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EU regions (NUTS 2) by death rate

Severozapaden had the highest death rate of 241 regions in 2017, at 20.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Mayotte had the lowest, at 2.9 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 10.5 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest20.8Severozapaden
Lowest2.9Mayotte
Median10.5241 regions
European Union (27)10.5History

Top 40 regions, 2017

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SeverozapadenSeverozapaden: 20.8 per 1,000 inhabitants20.8Severen tsentralenSeveren tsentralen: 18.7 per 1,000 inhabitants18.7YugoiztochenYugoiztochen: 16.1 per 1,000 inhabitants16.1Yuzhen tsentralenYuzhen tsentralen: 15.9 per 1,000 inhabitants15.9SeveroiztochenSeveroiztochen: 15.6 per 1,000 inhabitants15.6Észak-MagyarországÉszak-Magyarország: 15.1 per 1,000 inhabitants15.1ChemnitzChemnitz: 15 per 1,000 inhabitants15AlentejoAlentejo: 14.9 per 1,000 inhabitants14.9Dél-AlföldDél-Alföld: 14.9 per 1,000 inhabitants14.9Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos region…Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas: 14.9 per 1,000 inhabitants14.9LatvijaLatvija: 14.8 per 1,000 inhabitants14.8Dél-DunántúlDél-Dunántúl: 14.7 per 1,000 inhabitants14.7Sachsen-AnhaltSachsen-Anhalt: 14.7 per 1,000 inhabitants14.7Sud-MunteniaSud-Muntenia: 14.7 per 1,000 inhabitants14.7Sud-EstSud-Est: 14.4 per 1,000 inhabitants14.4LiguriaLiguria: 14.3 per 1,000 inhabitants14.3Sud-Vest OlteniaSud-Vest Oltenia: 14.1 per 1,000 inhabitants14.1YugozapadenYugozapaden: 13.9 per 1,000 inhabitants13.9Közép-DunántúlKözép-Dunántúl: 13.8 per 1,000 inhabitants13.8Nord-EstNord-Est: 13.6 per 1,000 inhabitants13.6PeloponnisosPeloponnisos: 13.6 per 1,000 inhabitants13.6ThüringenThüringen: 13.6 per 1,000 inhabitants13.6VestVest: 13.6 per 1,000 inhabitants13.6Anatoliki Makedonia, ThrakiAnatoliki Makedonia, Thraki: 13.5 per 1,000 inhabitants13.5Nyugat-DunántúlNyugat-Dunántúl: 13.4 per 1,000 inhabitants13.4SaarlandSaarland: 13.3 per 1,000 inhabitants13.3Jadranska HrvatskaJadranska Hrvatska: 13.1 per 1,000 inhabitants13.1Észak-AlföldÉszak-Alföld: 13 per 1,000 inhabitants13Ionia NisiaIonia Nisia: 13 per 1,000 inhabitants13Mecklenburg-VorpommernMecklenburg-Vorpommern: 12.9 per 1,000 inhabitants12.9Voreio AigaioVoreio Aigaio: 12.9 per 1,000 inhabitants12.9AsturiasAsturias: 12.8 per 1,000 inhabitants12.8Sterea ElládaSterea Elláda: 12.8 per 1,000 inhabitants12.8BrandenburgBrandenburg: 12.7 per 1,000 inhabitants12.7DresdenDresden: 12.7 per 1,000 inhabitants12.7BraunschweigBraunschweig: 12.6 per 1,000 inhabitants12.6BudapestBudapest: 12.6 per 1,000 inhabitants12.6Dytiki MakedoniaDytiki Makedonia: 12.6 per 1,000 inhabitants12.6LimousinLimousin: 12.6 per 1,000 inhabitants12.6ŁódzkieŁódzkie: 12.6 per 1,000 inhabitants12.6
per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

RankRegions2017
per 1,000 inhabitants		Change on 2016
1Severozapaden20.8+0.7 pts
2Severen tsentralen18.7+1 pts
3Yugoiztochen16.1+0.7 pts
4Yuzhen tsentralen15.9+0.6 pts
5Severoiztochen15.6+0.6 pts
6Észak-Magyarország15.1+0.6 pts
7Chemnitz15+0.4 pts
8Alentejo14.9-0.4 pts
8Dél-Alföld14.9+0.9 pts
8Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas14.9-0.1 pts
11Latvija14.8+0.2 pts
12Dél-Dunántúl14.7+0.8 pts
12Sachsen-Anhalt14.7+0.7 pts
12Sud-Muntenia14.7+0.2 pts
15Sud-Est14.4+0.3 pts
16Liguria14.3+0.9 pts
17Sud-Vest Oltenia14.1+0.3 pts
18Yugozapaden13.9+0.1 pts
19Közép-Dunántúl13.8+0.7 pts
20Nord-Est13.6+0.2 pts
20Peloponnisos13.6+1.2 pts
20Thüringen13.6+0.5 pts
20Vest13.6+0.5 pts
24Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki13.5+1.2 pts
25Nyugat-Dunántúl13.4+0.6 pts
26Saarland13.3+0.4 pts
27Jadranska Hrvatska13.1+0.9 pts
28Észak-Alföld13+0.3 pts
28Ionia Nisia13+0.7 pts
30Mecklenburg-Vorpommern12.9+0.2 pts
30Voreio Aigaio12.9+0.1 pts
32Asturias12.8+0.1 pts
32Sterea Elláda12.8+0.7 pts
34Brandenburg12.7+0.3 pts
34Dresden12.7+0.3 pts
36Braunschweig12.6+0.2 pts
36Budapest12.6+0.4 pts
36Dytiki Makedonia12.6+0.7 pts
36Limousin12.60 pts
36Łódzkie12.6+0.4 pts
36Nord-Vest12.6+0.4 pts
36Oberfranken12.6+0.5 pts
36Oeste e Vale do Tejo12.6-0.3 pts
44Centro (PT)12.5+0.1 pts
44Ipeiros12.5+0.7 pts
44Molise12.5+0.9 pts
44Thessalia12.5+0.4 pts
48Koblenz12.4+0.2 pts
49Arnsberg12.30 pts
49Centru12.3+0.1 pts
49Piemonte12.3+0.7 pts
49Umbria12.3+0.7 pts
53Kassel12.2+0.1 pts
53Leipzig12.2+0.3 pts
55Hannover12.1+0.3 pts
55Marche12.1+0.8 pts
57Friuli-Venezia Giulia12+0.4 pts
57Pest12+0.6 pts
57Sostinės regionas12-0.5 pts
57Toscana12+0.6 pts
61Castile and León11.9+0.3 pts
61Düsseldorf11.9+0.2 pts
61Lüneburg11.9+0.2 pts
61Schleswig-Holstein11.9+0.1 pts
65Abruzzo11.8+0.8 pts
65Dytiki Elláda11.8+0.5 pts
65Eesti11.8+0.1 pts
65Galicia11.8+0.1 pts
65Mellersta Norrland11.8+0.3 pts
70Algarve11.7+0.1 pts
70Kentriki Makedonia11.7+0.5 pts
72Auvergne11.6+0.3 pts
72Bourgogne11.6+0.3 pts
72Bremen11.6+0.1 pts
72Świętokrzyskie11.6+0.3 pts
76Basilicata11.5+0.6 pts
76Burgenland11.5+0.5 pts
76Emilia-Romagna11.5+0.4 pts
76Gießen11.5+0.6 pts
76Opolskie11.5+1 pts
76Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste11.5+0.6 pts
82Śląskie11.4+0.6 pts
83Bucureşti-Ilfov11.30 pts
83Poitou-Charentes11.3+0.3 pts
83Severozápad11.3+0.4 pts
83Trier11.3+0.3 pts
87Detmold11.2+0.1 pts
87Dolnośląskie11.2+0.5 pts
87Moravskoslezsko11.2+0.4 pts
87Norra Mellansverige11.2-0.1 pts
87Rheinhessen-Pfalz11.2+0.5 pts
87Unterfranken11.2+0.5 pts
93Etelä-Suomi11.1-0.1 pts
93Lubelskie11.1+0.6 pts
93Mazowiecki regionalny11.1+0.4 pts
93Mittelfranken11.1+0.4 pts
93Münster11.1+0.1 pts
98Attiki11+0.5 pts
98Prov. Hainaut11-0.3 pts
98Sicilia11+1 pts
98Střední Morava11+0.4 pts
102Niederbayern10.9+0.3 pts
102Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi10.90 pts
102Prov. West-Vlaanderen10.9+0.5 pts
102Weser-Ems10.9-0.1 pts
106Aragon10.8+0.6 pts
106Basse-Normandie10.8+0.1 pts
106Calabria10.8+0.9 pts
106Extremadura10.8+0.4 pts
106Kärnten10.8+0.2 pts
106Oberpfalz10.80 pts
106Podlaskie10.8+0.2 pts
106Sjælland10.8+0.2 pts
106Západné Slovensko10.8+0.3 pts
115Jihozápad10.7+0.3 pts
115Prov. Liège10.7+0.1 pts
115Vzhodna Slovenija10.7+0.3 pts
118Drenthe10.6+0.2 pts
118Limburg (NL)10.6+0.3 pts
118Zachodniopomorskie10.6+0.5 pts
121Köln10.5+0.2 pts
121Länsi-Suomi10.50 pts
121Övre Norrland10.50 pts
121Severovýchod10.5+0.4 pts
125Bretagne10.40 pts
125Centre - Val de Loire10.4+0.2 pts
125Jihovýchod10.4+0.5 pts
125Karlsruhe10.4+0.1 pts
125Lazio10.4+0.5 pts
125Niederösterreich10.4+0.2 pts
125Prov. Namur10.4+0.1 pts
125Steiermark10.4+0.4 pts
133Aquitaine10.3+0.4 pts
133Champagne-Ardenne10.3+0.3 pts
133Kujawsko-pomorskie10.3+0.3 pts
133Languedoc-Roussillon10.3+0.1 pts
133Sardegna10.3+0.5 pts
133Småland med öarna10.3+0.3 pts
133Warszawski stołeczny10.3+0.4 pts
133Zeeland10.3+0.1 pts
141Cantabria10.20 pts
141Kriti10.2+0.7 pts
141Lubuskie10.2+0.3 pts
141Península de Setúbal10.2-0.2 pts
141Schwaben10.2+0.2 pts
141Stredné Slovensko10.2+0.2 pts
141Warmińsko-mazurskie10.2+0.2 pts
148Freiburg10.1+0.1 pts
148Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur10.1+0.2 pts
148Puglia10.1+0.8 pts
148Veneto10.1+0.3 pts
152Lombardia10+0.5 pts
152Região Autónoma da Madeira10-0.3 pts
154Basque Country9.9+0.2 pts
154Castilla-La Mancha9.9+0.5 pts
154Darmstadt9.9+0.2 pts
154Lorraine9.9+0.1 pts
154Midi-Pyrénées9.9+0.3 pts
159Campania9.8+0.6 pts
159Nordjylland9.8-0.4 pts
159Střední Čechy9.8+0.3 pts
159Syddanmark9.8+0.2 pts
163Friesland (NL)9.70 pts
163Groningen9.7+0.1 pts
163Hamburg9.7+0.1 pts
163La Rioja9.7+0.3 pts
163Stuttgart9.7+0.2 pts
168Berlin9.60 pts
168Prov. Luxembourg (BE)9.6-0.1 pts
168Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen9.6+0.1 pts
168Tübingen9.6+0.2 pts
168Wielkopolskie9.6+0.2 pts
173Bratislavský kraj9.5+0.2 pts
173Franche-Comté9.5+0.1 pts
173Małopolskie9.5+0.3 pts
173Norte9.50 pts
173Pomorskie9.5+0.2 pts
173Praha9.50 pts
179Corse9.4+0.1 pts
179Haute-Normandie9.4+0.1 pts
179Östra Mellansverige9.4-0.1 pts
179Picardie9.40 pts
179Prov. Antwerpen9.4+0.2 pts
179Provincia Autonoma di Trento9.4+0.2 pts
179Região Autónoma dos Açores9.4-0.6 pts
186Grande Lisboa9.3-0.2 pts
186Podkarpackie9.3+0.1 pts
186Sydsverige9.30 pts
189Nord-Pas de Calais9.2+0.1 pts
189Oberösterreich9.2+0.4 pts
189Pays de la Loire9.2+0.2 pts
189Västsverige9.2+0.1 pts
193Gelderland9.1+0.2 pts
193Navarre9.1+0.2 pts
193Oberbayern9.1+0.2 pts
193Prov. Brabant wallon9.1+0.3 pts
197Noord-Brabant9+0.1 pts
197Prov. Vlaams-Brabant90 pts
197Valencian Community9+0.4 pts
197Zahodna Slovenija9+0.5 pts
201Overijssel8.9+0.1 pts
201Východné Slovensko8.9+0.3 pts
203Catalonia8.8+0.3 pts
204Martinique8.7-0.1 pts
204Notio Aigaio8.7+0.1 pts
204Wien8.7+0.1 pts
207Midtjylland8.6+0.1 pts
207Prov. Limburg (BE)8.6+0.2 pts
209Alsace8.5+0.2 pts
209Andalusia8.5+0.3 pts
209Salzburg8.5+0.3 pts
212Hovedstaden8.4-0.1 pts
212Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen8.4+0.3 pts
212Zuid-Holland8.40 pts
215Noord-Holland8.1-0.2 pts
215Rhône-Alpes8.1+0.2 pts
217Åland8-2.2 pts
217Vorarlberg8+0.4 pts
219Tirol7.90 pts
220Region of Murcia7.8+0.4 pts
221Guadeloupe7.7-0.2 pts
222Malta7.6+0.2 pts
222Utrecht7.60 pts
224Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest7.5-0.1 pts
225Balearic Islands7.4+0.3 pts
226Helsinki-Uusimaa7.3-0.1 pts
227Canary Islands7.2+0.1 pts
227Community of Madrid7.2+0.2 pts
229Luxembourg Series break7.1+0.3 pts
230Northern and Western7-0.2 pts
231Kýpros6.9+0.6 pts
231Southern6.9-0.4 pts
231Stockholm6.9-0.2 pts
234Ceuta6.6+0.6 pts
235Ile-de-France6.2+0.1 pts
236Eastern and Midland5.7+0.1 pts
236Melilla5.70 pts
238Flevoland5.6-0.3 pts
239La Réunion5.50 pts
240Guyane3.5+0.2 pts
241Mayotte2.90 pts

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Deaths per 1,000 residents during the year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the regions are compared on one definition. 3 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2017 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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Eurostat. Crude death rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_gind3/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

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Which region has the highest death rate?

Severozapaden, with 20.8 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest death rate?

Mayotte, with 2.9 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2017.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Crude death rate per 1,000 average residents by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08. 3 regions have no value for 2017 and are not ranked.

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