T1D Index estimates for 2025 · IDF Europe region · High-Income country
An estimated 7,085 people are living with type 1 diabetes in Latvia in 2025. Each year about 410 people are newly diagnosed and 165 people with T1D die. A further 3,023 people would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes.
People living with T1D
7,085
New diagnoses this year
410
Deaths this year
165
Missing people
3,023
Expected age at death, diagnosed at 10
54.4years
How many people have type 1 diabetes in Latvia?
7,085 people in Latvia are living with type 1 diabetes in 2025, or 382.3 per 100,000 people. That is higher than the Europe average of 298.6 per 100,000 and higher than the global average of 115.5. Latvia has the 102nd-largest number of people living with T1D of the 202 countries in the T1D Index, and the 35th-largest of the 53 countries in the IDF Europe region.
For every 100 people living with T1D in Latvia, another 43 are missing: people who would be alive today had they not died early from T1D.
Is type 1 diabetes increasing in Latvia?
The number of people living with T1D in Latvia went from 3,173 in 2000 to 7,085 in 2025, and is projected to rise to 9,015 by 2040 (+27%).
People living with type 1 diabetes in Latvia, 2000–2040. Solid line: modelled estimates to 2025; dashed line: projection to 2040.
Type 1 diabetes in Latvia over time, all ages
Year
Living with T1D
New diagnoses
Deaths
Missing people
2000
3,173
186
91
2,525
2010
4,701
333
63
2,339
2020
6,136
367
152
2,603
2025
7,085
410
165
3,023
2030 (projected)
7,924
481
280
3,644
2040 (projected)
9,015
422
280
5,285
What is the life expectancy with type 1 diabetes in Latvia?
A 10-year-old diagnosed with type 1 diabetes in Latvia today is expected to live to 54.4, compared with 76.8 for a 10-year-old without T1D: 22.4 years of life lost. Counting years lived with complications as well, T1D costs 31.1 years of healthy life at today's level of care. If everyone received timely diagnosis, insulin and test strips, and insulin pumps and CGMs, that loss would fall to 15.3 years.
Healthy years of life for a 10-year-old diagnosed with T1D in Latvia, as each level of care is added in turn
Level of care
Healthy years restored
Healthy years of life
Healthy years still lost
Current level of care
–
45.7
31.1
+ Timely diagnosis for everyone
–
45.7
31.1
+ Insulin and test strips for everyone
+8.3
54.0
22.7
+ Insulin pumps and CGMs for everyone
+7.5
61.5
15.3
How does Latvia compare?
Type 1 diabetes in Latvia compared with the Europe region and the world, 2025
2025
Latvia
Europe
World
People living with T1D per 100,000
382.3
298.6
115.5
New diagnoses per 100,000
22.1
12.1
6.2
Missing people per 100 living with T1D
42.7
30.5
43.0
Expected age at death, 10-year-old with T1D
54.4
62.1
51.3
Expected age at death, 10-year-old in general population
All figures are T1D Index version 3.0 estimates for all ages. Missing people are those who would be alive today had they not died early from type 1 diabetes. Expected age at death is for a 10-year-old. See Data & Methods for how the estimates are made and the peer-reviewed publications behind them.
