EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Sud-Est had the highest infant mortality rate of 221 regions in 2012, at 11.6 per 1,000 live births. Åland had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 live births. The median was 3.4 per 1,000 live births and the figure for the European Union (27) was 3.8 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest11.6Sud-Est

Lowest0Åland

Median3.4221 regions

European Union (27)3.8History

Top 40 regions, 2012

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	2012 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2011
1	Sud-Est	11.6	+0.3
2	Yugoiztochen	10.5	-0.3
3	Severozapaden	10.3	+1.7
4	Guadeloupe	10	n/a
5	Nord-Est	9.9	-0.2
5	Sud-Muntenia	9.9	-0.4
5	Sud-Vest Oltenia	9.9	+0.6
8	Guyane	9.8	+1.2
9	Vest	9.1	+0.2
10	Severoiztochen	8.6	0
11	Nord-Vest	8.4	-0.3
11	Yuzhen tsentralen	8.4	-2.2
13	Centru	8.3	-1.8
13	Severen tsentralen	8.3	-0.7
15	Východné Slovensko	8.1	+0.2
16	La Réunion	7.9	+0.2
17	Martinique	7.4	-1.1
18	Észak-Magyarország	7.1	-0.6
19	Groningen	6.6	+2.7
20	Nyugat-Dunántúl	6.5	+2.4
21	Dél-Dunántúl	6.3	+1.8
21	Dolnośląskie	6.3	+0.7
21	Latvija	6.3	-0.3
24	Opolskie	6.2	+2.4
25	Közép-Dunántúl	6	+1.2
25	Lubuskie	6	+0.4
25	Região Autónoma dos Açores	6	+3.1
28	Peloponnisos	5.6	+2.8
29	Stredné Slovensko	5.4	+1.7
30	Ceuta	5.3	+0.2
30	Malta	5.3	-1.2
32	Zachodniopomorskie	5.2	-0.9
33	Voreio Aigaio	5.1	+1.7
34	Friesland (NL)	4.9	-0.2
34	Prov. Antwerpen	4.9	+1.3
36	Algarve	4.8	+2.2
36	Flevoland	4.8	-0.5
36	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4.8	-1.2
36	Prov. Brabant wallon	4.8	+0.7
36	Region of Murcia	4.8	+1.5
36	Śląskie	4.8	-1.2
42	Észak-Alföld	4.7	-0.5
43	Braunschweig	4.5	-0.8
43	Wielkopolskie	4.5	+0.8
45	Bucureşti-Ilfov	4.4	-1.3
45	Pomorskie	4.4	+0.3
45	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	4.4	+0.6
45	Syddanmark	4.4	+1
45	Yugozapaden	4.4	-1.1
50	Bremen	4.3	-2.2
50	Gelderland	4.3	+0.7
50	Limburg (NL)	4.3	-0.3
50	Wien	4.3	-1
50	Západné Slovensko	4.3	+0.5
55	Dél-Alföld	4.2	-2.1
55	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	4.2	+0.8
57	Bratislavský kraj	4.1	+2.2
57	Calabria	4.1	-0.5
57	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	4.1	+1.3
57	Warmińsko-mazurskie	4.1	-0.6
61	Arnsberg	4	-1.1
61	Koblenz	4	+1.4
61	Melilla	4	+2.6
61	Münster	4	0
61	Trier	4	-0.3
61	Weser-Ems	4	-0.6
67	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	3.9	-0.6
67	Campania	3.9	+0.5
67	Düsseldorf	3.9	-0.6
67	Dytiki Elláda	3.9	+1.4
67	Haute-Normandie	3.9	+0.6
67	Lüneburg	3.9	-2.5
67	Saarland	3.9	-0.3
67	Sicilia	3.9	+0.1
75	Jadranska Hrvatska	3.8	-0.7
75	Małopolskie	3.8	-0.5
75	Severozápad	3.8	-1.2
75	Sjælland	3.8	-1.5
79	Asturias	3.7	-1.8
79	Detmold	3.7	-0.3
79	Franche-Comté	3.7	-0.4
79	Niederbayern	3.7	-1.1
79	Noord-Holland	3.7	-0.2
84	Abruzzo	3.6	+0.5
84	Community of Madrid	3.6	+0.8
84	Eesti	3.6	+1.1
84	Kassel	3.6	-0.1
84	Oberfranken	3.6	+0.5
84	Prov. Liège	3.6	+0.4
84	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	3.6	0
91	Centre - Val de Loire	3.5	+0.8
91	Hamburg	3.5	-0.5
91	Ile-de-France	3.5	-0.3
91	Karlsruhe	3.5	+0.6
91	Kentriki Makedonia	3.5	-0.7
91	Köln	3.5	-0.3
91	Kýpros	3.5	+0.4
91	Lorraine	3.5	+0.6
91	Norra Mellansverige	3.5	+1.6
91	Picardie	3.5	0
91	Prov. Limburg (BE)	3.5	-0.4
91	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	3.5	+0.5
91	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	3.5	+0.8
91	Tübingen	3.5	+0.1
105	Alsace	3.4	-0.2
105	Aquitaine	3.4	+1
105	Auvergne	3.4	-0.1
105	Champagne-Ardenne	3.4	-0.3
105	Dytiki Makedonia	3.4	-1.3
105	Hovedstaden	3.4	-0.3
105	Limousin	3.4	+0.3
105	Pays de la Loire	3.4	+0.9
105	Pest	3.4	-0.3
105	Schleswig-Holstein	3.4	+0.2
105	Stuttgart	3.4	+0.1
105	Unterfranken	3.4	-0.6
117	Andalusia	3.3	-0.5
117	Bretagne	3.3	-0.2
117	Nord-Pas de Calais	3.3	-0.2
117	Övre Norrland	3.3	+0.7
121	Drenthe	3.2	-0.7
121	Hannover	3.2	-1.2
121	Midi-Pyrénées	3.2	+0.3
121	Overijssel	3.2	-1.1
121	Rhône-Alpes	3.2	+0.3
121	Steiermark	3.2	+1.2
121	Thüringen	3.2	+0.9
128	Basse-Normandie	3.1	+1.1
128	Jihovýchod	3.1	+0.6
128	Languedoc-Roussillon	3.1	-0.3
128	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3.1	+0.6
128	Niederösterreich	3.1	-0.8
128	Prov. Namur	3.1	+0.6
128	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3.1	-0.5
128	Vorarlberg	3.1	-0.6
136	Balearic Islands	3	-0.6
136	Bourgogne	3	-0.7
136	Catalonia	3	+0.3
136	Gießen	3	-0.5
136	Lazio	3	0
136	Prov. Hainaut	3	-0.7
136	Sachsen-Anhalt	3	0
136	Schwaben	3	+0.7
136	Severovýchod	3	0
136	Sydsverige	3	+0.7
136	Zeeland	3	+0.3
147	Budapest	2.9	-0.6
147	Darmstadt	2.9	-0.8
147	Ipeiros	2.9	-1.5
147	Oberösterreich	2.9	-0.1
147	Puglia	2.9	0
152	Etelä-Suomi	2.8	+1
152	Kärnten	2.8	-1.1
152	La Rioja	2.8	-1.9
152	Leipzig	2.8	+1.4
152	Liguria	2.8	-0.4
152	Midtjylland	2.8	-0.1
152	Noord-Brabant	2.8	-0.7
152	Norte	2.8	-0.3
152	Östra Mellansverige	2.8	+0.6
152	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	2.8	-0.3
162	Attiki	2.7	-0.6
162	Castile and León	2.7	-1
162	Freiburg	2.7	-0.7
162	Jihozápad	2.7	+0.4
162	Poitou-Charentes	2.7	+0.3
162	Valencian Community	2.7	-0.1
168	Basque Country	2.6	-0.1
168	Brandenburg	2.6	-1.1
168	Castilla-La Mancha	2.6	+0.1
168	Emilia-Romagna	2.6	-0.2
168	Galicia	2.6	+0.1
168	Länsi-Suomi	2.6	+0.2
168	Salzburg	2.6	+0.8
168	Småland med öarna	2.6	-0.6
168	Umbria	2.6	+1.2
168	Veneto	2.6	-0.4
178	Basilicata	2.5	-1.5
178	Berlin	2.5	-0.7
178	Chemnitz	2.5	-0.2
178	Lombardia	2.5	-0.1
178	Luxembourg	2.5	-1.8
178	Mellersta Norrland	2.5	+0.1
178	Nordjylland	2.5	-0.3
178	Střední Morava	2.5	-0.4
186	Canary Islands	2.4	-1.3
186	Cantabria	2.4	+0.5
186	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2.4	+1.1
186	Região Autónoma da Madeira	2.4	-0.9
190	Aragon	2.3	-2.2
190	Burgenland	2.3	-1.4
190	Oberbayern	2.3	-0.7
193	Extremadura	2.2	-1.4
193	Ionia Nisia	2.2	-2.4
193	Moravskoslezsko	2.2	-0.3
193	Piemonte	2.2	-0.2
193	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	2.2	-0.5
193	Sardegna	2.2	-0.6
193	Stockholm	2.2	+0.5
200	Helsinki-Uusimaa	2.1	-0.5
200	Mittelfranken	2.1	-0.6
200	Molise	2.1	+0.4
200	Střední Čechy	2.1	-0.1
200	Toscana	2.1	-0.2
200	Västsverige	2.1	+0.2
206	Dresden	2	-0.5
206	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2	-1.5
206	Tirol	2	-1.3
209	Kriti	1.9	0
209	Oberpfalz	1.9	-1
211	Navarre	1.8	+0.2
212	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1.7	+0.9
212	Zahodna Slovenija	1.7	-0.6
214	Praha	1.6	-0.3
215	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.5	-2
216	Marche	1.4	-0.5
217	Corse	1.3	-2.3
218	Notio Aigaio	1.2	-1.3
218	Thessalia	1.2	-1.8
220	Sterea Elláda	1.1	-1.4
221	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. 23 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2012 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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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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@misc{eurostat_eu_regions_nuts_2_2012,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2012}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_minfind/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
  note = {Accessed via Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/infant-mortality-rate/eu-regions?period=2012. Publisher attribution: 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?

Sud-Est, with 11.6 per 1,000 live births in 2012, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Åland, with 0 per 1,000 live births in 2012.

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