EU regions (NUTS 2) by death rate
Severozapaden had the highest death rate of 244 regions in 2023, at 20.4 per 1,000 inhabitants. Mayotte had the lowest, at 3 per 1,000 inhabitants. The median was 11.1 per 1,000 inhabitants and the figure for the European Union (27) was 10.8 per 1,000 inhabitants. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2023
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2023 | Change on 2022 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Severozapaden | 20.4 | -3.1 pts |
| 2 | Severen tsentralen | 18.6 | -3.4 pts |
| 3 | Sachsen-Anhalt Series break | 16.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 4 | Chemnitz Series break | 16.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 5 | Severoiztochen | 15.6 | -2.6 pts |
| 5 | Yugoiztochen | 15.6 | -2.7 pts |
| 7 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 15.5 | -2.7 pts |
| 8 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Series break | 15.2 | -0.7 pts |
| 8 | Panonska Hrvatska | 15.2 | -1.8 pts |
| 10 | Dél-Alföld | 15 | -0.6 pts |
| 11 | Dél-Dunántúl | 14.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 11 | Latvija | 14.9 | -1.4 pts |
| 13 | Észak-Magyarország | 14.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 13 | Peloponnisos | 14.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 15 | Alentejo | 14.7 | -1.6 pts |
| 15 | Thüringen Series break | 14.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 17 | Brandenburg Series break | 14.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 17 | Saarland Series break | 14.4 | -1.1 pts |
| 19 | Liguria | 14.3 | -1.6 pts |
| 19 | Sud-Muntenia Estimated | 14.3 | -1.8 pts |
| 21 | Dytiki Makedonia | 14.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 21 | Sud-Est Estimated | 14.1 | -1.5 pts |
| 23 | Sterea Elláda | 14 | -1.1 pts |
| 23 | Thessalia | 14 | -0.8 pts |
| 25 | Braunschweig Series break | 13.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 25 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 13.9 | -2.3 pts |
| 27 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 13.7 | -1.3 pts |
| 27 | Dresden Series break | 13.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 27 | Kassel Series break | 13.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 30 | Molise | 13.6 | -1.1 pts |
| 31 | Arnsberg Series break | 13.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 31 | Hannover Series break | 13.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 31 | Közép-Dunántúl | 13.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 31 | Oberfranken Series break | 13.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 35 | Észak-Alföld | 13.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 35 | Lüneburg Series break | 13.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 35 | Schleswig-Holstein Series break | 13.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 38 | Sud-Vest Oltenia Estimated | 13.3 | -1.8 pts |
| 38 | Yugozapaden | 13.3 | -2.3 pts |
| 40 | Düsseldorf Series break | 13.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 40 | Koblenz Series break | 13.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 40 | Vest Estimated | 13.1 | -1.6 pts |
| 43 | Ipeiros | 13 | -1.3 pts |
| 43 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 13 | -1.6 pts |
| 43 | Limousin Provisional | 13 | -0.8 pts |
| 43 | Łódzkie | 13 | -1.2 pts |
| 43 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 13 | -0.8 pts |
| 48 | Asturias | 12.9 | -1 pts |
| 48 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 12.9 | -1.5 pts |
| 50 | Nord-Est Estimated | 12.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 50 | Świętokrzyskie | 12.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 52 | Etelä-Suomi | 12.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 52 | Piemonte | 12.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 54 | Ionia Nisia | 12.6 | -1.9 pts |
| 54 | Leipzig Series break | 12.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 54 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 12.6 | -1.1 pts |
| 54 | Umbria | 12.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 58 | Abruzzo | 12.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 58 | Centro (PT) | 12.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 58 | Dytiki Elláda | 12.5 | -1.9 pts |
| 61 | Basilicata | 12.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 61 | Gießen Series break | 12.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 61 | Trier Series break | 12.4 | -0.5 pts |
| 64 | Budapest | 12.3 | -1 pts |
| 64 | Kentriki Makedonia | 12.3 | -1.7 pts |
| 64 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 12.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 67 | Bremen Series break | 12.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 67 | Detmold Series break | 12.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 67 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 12.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 67 | Münster Series break | 12.2 | -0.6 pts |
| 67 | Śląskie | 12.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 67 | Weser-Ems Series break | 12.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 73 | Galicia | 12.1 | -0.9 pts |
| 73 | Toscana | 12.1 | -1.3 pts |
| 73 | Unterfranken Series break | 12.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 76 | Bourgogne Provisional | 12 | -0.5 pts |
| 76 | Centru Estimated | 12 | -1.6 pts |
| 76 | Marche | 12 | -1.2 pts |
| 76 | Oberpfalz Series break | 12 | -0.3 pts |
| 76 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz Series break | 12 | -0.7 pts |
| 81 | Calabria | 11.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 81 | Länsi-Suomi | 11.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 81 | Opolskie | 11.9 | -1.2 pts |
| 81 | Sardegna | 11.9 | -1.1 pts |
| 85 | Auvergne Provisional | 11.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 85 | Castile and León | 11.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 85 | Lubelskie | 11.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 85 | Nord-Vest Estimated | 11.8 | -1.5 pts |
| 85 | Poitou-Charentes Provisional | 11.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 85 | Sicilia | 11.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 85 | Zachodniopomorskie | 11.8 | -1 pts |
| 92 | Eesti | 11.7 | -1.1 pts |
| 92 | Grad Zagreb | 11.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 92 | Limburg (NL) | 11.7 | +0.1 pts |
| 92 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 11.7 | -1 pts |
| 96 | Basse-Normandie Provisional | 11.6 | -0.9 pts |
| 96 | Köln Series break | 11.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 96 | Mittelfranken Series break | 11.6 | -0.6 pts |
| 96 | Niederbayern Series break | 11.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 96 | Severozápad | 11.6 | -0.7 pts |
| 101 | Burgenland | 11.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 101 | Dolnośląskie | 11.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 101 | Drenthe | 11.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 101 | Emilia-Romagna | 11.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 101 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 11.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 101 | Moravskoslezsko | 11.5 | -1.1 pts |
| 107 | Attiki | 11.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 107 | Kärnten | 11.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 107 | Mellersta Norrland | 11.4 | -0.3 pts |
| 107 | Sjælland | 11.4 | -0.4 pts |
| 111 | Lubuskie | 11.3 | -0.9 pts |
| 111 | Pest | 11.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 111 | Voreio Aigaio | 11.3 | -2 pts |
| 111 | Zeeland | 11.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 115 | Karlsruhe Series break | 11.2 | -0.3 pts |
| 115 | Lazio | 11.2 | 0 pts |
| 115 | Norra Mellansverige | 11.2 | 0 pts |
| 115 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 11.2 | -1.2 pts |
| 115 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 11.2 | -1.1 pts |
| 120 | Bucureşti-Ilfov Estimated | 11.1 | -1.2 pts |
| 120 | Niederösterreich | 11.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 120 | Podlaskie | 11.1 | -1.3 pts |
| 120 | Puglia | 11.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 124 | Freiburg Series break | 11 | -0.3 pts |
| 125 | Centre - Val de Loire Provisional | 10.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 125 | Darmstadt Series break | 10.9 | -0.3 pts |
| 125 | Nordjylland | 10.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 125 | Prov. Hainaut | 10.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 125 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 10.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 125 | Schwaben Series break | 10.9 | -0.6 pts |
| 125 | Střední Morava | 10.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 125 | Syddanmark | 10.9 | -0.2 pts |
| 125 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 10.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 134 | Bretagne Provisional | 10.8 | -0.6 pts |
| 134 | Extremadura | 10.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 134 | Övre Norrland | 10.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 134 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 10.8 | -1.4 pts |
| 134 | Západné Slovensko | 10.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 139 | Kriti | 10.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 139 | Languedoc-Roussillon Provisional | 10.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 139 | Steiermark | 10.7 | -0.6 pts |
| 142 | Champagne-Ardenne Provisional | 10.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 142 | Friesland (NL) | 10.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 142 | Hamburg Series break | 10.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 142 | Martinique Provisional | 10.6 | -1 pts |
| 146 | Berlin Series break | 10.5 | -0.3 pts |
| 146 | Campania | 10.5 | -0.4 pts |
| 146 | Severovýchod | 10.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 146 | Sostinės regionas | 10.5 | -2 pts |
| 146 | Stredné Slovensko | 10.5 | -0.8 pts |
| 146 | Stuttgart Series break | 10.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 146 | Veneto | 10.5 | -0.9 pts |
| 153 | Algarve | 10.4 | -1.2 pts |
| 153 | Lombardia | 10.4 | -0.9 pts |
| 153 | Lorraine Provisional | 10.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 153 | Península de Setúbal | 10.4 | -0.8 pts |
| 157 | Aquitaine Provisional | 10.3 | -0.8 pts |
| 157 | Aragon | 10.3 | -1.2 pts |
| 157 | Groningen | 10.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 157 | Jihozápad | 10.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 157 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur Provisional | 10.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 157 | Tübingen Series break | 10.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 163 | Cantabria | 10.2 | -1.3 pts |
| 163 | Franche-Comté Provisional | 10.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 163 | Jihovýchod | 10.2 | -1 pts |
| 163 | Prov. Liège | 10.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 163 | Wielkopolskie | 10.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 168 | Podkarpackie | 10.1 | -1.1 pts |
| 168 | Småland med öarna | 10.1 | +0.2 pts |
| 170 | Basque Country | 10 | -0.9 pts |
| 170 | Corse Provisional | 10 | -0.6 pts |
| 170 | La Rioja | 10 | -0.8 pts |
| 170 | Midi-Pyrénées Provisional | 10 | -0.6 pts |
| 170 | Norte | 10 | -0.7 pts |
| 170 | Pomorskie | 10 | -1.1 pts |
| 170 | Prov. Namur | 10 | -0.4 pts |
| 177 | Haute-Normandie Provisional | 9.9 | -0.7 pts |
| 177 | Małopolskie | 9.9 | -0.9 pts |
| 177 | Noord-Brabant | 9.9 | +0.1 pts |
| 177 | Oberbayern Series break | 9.9 | -0.4 pts |
| 181 | Gelderland | 9.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 181 | Picardie Provisional | 9.8 | -0.5 pts |
| 181 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 9.8 | -1.5 pts |
| 181 | Warszawski stołeczny | 9.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 185 | Guadeloupe Provisional | 9.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 185 | Oberösterreich | 9.7 | -0.4 pts |
| 185 | Overijssel | 9.7 | -0.2 pts |
| 188 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 9.6 | -0.3 pts |
| 188 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 9.6 | -0.4 pts |
| 190 | Nord-Pas de Calais Provisional | 9.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 190 | Pays de la Loire Provisional | 9.5 | -0.6 pts |
| 190 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 9.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 190 | Střední Čechy | 9.5 | -0.7 pts |
| 194 | Castilla-La Mancha | 9.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 194 | Notio Aigaio | 9.3 | -0.6 pts |
| 194 | Östra Mellansverige | 9.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 194 | Zahodna Slovenija | 9.3 | -0.5 pts |
| 198 | Midtjylland | 9.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 198 | Sydsverige | 9.2 | -0.2 pts |
| 198 | Východné Slovensko | 9.2 | -0.9 pts |
| 201 | Alsace Provisional | 9.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 201 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 9.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 201 | Salzburg | 9.1 | -0.3 pts |
| 204 | Grande Lisboa | 9 | -1.1 pts |
| 204 | Prov. Antwerpen | 9 | -0.6 pts |
| 204 | Västsverige | 9 | 0 pts |
| 207 | Åland | 8.9 | -1 pts |
| 207 | Praha | 8.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 207 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 8.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 207 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 8.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 207 | Valencian Community | 8.9 | -0.8 pts |
| 212 | Noord-Holland | 8.8 | 0 pts |
| 212 | Zuid-Holland | 8.8 | -0.3 pts |
| 214 | Andalusia | 8.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 214 | Bratislavský kraj | 8.7 | -0.9 pts |
| 214 | Navarre | 8.7 | -0.8 pts |
| 214 | Wien | 8.7 | -0.5 pts |
| 218 | Tirol | 8.6 | -0.5 pts |
| 219 | Catalonia | 8.5 | -0.5 pts |
| 219 | Hovedstaden | 8.5 | -0.2 pts |
| 219 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 8.5 | -1.3 pts |
| 222 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 8.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 222 | Utrecht | 8.3 | 0 pts |
| 224 | Rhône-Alpes Provisional | 8.2 | -0.4 pts |
| 224 | Vorarlberg | 8.2 | -0.8 pts |
| 226 | Canary Islands | 8 | -0.5 pts |
| 227 | Region of Murcia | 7.8 | -0.7 pts |
| 228 | Southern | 7.4 | -0.1 pts |
| 229 | Malta | 7.3 | -0.7 pts |
| 229 | Northern and Western | 7.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 231 | Balearic Islands | 7.1 | -0.7 pts |
| 232 | Community of Madrid | 7 | -0.5 pts |
| 232 | Kýpros | 7 | -0.8 pts |
| 234 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 6.8 | -0.4 pts |
| 235 | Ceuta | 6.7 | -0.7 pts |
| 236 | Luxembourg | 6.6 | -0.2 pts |
| 236 | Stockholm | 6.6 | -0.1 pts |
| 238 | Flevoland | 6.5 | 0 pts |
| 239 | Ile-de-France Provisional | 6.3 | -0.3 pts |
| 240 | La Réunion Provisional | 6.2 | -1 pts |
| 241 | Eastern and Midland | 5.8 | -0.1 pts |
| 241 | Melilla | 5.8 | +0.1 pts |
| 243 | Guyane Provisional | 4.2 | 0 pts |
| 244 | Mayotte Provisional | 3 | -0.2 pts |
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Deaths per 1,000 residents during the year.
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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 20.4 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest death rate?
Mayotte, with 3 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2023.
Where does this ranking come from?
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