EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Sud-Est had the highest infant mortality rate of 234 regions in 2014, at 10.3 per 1,000 live births. Åland had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 live births. The median was 3.2 per 1,000 live births and the figure for the European Union (27) was 3.6 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest10.3Sud-Est

Lowest0Åland

Median3.2234 regions

European Union (27)3.6History

Top 40 regions, 2014

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	2014 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2013
1	Sud-Est	10.3	0
1	Yugoiztochen	10.3	+1.3
3	Východné Slovensko	10	+0.4
4	Mayotte	9.6	n/a
4	Sud-Muntenia	9.6	+1
6	Severozapaden	8.9	+0.2
7	Nord-Est	8.7	-1
8	Sud-Vest Oltenia	8.5	-1.7
9	Centru	8.4	-0.2
10	Yuzhen tsentralen	8.3	-0.2
11	Guadeloupe	8.1	-0.7
12	Guyane	8	0
13	Vest	7.6	-0.8
14	Nord-Vest	7.4	-1.2
15	Severen tsentralen	7	-0.5
16	La Réunion	6.7	-0.1
16	Severoiztochen	6.7	+0.1
18	Yugozapaden	6	+0.5
19	Martinique	5.7	-1.1
20	Bremen	5.6	+2.1
21	Melilla	5.5	+0.9
22	Dél-Dunántúl	5.4	-1.6
22	Groningen	5.4	-1.5
24	Zachodniopomorskie	5.3	+0.3
25	Észak-Magyarország	5.2	-3.8
25	Nyugat-Dunántúl	5.2	+1
25	Sjælland	5.2	+1.8
28	Ceuta	5	-6
28	Malta	5	-1.7
28	Podkarpackie	5	+0.5
31	Arnsberg	4.9	+0.8
31	Śląskie	4.9	-0.2
33	Warmińsko-mazurskie	4.8	-1.1
34	Bucureşti-Ilfov	4.7	-1.7
34	Dél-Alföld	4.7	+0.7
34	Opolskie	4.7	+0.4
34	Prov. Hainaut	4.7	-0.1
38	Dolnośląskie	4.6	-0.5
38	Jadranska Hrvatska	4.6	+0.8
38	Kentriki Makedonia	4.6	+0.7
38	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4.6	+0.2
38	Região Autónoma da Madeira	4.6	+1.9
43	Calabria	4.5	-0.1
43	Podlaskie	4.5	-0.1
43	Stredné Slovensko	4.5	+0.1
43	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	4.5	+0.8
43	Wien	4.5	-0.2
48	Észak-Alföld	4.4	-0.5
48	Łódzkie	4.4	-0.3
50	Düsseldorf	4.3	+0.4
50	Friesland (NL)	4.3	-1.8
50	Közép-Dunántúl	4.3	-0.9
50	Münster	4.3	+0.3
50	Noord-Holland	4.3	+0.5
50	Wielkopolskie	4.3	-0.2
56	Limousin	4.2	+1.1
56	Lubelskie	4.2	-0.4
56	Sicilia	4.2	+0.2
56	Sterea Elláda	4.2	+2.8
56	Syddanmark	4.2	+0.5
56	Voreio Aigaio	4.2	-0.7
62	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	4.1	-3.9
62	Lüneburg	4.1	+0.2
64	Ipeiros	4	+0.6
64	Northern and Western	4	+0.5
64	Pest	4	+0.4
67	Hovedstaden	3.9	+0.3
67	Niederbayern	3.9	+0.1
67	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3.9	+0.7
67	Severozápad	3.9	+1
67	Southern	3.9	-0.3
72	Attiki	3.8	+0.2
72	Bourgogne	3.8	+0.4
72	Latvija	3.8	-0.6
72	Lubuskie	3.8	-1.8
72	Mazowiecki regionalny	3.8	-1.2
72	Midtjylland	3.8	+0.9
72	Prov. Liège	3.8	+0.8
72	Západné Slovensko	3.8	+0.3
80	Alsace	3.7	-0.3
80	Corse	3.7	+0.3
80	Picardie	3.7	+0.1
80	Trier	3.7	+0.1
80	Warszawski stołeczny	3.7	+0.7
85	Budapest	3.6	+0.1
85	Darmstadt	3.6	+0.2
85	Freiburg	3.6	-0.4
85	Haute-Normandie	3.6	+0.3
85	Molise	3.6	-0.8
85	Overijssel	3.6	-0.4
85	Weser-Ems	3.6	-0.3
92	Aquitaine	3.5	+0.5
92	Centre - Val de Loire	3.5	-0.2
92	Detmold	3.5	-0.8
92	Dytiki Elláda	3.5	-0.7
92	Gelderland	3.5	+0.4
92	Ile-de-France	3.5	-0.5
92	Liguria	3.5	+1.4
92	Região Autónoma dos Açores	3.5	-1.2
100	Andalusia	3.4	+0.3
100	Auvergne	3.4	-0.1
100	Braunschweig	3.4	+0.5
100	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	3.4	-0.8
104	Dytiki Makedonia	3.3	-0.9
104	Franche-Comté	3.3	-1.6
104	Hamburg	3.3	-0.4
104	Languedoc-Roussillon	3.3	-0.4
104	Noord-Brabant	3.3	-0.1
104	Pomorskie	3.3	-1
104	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3.3	+0.3
104	Rhône-Alpes	3.3	+0.1
104	Saarland	3.3	-1.7
104	Thessalia	3.3	+1.6
114	Gießen	3.2	-1
114	Limburg (NL)	3.2	-0.5
114	Małopolskie	3.2	-0.6
114	Niederösterreich	3.2	+0.5
114	Nord-Pas de Calais	3.2	-0.4
114	Peloponnisos	3.2	-0.9
114	Prov. Antwerpen	3.2	-0.3
114	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	3.2	-0.8
114	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	3.2	+0.7
123	Basse-Normandie	3.1	+0.8
123	Bretagne	3.1	-0.4
123	Community of Madrid	3.1	+0.2
123	Emilia-Romagna	3.1	+0.2
123	Jihovýchod	3.1	+1.1
123	Kriti	3.1	-0.1
123	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	3.1	+0.8
123	Puglia	3.1	+0.3
123	Schleswig-Holstein	3.1	-0.2
123	Świętokrzyskie	3.1	-1.8
123	Unterfranken	3.1	+1.1
134	Champagne-Ardenne	3	-0.6
134	Drenthe	3	-0.1
134	Hannover	3	-0.9
134	Karlsruhe	3	+0.2
134	Lombardia	3	+0.6
134	Nordjylland	3	-1
134	Norra Mellansverige	3	-0.2
134	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3	+0.1
134	Stuttgart	3	+0.3
143	Algarve	2.9	+0.2
143	Basilicata	2.9	-1.2
143	Brandenburg	2.9	+0.1
143	Campania	2.9	-0.8
143	Oberösterreich	2.9	+0.2
143	Oberpfalz	2.9	+0.7
143	Poitou-Charentes	2.9	0
143	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	2.9	-0.7
143	Region of Murcia	2.9	-0.6
143	Schwaben	2.9	-0.7
143	Steiermark	2.9	+0.1
143	Střední Morava	2.9	-0.5
155	Berlin	2.8	-0.7
155	Eastern and Midland	2.8	-0.4
155	Köln	2.8	-0.4
155	Luxembourg	2.8	-1.1
155	Mittelfranken	2.8	+0.1
155	Notio Aigaio	2.8	+0.2
155	Östra Mellansverige	2.8	-0.3
155	Pays de la Loire	2.8	+0.3
155	Salzburg	2.8	+0.9
155	Sydsverige	2.8	+0.6
155	Valencian Community	2.8	+0.4
166	Burgenland	2.7	-1.1
166	Canary Islands	2.7	+0.2
166	Catalonia	2.7	+0.2
166	Eesti	2.7	+0.6
166	Etelä-Suomi	2.7	+1.4
166	Extremadura	2.7	+0.7
166	Koblenz	2.7	-0.5
166	Lazio	2.7	-0.3
166	Lorraine	2.7	-0.8
166	Midi-Pyrénées	2.7	+0.3
166	Navarre	2.7	+0.2
166	Norte	2.7	-0.1
166	Oberfranken	2.7	0
166	Prov. Limburg (BE)	2.7	-0.8
166	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	2.7	-0.1
181	Dresden	2.6	+0.2
181	Kassel	2.6	-1.5
181	Tübingen	2.6	-0.3
184	Aragon	2.5	+0.7
184	Balearic Islands	2.5	-0.3
184	Castile and León	2.5	-0.6
184	Prov. Brabant wallon	2.5	+1
184	Prov. Namur	2.5	-1.2
184	Sachsen-Anhalt	2.5	-0.4
190	Flevoland	2.4	-2.9
190	Oberbayern	2.4	-0.1
190	Sardegna	2.4	-1.1
190	Sostinės regionas	2.4	-1.3
194	Bratislavský kraj	2.3	+0.3
194	Chemnitz	2.3	-0.7
194	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2.3	-0.6
194	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	2.3	+0.6
194	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2.3	-0.4
194	Severovýchod	2.3	-0.4
194	Småland med öarna	2.3	-0.8
194	Thüringen	2.3	-0.3
194	Umbria	2.3	0
194	Veneto	2.3	-0.1
204	Basque Country	2.2	-0.1
204	Cantabria	2.2	-1.1
206	Asturias	2.1	+0.5
206	Castilla-La Mancha	2.1	-0.3
206	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2.1	-1.1
206	Jihozápad	2.1	-0.7
206	Kýpros	2.1	+0.5
206	La Rioja	2.1	-1
206	Leipzig	2.1	-0.2
206	Mellersta Norrland	2.1	-0.9
206	Střední Čechy	2.1	+0.5
206	Toscana	2.1	+0.3
216	Galicia	2	-0.1
216	Helsinki-Uusimaa	2	+0.2
216	Länsi-Suomi	2	-0.2
216	Tirol	2	-0.7
220	Marche	1.9	-0.5
220	Övre Norrland	1.9	-0.9
220	Västsverige	1.9	-0.8
220	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.9	-0.4
220	Zeeland	1.9	-1.5
225	Abruzzo	1.8	-1.2
225	Moravskoslezsko	1.8	-1.5
225	Piemonte	1.8	-0.5
228	Zahodna Slovenija	1.7	-1.9
229	Ionia Nisia	1.6	-1.1
230	Stockholm	1.4	-1.1
231	Kärnten	1.3	+0.4
232	Praha	1.1	-0.5
233	Vorarlberg	0.7	-2.8
234	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. 10 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2014 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_2014,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2014}},
  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=2014. 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 10.3 per 1,000 live births in 2014, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Åland, with 0 per 1,000 live births in 2014.

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