# EU regions (NUTS 2) by enterprise death rate, 2023

All 231 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2023, so the places are comparable. 2 regions have no value for that period and are not ranked.

- Indicator id: `enterprise_death_rate`
- Unit: %
- Definition: Enterprise deaths in the year as a percentage of the enterprises active in the same year. A death is an enterprise that stopped trading and was not reactivated within two years.
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Business demography by size class and NUTS 3 region, industry, construction and market services, all size classes, death rate, percentage of active enterprises (bd_size_r). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/bd_size_r/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/enterprise-death-rate/eu-regions

| Rank | Place | % |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Eesti | 27.48 |
| 2 | Eastern and Midland | 18.95 |
| 3 | Yugozapaden | 18.27 |
| 4 | Severoiztochen | 17.28 |
| 5 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 16.61 |
| 6 | Yugoiztochen | 16.28 |
| 7 | Sostinės regionas | 15.49 |
| 8 | Východné Slovensko | 14.54 |
| 9 | Southern | 14.47 |
| 10 | Zachodniopomorskie | 14.28 |
| 11 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 14.26 |
| 12 | Severozapaden | 14.01 |
| 13 | Lubuskie | 13.84 |
| 14 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 13.7 |
| 15 | Severen tsentralen | 13.61 |
| 16 | Západné Slovensko | 13.59 |
| 17 | Bratislavský kraj | 13.51 |
| 18 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 13.2 |
| 18 | Stredné Slovensko | 13.2 |
| 20 | Guyane | 13.16 |
| 21 | Pomorskie | 13.07 |
| 22 | Świętokrzyskie | 13.02 |
| 23 | Península de Setúbal | 13 |
| 24 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 12.95 |
| 25 | Lubelskie | 12.89 |
| 26 | Northern and Western | 12.73 |
| 27 | Podlaskie | 12.68 |
| 28 | Podkarpackie | 12.65 |
| 29 | Opolskie | 12.64 |
| 30 | Dolnośląskie | 12.42 |
| 31 | Śląskie | 12.24 |
| 32 | Ile-de-France | 12.14 |
| 33 | Łódzkie | 12.13 |
| 34 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 11.92 |
| 35 | Algarve | 11.8 |
| 36 | Wielkopolskie | 11.78 |
| 37 | Berlin | 11.75 |
| 38 | Grande Lisboa | 11.71 |
| 39 | Małopolskie | 11.67 |
| 40 | Warszawski stołeczny | 11.57 |
| 41 | Alentejo | 11.44 |
| 42 | Centro (PT) | 11.4 |
| 42 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 11.4 |
| 44 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 11.32 |
| 45 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 11.13 |
| 46 | La Réunion | 11.08 |
| 46 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 11.08 |
| 48 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 11.07 |
| 49 | Norte | 10.98 |
| 50 | Aquitaine | 10.94 |
| 51 | Midi-Pyrénées | 10.85 |
| 52 | Guadeloupe | 10.74 |
| 53 | Rhône-Alpes | 10.73 |
| 54 | Hovedstaden | 10.59 |
| 55 | Picardie | 10.57 |
| 56 | Haute-Normandie | 10.54 |
| 57 | Lorraine | 10.49 |
| 58 | Hamburg | 10.24 |
| 59 | Alsace | 10.23 |
| 60 | Centre - Val de Loire | 10.2 |
| 60 | Pays de la Loire | 10.2 |
| 62 | Champagne-Ardenne | 10.11 |
| 62 | Franche-Comté | 10.11 |
| 64 | Bourgogne | 10.1 |
| 65 | Melilla | 10.06 |
| 65 | Poitou-Charentes | 10.06 |
| 67 | Bretagne | 9.98 |
| 68 | Limousin | 9.92 |
| 69 | Bremen | 9.84 |
| 70 | Corse | 9.81 |
| 70 | Sjælland | 9.81 |
| 72 | Basse-Normandie | 9.76 |
| 72 | Darmstadt | 9.76 |
| 74 | Ceuta | 9.69 |
| 75 | Auvergne | 9.56 |
| 76 | Nordjylland | 9.54 |
| 77 | Saarland | 9.5 |
| 78 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 9.4 |
| 79 | Düsseldorf | 9.25 |
| 80 | Hannover | 9.19 |
| 81 | Syddanmark | 9.18 |
| 82 | Karlsruhe | 9.11 |
| 83 | Martinique | 9.1 |
| 84 | Midtjylland | 9.09 |
| 84 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 9.09 |
| 86 | Stuttgart | 9.08 |
| 87 | Köln | 9.03 |
| 88 | Brandenburg | 8.98 |
| 89 | Braunschweig | 8.97 |
| 89 | Leipzig | 8.97 |
| 91 | Gießen | 8.96 |
| 92 | Oberbayern | 8.93 |
| 92 | Schleswig-Holstein | 8.93 |
| 94 | Lüneburg | 8.82 |
| 95 | Arnsberg | 8.53 |
| 95 | Canary Islands | 8.53 |
| 95 | Etelä-Suomi | 8.53 |
| 98 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 8.5 |
| 99 | Kassel | 8.49 |
| 100 | Mittelfranken | 8.42 |
| 101 | Freiburg | 8.37 |
| 102 | Koblenz | 8.36 |
| 103 | Andalusia | 8.31 |
| 103 | Münster | 8.31 |
| 105 | Balearic Islands | 8.3 |
| 106 | Länsi-Suomi | 8.28 |
| 107 | Tübingen | 8.26 |
| 108 | Valencian Community | 8.21 |
| 109 | Weser-Ems | 8.18 |
| 110 | Detmold | 8.15 |
| 111 | Schwaben | 8.14 |
| 112 | Region of Murcia | 8.04 |
| 113 | Mayotte | 7.99 |
| 114 | Trier | 7.94 |
| 115 | Catalonia | 7.88 |
| 116 | Unterfranken | 7.85 |
| 117 | Dresden | 7.84 |
| 118 | Navarre | 7.82 |
| 119 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 7.8 |
| 119 | Luxembourg | 7.8 |
| 121 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 7.79 |
| 122 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 7.78 |
| 123 | Norra Mellansverige | 7.76 |
| 124 | Severozápad | 7.75 |
| 125 | Community of Madrid | 7.73 |
| 126 | Castilla-La Mancha | 7.65 |
| 127 | Niederbayern | 7.62 |
| 128 | Åland | 7.58 |
| 129 | Oberfranken | 7.57 |
| 130 | Thüringen | 7.4 |
| 131 | Extremadura | 7.35 |
| 132 | Asturias | 7.31 |
| 133 | Oberpfalz | 7.3 |
| 134 | Sydsverige | 7.26 |
| 135 | Basque Country | 7.17 |
| 135 | Kýpros | 7.17 |
| 137 | Chemnitz | 7.14 |
| 137 | Vest | 7.14 |
| 139 | Nord-Vest | 7.04 |
| 140 | Aragon | 7.01 |
| 140 | Västsverige | 7.01 |
| 142 | Zahodna Slovenija | 6.94 |
| 143 | Galicia | 6.93 |
| 144 | Stockholm | 6.89 |
| 145 | Sud-Est | 6.87 |
| 146 | Nord-Est | 6.82 |
| 147 | Sud-Muntenia | 6.81 |
| 148 | La Rioja | 6.75 |
| 148 | Praha | 6.75 |
| 150 | Centru | 6.71 |
| 151 | Cantabria | 6.7 |
| 151 | Östra Mellansverige | 6.7 |
| 153 | Jihozápad | 6.69 |
| 154 | Castile and León | 6.67 |
| 155 | Moravskoslezsko | 6.66 |
| 156 | Malta | 6.6 |
| 157 | Severovýchod | 6.58 |
| 157 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 6.58 |
| 159 | Střední Morava | 6.56 |
| 160 | Střední Čechy | 6.48 |
| 161 | Övre Norrland | 6.47 |
| 162 | Småland med öarna | 6.41 |
| 163 | Mellersta Norrland | 6.4 |
| 164 | Jihovýchod | 6.32 |
| 165 | Latvija | 6.23 |
| 166 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 6.12 |
| 167 | Lazio | 5.87 |
| 168 | Lombardia | 5.82 |
| 168 | Piemonte | 5.82 |
| 170 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 5.8 |
| 170 | Liguria | 5.8 |
| 170 | Wien | 5.8 |
| 173 | Calabria | 5.74 |
| 173 | Sardegna | 5.74 |
| 175 | Puglia | 5.73 |
| 176 | Emilia-Romagna | 5.71 |
| 177 | Sicilia | 5.66 |
| 178 | Marche | 5.64 |
| 179 | Basilicata | 5.62 |
| 179 | Toscana | 5.62 |
| 181 | Molise | 5.61 |
| 182 | Abruzzo | 5.59 |
| 182 | Veneto | 5.59 |
| 184 | Campania | 5.57 |
| 185 | Umbria | 5.53 |
| 186 | Flevoland | 5.52 |
| 187 | Panonska Hrvatska | 5.48 |
| 188 | Grad Zagreb | 5.41 |
| 188 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 5.41 |
| 190 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 5.37 |
| 191 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 5.34 |
| 192 | Burgenland | 5.19 |
| 193 | Kärnten | 5.11 |
| 193 | Zuid-Holland | 5.11 |
| 195 | Noord-Holland | 5.08 |
| 196 | Limburg (NL) | 5.05 |
| 197 | Niederösterreich | 4.96 |
| 198 | Steiermark | 4.95 |
| 199 | Drenthe | 4.92 |
| 199 | Noord-Brabant | 4.92 |
| 201 | Overijssel | 4.88 |
| 201 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 4.88 |
| 203 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 4.85 |
| 204 | Groningen | 4.78 |
| 205 | Oberösterreich | 4.75 |
| 205 | Zeeland | 4.75 |
| 207 | Utrecht | 4.74 |
| 208 | Vorarlberg | 4.73 |
| 209 | Dytiki Makedonia | 4.7 |
| 210 | Gelderland | 4.69 |
| 211 | Salzburg | 4.66 |
| 212 | Tirol | 4.6 |
| 213 | Friesland (NL) | 4.47 |
| 214 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 4.42 |
| 215 | Kentriki Makedonia | 4.3 |
| 216 | Dytiki Elláda | 4.13 |
| 217 | Ipeiros | 4.12 |
| 218 | Thessalia | 3.65 |
| 219 | Sterea Elláda | 3.17 |
| 220 | Peloponnisos | 3.07 |
| 221 | Attiki | 2.97 |
| 222 | Észak-Magyarország | 2.91 |
| 223 | Ionia Nisia | 2.84 |
| 224 | Budapest | 2.82 |
| 225 | Észak-Alföld | 2.7 |
| 226 | Kriti | 2.64 |
| 227 | Pest | 2.63 |
| 228 | Dél-Dunántúl | 2.57 |
| 229 | Dél-Alföld | 2.43 |
| 229 | Közép-Dunántúl | 2.43 |
| 231 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 2.26 |