Latvia vs Lithuania: Autopsy rate

Latvia
11.7%
in 2021
Lithuania
12.9%
in 2020
Latvia rank
15th
Lithuania rank
13th

Autopsy rate over time

  • Latvia
  • Lithuania
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How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 12.9% against 11.7% in Latvia, a difference of 1.2%.

That makes Lithuania's figure about 1.1 times Latvia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1988 it was Latvia ahead.

Latvia ranks 15th and Lithuania ranks 13th of 39 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Autopsy rate
Unit
%
Source
Paratz et al. (2023); World Health Organization (2022) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
39 places, 1,121 data points, 1970–2021
Last refreshed

The share of all deaths for which an autopsy was performed. Autopsies may be used to determine the cause of sudden deaths; when there is a lack of doctors and nurses, medical records, or death certificate training; or for other legal or cultural reasons.