200.000 Number from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 500.000 Number in 1999 and a record low of 100.000 Number in 2024. LV: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-24 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 100.000 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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LV: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49
LV: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49 data was reported at 200.000 Number in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 200.000 Number for 2023. LV: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49 data is updated yearly, averaging 530.000 Number from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2024, with 35 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 870.000 Number in 1999 and a record low of 200.000 Number in 2024. LV: Newly Infected with HIV: Adults: Aged 15-49 data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Number of adults (ages 15-49) newly infected with HIV.;UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 200.000 2024 | yearly | 1990 - 2024 |
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LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults
LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data was reported at 33.900 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 34.300 % for 2021. LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 39.600 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 45.400 % in 2000 and a record low of 33.900 % in 2022. LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 33.900 2022 | yearly | 2000 - 2022 |
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LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults
LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data was reported at 21.100 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 21.400 % for 2021. LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 24.500 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 27.700 % in 2000 and a record low of 21.100 % in 2022. LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Females: % of Female Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the female population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 23.700 2020 | yearly | 2000 - 2020 |
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LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults
LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults data was reported at 46.600 % in 2022. This records a decrease from the previous number of 47.200 % for 2021. LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 54.800 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2022, with 8 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 63.100 % in 2000 and a record low of 46.600 % in 2022. LV: Prevalence of Current Tobacco Use: Males: % of Male Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of the male population ages 15 years and over who currently use any tobacco product (smoked and/or smokeless tobacco) on a daily or non-daily basis. Tobacco products include cigarettes, pipes, cigars, cigarillos, waterpipes (hookah, shisha), bidis, kretek, heated tobacco products, and all forms of smokeless (oral and nasal) tobacco. Tobacco products exclude e-cigarettes (which do not contain tobacco), “e-cigars”, “e-hookahs”, JUUL and “e-pipes”. The rates are age-standardized to the WHO Standard Population.;Global Health Observatory Data Repository, World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 50.300 2020 | yearly | 2000 - 2020 |
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LV: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population
LV: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 11.200 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 10.200 % for 2022. LV: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 10.200 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2023, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 11.200 % in 2023 and a record low of 9.300 % in 2021. LV: Prevalence of Moderate or Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as moderately or severely food insecure. A household is classified as moderately or severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to low quality diets and might have been forced to also reduce the quantity of food they would normally eat because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);Population-weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 11.200 2023 | yearly | 2015 - 2023 |
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LV: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population
LV: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data was reported at 1.900 % in 2023. This records an increase from the previous number of 1.600 % for 2022. LV: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data is updated yearly, averaging 0.700 % from Dec 2015 (Median) to 2023, with 9 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1.900 % in 2023 and a record low of 0.600 % in 2018. LV: Prevalence of Severe Food Insecurity in the Population: % of population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. The percentage of people in the population who live in households classified as severely food insecure. A household is classified as severely food insecure when at least one adult in the household has reported to have been exposed, at times during the year, to several of the most severe experiences described in the FIES questions, such as to have been forced to reduce the quantity of the food, to have skipped meals, having gone hungry, or having to go for a whole day without eating because of a lack of money or other resources.;Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO);Population-weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1.900 2023 | yearly | 2015 - 2023 |
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Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults
Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data was reported at 59.320 % in 2022. This records an increase from the previous number of 58.860 % for 2021. Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data is updated yearly, averaging 51.310 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 59.320 % in 2022 and a record low of 45.130 % in 1990. Prevalence of Overweight: % of Adults data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of overweight adults is the percentage of adults ages 18 and over whose Body Mass Index (BMI) is more than 25 kg/m2. Body Mass Index (BMI) is a simple index of weight-for-height, or the weight in kilograms divided by the square of the height in meters.;World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory Data Repository (http://apps.who.int/ghodata/).;;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 59.320 2022 | yearly | 1990 - 2022 |
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Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate
Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data was reported at 1.700 % in 2024. This stayed constant from the previous number of 1.700 % for 2023. Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data is updated yearly, averaging 2.100 % from Dec 2000 (Median) to 2024, with 25 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 3.300 % in 2000 and a record low of 1.700 % in 2024. Prevalence of Stunting: Height for Age: % of Children Under 5, Modeled Estimate data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Latvia – Table LV.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Prevalence of stunting is the percentage of children under age 5 whose height for age is more than two standard deviations below the median for the international reference population ages 0-59 months. For children up to two years old height is measured by recumbent length. For older children height is measured by stature while standing. The data are based on the WHO's 2006 Child Growth Standards.;Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, publisher: JME; World Health Organization (WHO), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME; World Bank (WB), uri: https://www.who.int/data/gho/data/themes/topics/joint-child-malnutrition-estimates-unicef-who-wb, note: Joint child Malnutrition Estimates (JME), publisher: JME;Weighted average;
| Last | Frequency | Range |
|---|---|---|
| 1.700 2024 | yearly | 2000 - 2024 |