EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2023

Mayotte had the highest infant mortality rate of 244 regions in 2023, at 10.5 per 1,000 live births. Åland had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 live births. The median was 3 per 1,000 live births and the figure for the European Union (27) was 3.3 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest10.5Mayotte

Lowest0Åland

Median3244 regions

European Union (27)3.3History

Top 40 regions, 2023

per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_minfind). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	Regions	2023 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2022
1	Mayotte	10.5	+0.4
2	Guadeloupe	9.7	+4.8
3	Guyane	9.6	-0.2
4	Východné Slovensko	9.3	-0.4
5	Yugoiztochen	7.8	-0.4
6	Martinique	7.5	-1.7
7	Nord-Vest	6.9	+0.6
8	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	6.6	-0.9
9	Ionia Nisia	6.4	+1.5
9	Sud-Est	6.4	-0.1
11	Nord-Est	6.3	+0.3
11	Yuzhen tsentralen	6.3	+1.4
13	Sud-Vest Oltenia	6	+0.2
14	Centru	5.9	-0.3
14	Severozapaden	5.9	-1.4
14	Vest	5.9	0
17	Észak-Magyarország	5.7	+0.7
18	La Réunion	5.6	-1.4
19	Kujawsko-pomorskie	5.5	+0.5
20	Jadranska Hrvatska	5.4	+0.4
21	Franche-Comté	5.3	+1.4
22	Dytiki Elláda	4.8	+2.7
22	Podkarpackie	4.8	+0.9
24	Bremen	4.7	-0.4
24	Sud-Muntenia	4.7	-0.9
26	Flevoland	4.6	+1.5
26	Podlaskie	4.6	+0.7
26	Severen tsentralen	4.6	-1.4
26	Stredné Slovensko	4.6	+1.2
30	Dolnośląskie	4.5	+0.6
30	Ile-de-France	4.5	+0.2
30	Kýpros	4.5	+1.4
30	Pomorskie	4.5	-0.1
30	Prov. Hainaut	4.5	+0.2
30	Wien	4.5	+1.2
36	Severoiztochen	4.4	+0.2
36	Sjælland	4.4	+0.2
38	Alsace	4.3	-0.1
38	Luxembourg	4.3	+0.8
38	Śląskie	4.3	-0.5
41	Languedoc-Roussillon	4.2	+0.9
41	Noord-Brabant	4.2	+1.1
41	Prov. Namur	4.2	+1.5
44	Auvergne	4.1	+0.1
44	Wielkopolskie	4.1	+0.6
46	Corse	4	+1.5
46	Haute-Normandie	4	-0.2
46	Münster	4	-0.3
46	Prov. Limburg (BE)	4	+1.2
46	Zuid-Holland	4	n/a
51	Centre - Val de Loire	3.9	-0.4
51	Groningen	3.9	-0.5
51	Hannover	3.9	+0.2
51	Lorraine	3.9	-1.2
51	Mazowiecki regionalny	3.9	+0.6
51	Saarland	3.9	n/a
51	Warmińsko-mazurskie	3.9	-0.7
51	Weser-Ems	3.9	+0.5
59	Gelderland	3.8	+0.3
59	Niederbayern	3.8	+0.8
59	Panonska Hrvatska	3.8	-0.9
59	Sicilia	3.8	+1.2
63	Asturias	3.7	+0.7
63	Düsseldorf	3.7	+0.4
63	Friesland (NL)	3.7	+0.3
63	Hamburg	3.7	+0.4
63	Łódzkie	3.7	-0.3
63	Península de Setúbal	3.7	+0.6
63	Poitou-Charentes	3.7	+0.3
63	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	3.7	+0.5
63	Świętokrzyskie	3.7	0
63	Thüringen	3.7	-0.1
73	Limousin	3.6	-0.6
73	Lüneburg	3.6	-0.1
73	Malta	3.6	-1.7
73	Northern and Western	3.6	+0.7
73	Oberfranken	3.6	-0.6
73	Thessalia	3.6	+1.5
73	Zeeland	3.6	+1.6
80	Dytiki Makedonia	3.5	+1.4
80	Extremadura	3.5	+0.4
80	Freiburg	3.5	+0.5
80	Midtjylland	3.5	-0.1
80	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3.5	+0.1
80	Sjeverna Hrvatska	3.5	-0.3
80	Syddanmark	3.5	+0.5
80	Unterfranken	3.5	+0.7
88	Algarve	3.4	+1.4
88	Arnsberg	3.4	+0.2
88	Galicia	3.4	+1.5
88	Notio Aigaio	3.4	+1.2
88	Overijssel	3.4	+0.5
88	Pays de la Loire	3.4	+0.5
88	Picardie	3.4	-0.7
88	Umbria	3.4	+1.6
88	Zachodniopomorskie	3.4	-1
97	Attiki	3.3	+0.8
97	Brandenburg	3.3	-0.4
97	Darmstadt	3.3	0
97	Eastern and Midland	3.3	+0.2
97	Hovedstaden	3.3	+0.2
97	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	3.3	+0.4
97	Region of Murcia	3.3	0
104	Aquitaine	3.2	-0.5
104	Castile and León	3.2	+0.2
104	Champagne-Ardenne	3.2	-0.3
104	Dél-Alföld	3.2	-0.8
104	Mellersta Norrland	3.2	+1.6
104	Nord-Pas de Calais	3.2	+0.4
104	Stuttgart	3.2	+0.1
111	Köln	3.1	0
111	Midi-Pyrénées	3.1	+0.3
111	Oberpfalz	3.1	+0.6
111	Prov. Liège	3.1	+0.4
111	Rhône-Alpes	3.1	-0.1
111	Utrecht	3.1	n/a
111	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	3.1	-0.3
111	Warszawski stołeczny	3.1	+0.2
111	Západné Slovensko	3.1	-0.1
120	Braunschweig	3	-0.2
120	Canary Islands	3	-0.1
120	Detmold	3	-0.2
120	Drenthe	3	-0.5
120	Észak-Alföld	3	-1.3
120	Limburg (NL)	3	-0.4
120	Mittelfranken	3	0
120	Norra Mellansverige	3	+0.5
120	Southern	3	-0.6
120	Tübingen	3	+0.1
130	Basilicata	2.9	+0.1
130	Berlin	2.9	+0.1
130	Kentriki Makedonia	2.9	-0.7
130	Koblenz	2.9	-0.6
130	Közép-Dunántúl	2.9	-0.4
130	Kriti	2.9	+0.8
130	Małopolskie	2.9	+0.1
130	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2.9	-0.3
130	Noord-Holland	2.9	-0.1
130	Prov. Antwerpen	2.9	-0.5
130	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2.9	0
130	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2.9	-0.5
142	Abruzzo	2.8	-0.3
142	Alentejo	2.8	-0.9
142	Bourgogne	2.8	-0.9
142	Bretagne	2.8	-0.3
142	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2.8	+0.2
142	Gießen	2.8	-0.8
142	Ipeiros	2.8	+0.8
142	Lombardia	2.8	+0.5
142	Lubelskie	2.8	-1.5
142	Nyugat-Dunántúl	2.8	+0.5
142	Oberösterreich	2.8	+0.7
142	Opolskie	2.8	+0.4
142	Pest	2.8	-0.6
142	Střední Morava	2.8	+0.4
142	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	2.8	-3.6
142	Voreio Aigaio	2.8	-1.6
158	Andalusia	2.7	+0.1
158	Basque Country	2.7	-0.3
158	Campania	2.7	-0.2
158	Sachsen-Anhalt	2.7	-0.7
158	Severozápad	2.7	-1.1
158	Steiermark	2.7	+1.3
164	Bratislavský kraj	2.6	+0.1
164	Calabria	2.6	-0.7
164	Grande Lisboa	2.6	+0.1
164	Latvija	2.6	+0.2
164	Melilla	2.6	-3
164	Nordjylland	2.6	-0.1
164	Oberbayern	2.6	+0.3
164	Peloponnisos	2.6	-1.8
164	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	2.6	-0.1
164	Småland med öarna	2.6	+0.9
164	Valencian Community	2.6	+0.2
164	Yugozapaden	2.6	+0.2
176	Basse-Normandie	2.5	-1.3
176	Burgenland	2.5	-0.8
176	Castilla-La Mancha	2.5	+0.2
176	Catalonia	2.5	0
176	Schwaben	2.5	-0.4
181	Chemnitz	2.4	-0.1
181	Grad Zagreb	2.4	+0.1
181	Leipzig	2.4	n/a
181	Molise	2.4	+1.8
181	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2.4	+0.2
181	Střední Čechy	2.4	+0.6
181	Sydsverige	2.4	+0.1
188	Centro (PT)	2.3	-0.3
188	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2.3	0
188	Kassel	2.3	-1.3
188	Moravskoslezsko	2.3	-0.3
188	Niederösterreich	2.3	-0.2
188	Prov. Brabant wallon	2.3	+0.6
188	Schleswig-Holstein	2.3	-0.5
188	Trier	2.3	-1.5
188	Vorarlberg	2.3	-0.2
197	Balearic Islands	2.2	+0.3
197	Community of Madrid	2.2	-0.3
197	Emilia-Romagna	2.2	+0.1
197	Karlsruhe	2.2	-0.5
197	Piemonte	2.2	0
197	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	2.2	-0.2
197	Puglia	2.2	-0.5
197	Veneto	2.2	+0.2
205	Aragon	2.1	-0.1
205	Dresden	2.1	-0.6
205	Etelä-Suomi	2.1	-0.1
205	Jihozápad	2.1	-0.4
205	Östra Mellansverige	2.1	-1.1
205	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2.1	+0.3
205	Sostinės regionas	2.1	-0.2
212	Cantabria	2	-0.5
212	Dél-Dunántúl	2	-2.3
212	Jihovýchod	2	+0.1
212	La Rioja	2	-2.1
212	Länsi-Suomi	2	+0.1
212	Liguria	2	-0.4
212	Lubuskie	2	-1.5
212	Navarre	2	-0.5
212	Norte	2	-0.4
212	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	2	-1.4
212	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	2	-0.2
212	Salzburg	2	+0.3
212	Severovýchod	2	-0.4
212	Vzhodna Slovenija	2	-0.4
226	Marche	1.9	+0.2
226	Tirol	1.9	-0.7
226	Toscana	1.9	+0.5
226	Västsverige	1.9	+0.5
230	Lazio	1.8	+0.3
230	Övre Norrland	1.8	-0.3
232	Eesti	1.7	-0.5
232	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.7	-1.1
232	Sardegna	1.7	-0.9
232	Sterea Elláda	1.7	-2.3
236	Praha	1.6	+0.2
236	Stockholm	1.6	-0.6
236	Zahodna Slovenija	1.6	-1
239	Ceuta	1.5	+0.1
239	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.5	-0.1
241	Budapest	1.3	-0.6
242	Kärnten	1.2	-1.5
243	Região Autónoma da Madeira	0.6	-1.1
244	Åland	0	0

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Deaths of infants before their first birthday per 1,000 live births in 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. Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_minfind). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_minfind/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Which region has the highest infant mortality rate?

Mayotte, with 10.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest infant mortality rate?

Åland, with 0 per 1,000 live births in 2023.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_minfind). Retrieved 2026-10-12.