EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Melilla had the highest infant mortality rate of 234 regions in 2015, at 11.3 per 1,000 live births. Åland had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 live births. The median was 3.3 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.

Highest11.3Melilla

Lowest0Åland

Median3.3234 regions

European Union (27)3.6History

Top 40 regions, 2015

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	2015 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2014
1	Melilla	11.3	+5.8
2	Yugoiztochen	8.9	-1.4
3	Guyane	8.8	+0.8
4	Sud-Vest Oltenia	8.7	+0.2
5	Východné Slovensko	8.6	-1.4
6	Ceuta	8.2	+3.2
7	Sud-Est	8.1	-2.2
8	Guadeloupe	8	-0.1
8	Severen tsentralen	8	+1
10	Mayotte	7.9	-1.7
10	Yuzhen tsentralen	7.9	-0.4
12	Centru	7.8	-0.6
12	Nord-Vest	7.8	+0.4
12	Severozapaden	7.8	-1.1
15	Nord-Est	7.7	-1
16	Vest	7.4	-0.2
17	Sud-Muntenia	7.3	-2.3
18	La Réunion	6.6	-0.1
19	Severoiztochen	6.5	-0.2
20	Groningen	6	+0.6
20	Martinique	6	+0.3
22	Malta	5.8	+0.8
23	Dytiki Elláda	5.3	+1.8
24	Friesland (NL)	5.2	+0.9
24	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	5.2	+2.3
26	Bucureşti-Ilfov	5.1	+0.4
26	Közép-Dunántúl	5.1	+0.8
26	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	5.1	+2.4
29	Észak-Alföld	5	+0.6
30	Dytiki Makedonia	4.8	+1.5
30	Łódzkie	4.8	+0.4
32	Northern and Western	4.7	+0.7
32	Śląskie	4.7	-0.2
34	Dél-Dunántúl	4.6	-0.8
35	Bremen	4.5	-1.1
35	Észak-Magyarország	4.5	-0.7
35	Ionia Nisia	4.5	+2.9
35	Limousin	4.5	+0.3
35	Podlaskie	4.5	0
35	Wielkopolskie	4.5	+0.2
41	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	4.4	+0.3
41	Arnsberg	4.4	-0.5
41	Franche-Comté	4.4	+1.1
41	Kentriki Makedonia	4.4	-0.2
41	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4.4	+0.9
46	Dél-Alföld	4.3	-0.4
46	Düsseldorf	4.3	0
46	Umbria	4.3	+2
46	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	4.3	-0.2
46	Voreio Aigaio	4.3	+0.1
46	Wien	4.3	-0.2
52	Notio Aigaio	4.2	+1.4
52	Severozápad	4.2	+0.3
52	Sjælland	4.2	-1
52	Stredné Slovensko	4.2	-0.3
56	Basilicata	4.1	+1.2
56	Jadranska Hrvatska	4.1	-0.5
56	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4.1	-0.5
56	Latvija	4.1	+0.3
56	Lubuskie	4.1	+0.3
56	Niederbayern	4.1	+0.2
56	Opolskie	4.1	-0.6
56	Podkarpackie	4.1	-0.9
64	Braunschweig	4	+0.6
64	Haute-Normandie	4	+0.4
64	Kassel	4	+1.4
64	Mazowiecki regionalny	4	+0.2
64	Picardie	4	+0.3
64	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	4	+0.8
64	Sicilia	4	-0.2
64	Warmińsko-mazurskie	4	-0.8
72	Detmold	3.9	+0.4
72	Gießen	3.9	+0.7
72	Hovedstaden	3.9	0
72	Ile-de-France	3.9	+0.4
72	Lüneburg	3.9	-0.2
72	Midtjylland	3.9	+0.1
72	Sostinės regionas	3.9	+1.5
79	Alsace	3.8	+0.1
79	Attiki	3.8	0
79	Corse	3.8	+0.1
79	Dolnośląskie	3.8	-0.8
79	Lorraine	3.8	+1.1
79	Lubelskie	3.8	-0.4
79	Münster	3.8	-0.5
79	Övre Norrland	3.8	+1.9
79	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3.8	-0.1
79	Sterea Elláda	3.8	-0.4
79	Świętokrzyskie	3.8	+0.7
79	Thessalia	3.8	+0.5
91	Bretagne	3.7	+0.6
91	Köln	3.7	+0.9
91	Pomorskie	3.7	+0.4
91	Sachsen-Anhalt	3.7	+1.2
91	Warszawski stołeczny	3.7	0
96	Auvergne	3.6	+0.2
96	Bourgogne	3.6	-0.2
96	Centre - Val de Loire	3.6	+0.1
96	Koblenz	3.6	+0.9
96	Overijssel	3.6	0
96	Região Autónoma da Madeira	3.6	-1
96	Weser-Ems	3.6	0
96	Yugozapaden	3.6	-2.4
96	Zachodniopomorskie	3.6	-1.7
96	Západné Slovensko	3.6	-0.2
106	Calabria	3.5	-1
106	Champagne-Ardenne	3.5	+0.5
106	Extremadura	3.5	+0.8
106	Prov. Hainaut	3.5	-1.2
106	Syddanmark	3.5	-0.7
106	Trier	3.5	-0.2
112	Cantabria	3.4	+1.2
112	Hamburg	3.4	+0.1
112	Oberfranken	3.4	+0.7
112	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3.4	+0.1
112	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3.4	+0.4
112	Stuttgart	3.4	+0.4
118	Abruzzo	3.3	+1.5
118	Budapest	3.3	-0.3
118	Gelderland	3.3	-0.2
118	Noord-Holland	3.3	-1
118	Pest	3.3	-0.7
118	Saarland	3.3	0
118	Southern	3.3	-0.6
125	Berlin	3.2	+0.4
125	Flevoland	3.2	+0.8
125	Kärnten	3.2	+1.9
125	Limburg (NL)	3.2	0
125	Norra Mellansverige	3.2	+0.2
125	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3.2	-2
125	Peloponnisos	3.2	0
125	Prov. Liège	3.2	-0.6
125	Rhône-Alpes	3.2	-0.1
134	Aquitaine	3.1	-0.4
134	Eastern and Midland	3.1	+0.3
134	Karlsruhe	3.1	+0.1
134	Kriti	3.1	0
134	Niederösterreich	3.1	-0.1
134	Nord-Pas de Calais	3.1	-0.1
134	Prov. Antwerpen	3.1	-0.1
134	Salzburg	3.1	+0.3
134	Steiermark	3.1	+0.2
143	Campania	3	+0.1
143	Midi-Pyrénées	3	+0.3
143	Puglia	3	-0.1
143	Schleswig-Holstein	3	-0.1
147	Andalusia	2.9	-0.5
147	Hannover	2.9	-0.1
147	Lazio	2.9	+0.2
147	Noord-Brabant	2.9	-0.4
147	Poitou-Charentes	2.9	0
147	Schwaben	2.9	0
147	Unterfranken	2.9	-0.2
154	Galicia	2.8	+0.8
154	Leipzig	2.8	+0.7
154	Luxembourg	2.8	0
154	Małopolskie	2.8	-0.4
154	Mittelfranken	2.8	0
154	Molise	2.8	-0.8
154	Navarre	2.8	+0.1
154	Oberpfalz	2.8	-0.1
154	Pays de la Loire	2.8	0
154	Region of Murcia	2.8	-0.1
154	Småland med öarna	2.8	+0.5
154	Střední Morava	2.8	-0.1
154	Thüringen	2.8	+0.5
167	Aragon	2.7	+0.2
167	Balearic Islands	2.7	+0.2
167	Basque Country	2.7	+0.5
167	Burgenland	2.7	0
167	Canary Islands	2.7	0
167	Darmstadt	2.7	-0.9
167	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2.7	+0.6
167	Jihozápad	2.7	+0.6
167	Kýpros	2.7	+0.6
167	Moravskoslezsko	2.7	+0.9
167	Oberösterreich	2.7	-0.2
167	Sydsverige	2.7	-0.1
179	Brandenburg	2.6	-0.3
179	Liguria	2.6	-0.9
179	Lombardia	2.6	-0.4
179	Marche	2.6	+0.7
179	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2.6	+0.3
179	Norte	2.6	-0.1
179	Piemonte	2.6	+0.8
186	Castilla-La Mancha	2.5	+0.4
186	Community of Madrid	2.5	-0.6
186	Eesti	2.5	-0.2
186	Emilia-Romagna	2.5	-0.6
186	Languedoc-Roussillon	2.5	-0.8
186	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	2.5	-0.7
186	Toscana	2.5	+0.4
186	Veneto	2.5	+0.2
194	Catalonia	2.4	-0.3
194	Dresden	2.4	-0.2
194	Freiburg	2.4	-1.2
194	Prov. Limburg (BE)	2.4	-0.3
194	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2.4	-0.7
194	Sardegna	2.4	0
194	Valencian Community	2.4	-0.4
201	Länsi-Suomi	2.3	+0.3
201	Östra Mellansverige	2.3	-0.5
201	Prov. Namur	2.3	-0.2
201	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	2.3	0
201	Střední Čechy	2.3	+0.2
206	Algarve	2.2	-0.7
206	Basse-Normandie	2.2	-0.9
206	Castile and León	2.2	-0.3
206	Drenthe	2.2	-0.8
206	Etelä-Suomi	2.2	-0.5
206	Nordjylland	2.2	-0.8
206	Oberbayern	2.2	-0.2
206	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2.2	-1.2
206	Tübingen	2.2	-0.4
215	Mellersta Norrland	2.1	0
215	Stockholm	2.1	+0.7
215	Västsverige	2.1	+0.2
218	Chemnitz	2	-0.3
218	Ipeiros	2	-2
218	Vorarlberg	2	+1.3
221	Asturias	1.9	-0.2
221	Jihovýchod	1.9	-1.2
221	Severovýchod	1.9	-0.4
221	Zeeland	1.9	0
225	La Rioja	1.8	-0.3
225	Praha	1.8	+0.7
225	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.8	-0.1
228	Bratislavský kraj	1.6	-0.7
229	Prov. Brabant wallon	1.5	-1
230	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.4	-0.6
230	Zahodna Slovenija	1.4	-0.3
232	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.3	-1
232	Tirol	1.3	-0.7
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 2015 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_2015,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2015}},
  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=2015. 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?

Melilla, with 11.3 per 1,000 live births in 2015, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest infant mortality rate?

Åland, with 0 per 1,000 live births in 2015.

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