EU regions (NUTS 2) by deaths

Name: EU regions (NUTS 2) by deaths, 2021
Creator: Eurostat, European Commission
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Lombardia had the highest deaths of 244 regions in 2021, at 107,820. Åland had the lowest, at 263. The median was 17,389 and the figure for the European Union (27) was 5.3 million. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest107,820Lombardia

Lowest263Åland

Median17,389244 regions

European Union (27)5,297,333History

Top 40 regions, 2021

CSV Chart (SVG)

count. Source: Eurostat. Retrieved 2026-10-08.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2021 count	Change on 2020
1	Lombardia	107,820	-20.5%
2	Ile-de-France	82,484	-8.9%
3	Andalusia	79,339	+1.1%
4	Catalonia	69,342	-13.1%
5	Düsseldorf	66,450	+2.2%
6	Śląskie	66,152	+10.2%
7	Lazio	63,939	+2.5%
8	Campania	60,921	+3.4%
9	Sicilia	58,824	+5.8%
10	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	58,163	+4.6%
11	Rhône-Alpes	57,404	-9.4%
12	Piemonte	56,414	-14.4%
13	Sud-Muntenia	56,106	+11.1%
14	Nord-Est	55,672	+10.9%
15	Emilia-Romagna	55,260	-6.7%
16	Veneto	53,515	-6.7%
17	Köln	50,464	+2.4%
18	Community of Madrid	49,857	-25.2%
19	Valencian Community	49,648	+2.3%
20	Attiki	48,426	+13.3%
21	Toscana	47,505	-0.7%
22	Arnsberg	47,151	+2.9%
23	Oberbayern	46,697	+2.5%
24	Puglia	46,286	+5.2%
25	Sud-Est	44,702	+14.1%
26	Stuttgart	43,463	+2.2%
27	Wielkopolskie	43,096	+7.7%
28	Darmstadt	42,954	+2.7%
29	Nord-Vest	41,186	+10.5%
30	Nord-Pas de Calais	40,792	-0.7%
31	Małopolskie	40,725	+4.9%
32	Dolnośląskie	40,362	+7.4%
33	Yugozapaden	40,168	+21.1%
34	Warszawski stołeczny	39,936	+9.3%
35	Łódzkie	38,015	+6.2%
36	Aquitaine	37,782	+4.5%
37	Berlin	37,706	+0.2%
38	Centru	37,604	+10.2%
39	Pays de la Loire	37,494	+1.9%
40	Brandenburg	37,396	+8%
41	Sachsen-Anhalt	37,289	+10.3%
42	Norte	37,127	-7.3%
43	Bretagne	37,097	+3.8%
44	Schleswig-Holstein	36,792	+4.5%
45	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	35,724	+8.4%
46	Bucureşti-Ilfov	35,211	+15.2%
47	Thüringen	34,830	+15.2%
48	Latvija	34,600	+19.9%
49	Zuid-Holland	34,288	-1.3%
50	Sud-Vest Oltenia	34,126	+12.6%
51	Mazowiecki regionalny	33,541	+8.2%
52	Galicia	32,853	0%
53	Languedoc-Roussillon	32,568	+4.2%
54	Midi-Pyrénées	32,046	+2.6%
55	Münster	31,587	+3.3%
56	Karlsruhe	31,278	+2.8%
57	Vest	30,920	+12.8%
58	Lubelskie	30,617	+12.4%
59	Yuzhen tsentralen	29,464	+17%
60	Weser-Ems	29,445	+1.8%
61	Castile and León	29,299	-19.1%
62	Centre - Val de Loire	28,913	+1.1%
63	Kujawsko-pomorskie	28,272	+11%
64	Pomorskie	28,072	+9.4%
65	Hannover	27,797	+4.4%
66	Kentriki Makedonia	26,808	+7.3%
67	Západné Slovensko	26,632	+23.8%
68	Podkarpackie	26,500	+9.8%
69	Chemnitz	26,023	+4.4%
70	Noord-Holland	25,972	+1.9%
71	Noord-Brabant	25,665	-3.4%
72	Lorraine	25,426	-4.7%
73	Freiburg	24,846	+2.4%
74	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	24,562	+2.3%
75	Budapest	24,540	+7.3%
76	Detmold	24,383	+3.2%
77	Dresden	24,202	+1.2%
78	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	24,152	+10.5%
79	Grande Lisboa	23,443	+6.2%
80	Zachodniopomorskie	23,248	+10.5%
81	Centro (PT)	23,217	+3%
82	Észak-Alföld	23,190	+10.8%
83	Basque Country	23,086	-4.8%
84	Calabria	22,632	+7.6%
85	Liguria	22,562	-12.3%
86	Poitou-Charentes	22,401	+5.4%
87	Lüneburg	21,731	+3.1%
88	Dél-Alföld	21,707	+11.8%
89	Jihovýchod	21,684	+6%
90	Schwaben	21,319	+3.2%
91	Gelderland	21,287	+1.6%
92	Yugoiztochen	21,084	+17.8%
93	Mittelfranken	21,079	+2.3%
94	Braunschweig	20,992	+3.1%
95	Severovýchod	20,539	+12.1%
96	Észak-Magyarország	20,497	+11.2%
97	Castilla-La Mancha	20,417	-21%
98	Východné Slovensko	20,395	+25.6%
99	Jadranska Hrvatska	20,297	+13.1%
100	Severozapaden	20,204	+19.7%
101	Koblenz	19,798	+4.3%
102	Picardie	19,774	-3.5%
103	Marche	19,730	-1.2%
104	Niederösterreich	19,710	+5.8%
105	Bourgogne	19,596	-5%
106	Tübingen	19,431	+3.4%
107	Severen tsentralen	19,196	+19.2%
108	Haute-Normandie	18,936	-2.4%
109	Panonska Hrvatska	18,929	+6.6%
110	Severoiztochen	18,879	+21.9%
111	Hamburg	18,845	+2.9%
112	Warmińsko-mazurskie	18,839	+12.4%
113	Sardegna	18,593	-1.1%
114	Eesti	18,587	+17.6%
115	Świętokrzyskie	18,400	+6.3%
116	Stredné Slovensko	18,384	+23.9%
117	Västsverige	18,191	-4.8%
118	Wien	18,086	+1%
119	Pest	17,809	+10.7%
120	Basse-Normandie	17,696	+3.9%
121	Prov. Antwerpen	17,578	-9.6%
122	Alsace	17,422	-9.4%
123	Közép-Dunántúl	17,355	+10.7%
124	Moravskoslezsko	17,325	+8.5%
125	Canary Islands	17,149	+4%
126	Podlaskie	16,725	+14.4%
127	Střední Čechy	16,708	+9.2%
128	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	16,557	+0.9%
129	Střední Morava	16,546	+3.9%
130	Auvergne	16,527	-2.9%
131	Kassel	16,470	+4.4%
132	Severozápad	16,367	+10.4%
133	Abruzzo	16,266	+1.5%
134	Jihozápad	16,262	+9.4%
135	Östra Mellansverige	15,976	-4.6%
136	Hovedstaden	15,876	+1.8%
137	Unterfranken	15,852	+5.3%
138	Dél-Dunántúl	15,641	+14.7%
139	Stockholm	15,625	-15.2%
140	Prov. Hainaut	15,331	-13.2%
141	Nyugat-Dunántúl	15,203	+6.8%
142	Oberösterreich	15,201	+2.1%
143	Eastern and Midland	15,116	+3.3%
144	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	15,030	+4.3%
145	Niederbayern	15,014	+4%
146	Länsi-Suomi	14,997	+3.2%
147	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	14,819	-10%
148	Oberfranken	14,595	+4.1%
149	Champagne-Ardenne	14,549	-1.4%
150	Aragon	14,516	-13.1%
151	Praha	14,460	+6.2%
152	Saarland	14,276	+3.6%
153	Leipzig	14,148	+6.8%
154	Sydsverige	14,143	-2.4%
155	Limburg (NL)	13,925	+2.2%
156	Etelä-Suomi	13,853	+5.2%
157	Lubuskie	13,831	+9.6%
158	Steiermark	13,532	-6.3%
159	Helsinki-Uusimaa	13,516	+3.1%
160	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	13,476	-8.3%
161	Vzhodna Slovenija	13,436	-2.9%
162	Oberpfalz	13,428	+3%
163	Asturias	13,367	-8.1%
164	Opolskie	13,186	+3.7%
165	Syddanmark	12,948	+5.3%
166	Gießen	12,853	+3.1%
167	Region of Murcia	12,683	+2.3%
168	Southern	12,533	+9.2%
169	Sjeverna Hrvatska	12,524	+10%
170	Extremadura	12,318	-6%
171	Midtjylland	12,188	+5.8%
172	Franche-Comté	12,064	-7.4%
173	Sostinės regionas	12,022	+13.6%
174	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	11,841	+6.8%
175	Prov. Liège	11,835	-17.2%
176	Overijssel	11,688	+1.1%
177	Umbria	11,488	+4%
178	Utrecht	11,323	+1.3%
179	Grad Zagreb	10,962	+10.3%
180	Thessalia	10,903	+12.1%
181	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	10,450	-9.5%
182	Península de Setúbal	9,848	+6.9%
183	Zahodna Slovenija	9,825	-3.5%
184	Sjælland	9,758	+5.1%
185	Limousin	9,642	+1.5%
186	Norra Mellansverige	9,570	-3.1%
187	Dytiki Elláda	9,099	+12.8%
188	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	8,858	-19.5%
189	Balearic Islands	8,802	+2.8%
190	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	8,677	-0.4%
191	Småland med öarna	8,508	-7.9%
192	Peloponnisos	8,296	+9.6%
193	Alentejo	8,249	+4.5%
194	Prov. Limburg (BE)	8,199	-6.7%
195	Bremen	8,180	+0.4%
196	Bratislavský kraj	8,050	+23.7%
197	Sterea Elláda	7,772	+14%
198	Kýpros	7,202	+12.1%
199	Friesland (NL)	7,069	+9.5%
200	Kriti	6,971	+9.5%
201	Basilicata	6,838	+1.9%
202	Northern and Western	6,643	+5.8%
203	Tirol	6,626	-2.4%
204	Kärnten	6,495	-4.8%
205	Nordjylland	6,382	+7.2%
206	Trier	6,209	+0.4%
207	Groningen	6,201	+8.5%
208	Cantabria	6,052	-6.4%
209	Drenthe	5,876	+5.9%
210	Algarve	5,875	+8.6%
211	Navarre	5,771	-13.4%
212	La Réunion	5,750	+11.6%
213	Övre Norrland	5,659	+0.6%
214	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	5,397	-17.3%
215	Salzburg	5,331	+2.6%
216	Prov. Namur	5,242	-11.1%
217	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	4,980	-8.6%
218	Guadeloupe	4,814	+23.1%
219	Zeeland	4,733	+14.4%
220	Martinique	4,642	+29.4%
221	Ipeiros	4,514	+7.2%
222	Luxembourg	4,489	-2.6%
223	Molise	4,316	+6.6%
224	Mellersta Norrland	4,286	-7%
225	Malta	4,163	+1.8%
226	Dytiki Makedonia	3,999	+5%
227	Prov. Brabant wallon	3,669	-10.2%
228	Corse	3,617	+6.4%
229	Burgenland	3,600	+2%
230	La Rioja	3,411	-7.8%
231	Vorarlberg	3,381	-0.5%
232	Notio Aigaio	3,260	+9.9%
233	Flevoland	2,945	+7.5%
234	Região Autónoma da Madeira	2,875	+6%
235	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2,874	-5%
236	Ionia Nisia	2,793	+5.4%
237	Voreio Aigaio	2,405	-0.9%
238	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2,366	-3%
239	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1,503	-17.1%
240	Guyane	1,365	+37.9%
241	Mayotte	1,144	+18.3%
242	Ceuta	674	+4%
243	Melilla	565	-6.1%
244	Åland	263	-9.6%

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About this ranking

Deaths of residents in the area 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. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Deaths during the year 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 deaths?

Lombardia, with 107,820 in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest deaths?

Åland, with 263 in 2021.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Deaths during the year by NUTS 2 and 3 region (demo_r_gind3). Retrieved 2026-10-08.