EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Ceuta had the highest infant mortality rate of 233 regions in 2013, at 11 per 1,000 live births. Åland had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 live births. The median was 3.5 per 1,000 live births and the figure for the European Union (27) was 3.7 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest11Ceuta

Lowest0Åland

Median3.5233 regions

European Union (27)3.7History

Top 40 regions, 2013

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	2013 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2012
1	Ceuta	11	+5.7
2	Sud-Est	10.3	-1.3
3	Sud-Vest Oltenia	10.2	+0.3
4	Nord-Est	9.7	-0.2
5	Východné Slovensko	9.6	+1.5
6	Észak-Magyarország	9	+1.9
6	Yugoiztochen	9	-1.5
8	Guadeloupe	8.8	-1.2
9	Severozapaden	8.7	-1.6
10	Centru	8.6	+0.3
10	Nord-Vest	8.6	+0.2
10	Sud-Muntenia	8.6	-1.3
13	Yuzhen tsentralen	8.5	+0.1
14	Vest	8.4	-0.7
15	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	8	+4.1
15	Guyane	8	-1.8
17	Severen tsentralen	7.5	-0.8
18	Dél-Dunántúl	7	+0.7
19	Groningen	6.9	+0.3
20	La Réunion	6.8	-1.1
20	Martinique	6.8	-0.6
22	Malta	6.7	+1.4
23	Severoiztochen	6.6	-2
24	Bucureşti-Ilfov	6.4	+2
25	Friesland (NL)	6.1	+1.2
26	Warmińsko-mazurskie	5.9	+1.8
27	Lubuskie	5.6	-0.4
28	Yugozapaden	5.5	+1.1
29	Flevoland	5.3	+0.5
30	Közép-Dunántúl	5.2	-0.8
31	Dolnośląskie	5.1	-1.2
31	Śląskie	5.1	+0.3
33	Mazowiecki regionalny	5	n/a
33	Saarland	5	+1.1
33	Zachodniopomorskie	5	-0.2
36	Észak-Alföld	4.9	+0.2
36	Franche-Comté	4.9	+1.2
36	Świętokrzyskie	4.9	n/a
36	Voreio Aigaio	4.9	-0.2
40	Prov. Hainaut	4.8	+1.8
41	Łódzkie	4.7	n/a
41	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4.7	-1.3
41	Wien	4.7	+0.4
44	Calabria	4.6	+0.5
44	Lubelskie	4.6	n/a
44	Melilla	4.6	+0.6
44	Podlaskie	4.6	n/a
48	Podkarpackie	4.5	n/a
48	Wielkopolskie	4.5	0
50	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4.4	-0.4
50	Latvija	4.4	-1.9
50	Molise	4.4	+2.3
50	Stredné Slovensko	4.4	-1
54	Detmold	4.3	+0.6
54	Opolskie	4.3	-1.9
54	Pomorskie	4.3	-0.1
57	Dytiki Elláda	4.2	+0.3
57	Dytiki Makedonia	4.2	+0.8
57	Gießen	4.2	+1.2
57	Nyugat-Dunántúl	4.2	-2.3
57	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	4.2	+0.7
57	Southern	4.2	n/a
63	Arnsberg	4.1	+0.1
63	Basilicata	4.1	+1.6
63	Kassel	4.1	+0.5
63	Peloponnisos	4.1	-1.5
67	Alsace	4	+0.6
67	Dél-Alföld	4	-0.2
67	Freiburg	4	+1.3
67	Ile-de-France	4	+0.5
67	Münster	4	0
67	Nordjylland	4	+1.5
67	Overijssel	4	+0.8
67	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	4	-0.2
67	Sicilia	4	+0.1
76	Düsseldorf	3.9	0
76	Hannover	3.9	+0.7
76	Kentriki Makedonia	3.9	+0.4
76	Lüneburg	3.9	0
76	Luxembourg	3.9	+1.4
76	Weser-Ems	3.9	-0.1
82	Burgenland	3.8	+1.5
82	Jadranska Hrvatska	3.8	0
82	Małopolskie	3.8	0
82	Niederbayern	3.8	+0.1
82	Noord-Holland	3.8	+0.1
87	Campania	3.7	-0.2
87	Centre - Val de Loire	3.7	+0.2
87	Hamburg	3.7	+0.2
87	Languedoc-Roussillon	3.7	+0.6
87	Limburg (NL)	3.7	-0.6
87	Prov. Namur	3.7	+0.6
87	Sostinės regionas	3.7	n/a
87	Syddanmark	3.7	-0.7
87	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	3.7	n/a
96	Attiki	3.6	+0.9
96	Champagne-Ardenne	3.6	+0.2
96	Hovedstaden	3.6	+0.2
96	Nord-Pas de Calais	3.6	+0.3
96	Pest	3.6	+0.2
96	Picardie	3.6	+0.1
96	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	3.6	0
96	Schwaben	3.6	+0.6
96	Trier	3.6	-0.4
96	Zahodna Slovenija	3.6	+1.9
106	Auvergne	3.5	+0.1
106	Berlin	3.5	+1
106	Bremen	3.5	-0.8
106	Bretagne	3.5	+0.2
106	Budapest	3.5	+0.6
106	Lorraine	3.5	0
106	Northern and Western	3.5	n/a
106	Prov. Antwerpen	3.5	-1.4
106	Prov. Limburg (BE)	3.5	0
106	Region of Murcia	3.5	-1.3
106	Sardegna	3.5	+1.3
106	Vorarlberg	3.5	+0.4
106	Západné Slovensko	3.5	-0.8
119	Bourgogne	3.4	+0.4
119	Corse	3.4	+2.1
119	Darmstadt	3.4	+0.5
119	Ipeiros	3.4	+0.5
119	Noord-Brabant	3.4	+0.6
119	Sjælland	3.4	-0.4
119	Střední Morava	3.4	+0.9
119	Zeeland	3.4	+0.4
127	Cantabria	3.3	+0.9
127	Haute-Normandie	3.3	-0.6
127	Moravskoslezsko	3.3	+1.1
127	Schleswig-Holstein	3.3	-0.1
131	Eastern and Midland	3.2	n/a
131	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	3.2	+1.2
131	Koblenz	3.2	-0.8
131	Köln	3.2	-0.3
131	Kriti	3.2	+1.3
131	Norra Mellansverige	3.2	-0.3
131	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3.2	+0.1
131	Rhône-Alpes	3.2	0
139	Andalusia	3.1	-0.2
139	Castile and León	3.1	+0.4
139	Drenthe	3.1	-0.1
139	Gelderland	3.1	-1.2
139	La Rioja	3.1	+0.3
139	Limousin	3.1	-0.3
139	Östra Mellansverige	3.1	+0.3
139	Småland med öarna	3.1	+0.5
147	Abruzzo	3	-0.6
147	Aquitaine	3	-0.4
147	Chemnitz	3	+0.5
147	Lazio	3	0
147	Mellersta Norrland	3	+0.5
147	Prov. Liège	3	-0.6
147	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3	+0.2
147	Warszawski stołeczny	3	n/a
155	Braunschweig	2.9	-1.6
155	Community of Madrid	2.9	-0.7
155	Emilia-Romagna	2.9	+0.3
155	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2.9	-0.2
155	Midtjylland	2.9	+0.1
155	Poitou-Charentes	2.9	+0.2
155	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	2.9	-1.5
155	Sachsen-Anhalt	2.9	-0.1
155	Severozápad	2.9	-0.9
155	Tübingen	2.9	-0.6
165	Balearic Islands	2.8	-0.2
165	Brandenburg	2.8	+0.2
165	Jihozápad	2.8	+0.1
165	Karlsruhe	2.8	-0.7
165	Norte	2.8	0
165	Övre Norrland	2.8	-0.5
165	Puglia	2.8	-0.1
165	Steiermark	2.8	-0.4
165	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	2.8	+1.1
174	Algarve	2.7	-2.1
174	Ionia Nisia	2.7	+0.5
174	Mittelfranken	2.7	+0.6
174	Niederösterreich	2.7	-0.4
174	Oberfranken	2.7	-0.9
174	Oberösterreich	2.7	-0.2
174	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2.7	-1.4
174	Região Autónoma da Madeira	2.7	+0.3
174	Severovýchod	2.7	-0.3
174	Stuttgart	2.7	-0.7
174	Tirol	2.7	+0.7
174	Västsverige	2.7	+0.6
186	Notio Aigaio	2.6	+1.4
186	Thüringen	2.6	-0.6
188	Canary Islands	2.5	+0.1
188	Catalonia	2.5	-0.5
188	Navarre	2.5	+0.7
188	Oberbayern	2.5	+0.2
188	Pays de la Loire	2.5	-0.9
188	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	2.5	-1
188	Stockholm	2.5	+0.3
195	Castilla-La Mancha	2.4	-0.2
195	Dresden	2.4	+0.4
195	Lombardia	2.4	-0.1
195	Marche	2.4	+1
195	Midi-Pyrénées	2.4	-0.8
195	Valencian Community	2.4	-0.3
195	Veneto	2.4	-0.2
202	Basque Country	2.3	-0.3
202	Basse-Normandie	2.3	-0.8
202	Leipzig	2.3	-0.5
202	Piemonte	2.3	+0.1
202	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2.3	-0.1
202	Umbria	2.3	-0.3
202	Vzhodna Slovenija	2.3	+0.8
209	Länsi-Suomi	2.2	-0.4
209	Oberpfalz	2.2	+0.3
209	Sydsverige	2.2	-0.8
212	Eesti	2.1	-1.5
212	Galicia	2.1	-0.5
212	Liguria	2.1	-0.7
215	Bratislavský kraj	2	-2.1
215	Extremadura	2	-0.2
215	Jihovýchod	2	-1.1
215	Unterfranken	2	-1.4
219	Salzburg	1.9	-0.7
220	Aragon	1.8	-0.5
220	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.8	-0.3
220	Toscana	1.8	-0.3
223	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.7	-0.5
223	Thessalia	1.7	+0.5
225	Asturias	1.6	-2.1
225	Kýpros	1.6	-1.9
225	Praha	1.6	0
225	Střední Čechy	1.6	-0.5
229	Prov. Brabant wallon	1.5	-3.3
230	Sterea Elláda	1.4	+0.3
231	Etelä-Suomi	1.3	-1.5
232	Kärnten	0.9	-1.9
233	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. 11 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2013 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_2013,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2013}},
  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=2013. 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?

Ceuta, with 11 per 1,000 live births in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Åland, with 0 per 1,000 live births in 2013.

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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. 11 regions have no value for 2013 and are not ranked.