EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Guyane had the highest infant mortality rate of 234 regions in 2016, at 10.5 per 1,000 live births. La Rioja had the lowest, at 1.1 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.

Highest10.5Guyane

Lowest1.1La Rioja

Median3.3234 regions

European Union (27)3.6History

Top 40 regions, 2016

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	2016 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2015
1	Guyane	10.5	+1.7
2	Martinique	10.3	+4.3
3	Mayotte	10.1	+2.2
4	Dytiki Makedonia	10	+5.2
5	Východné Slovensko	9.9	+1.3
6	Severozapaden	9.3	+1.5
7	Yugoiztochen	9.1	+0.2
8	Sud-Est	9	+0.9
9	Guadeloupe	7.8	-0.2
10	Centru	7.4	-0.4
10	Malta	7.4	+1.6
12	Nord-Est	7.3	-0.4
12	Sud-Muntenia	7.3	0
14	Yuzhen tsentralen	7.2	-0.7
15	La Réunion	7.1	+0.5
15	Nord-Vest	7.1	-0.7
17	Sud-Vest Oltenia	7	-1.7
18	Severen tsentralen	6.5	-1.5
19	Vest	6.4	-1
20	Melilla	6.2	-5.1
21	Sterea Elláda	6.1	+2.3
22	Lubuskie	5.9	+1.8
23	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	5.8	+1.4
24	Severoiztochen	5.3	-1.2
25	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	5.2	+0.1
26	Severozápad	5	+0.8
26	Warmińsko-mazurskie	5	+1
28	Dél-Dunántúl	4.9	+0.3
28	Dytiki Elláda	4.9	-0.4
28	Kentriki Makedonia	4.9	+0.5
28	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	4.9	+0.6
28	Zachodniopomorskie	4.9	+1.3
33	Arnsberg	4.8	+0.4
33	Észak-Alföld	4.8	-0.2
33	Friesland (NL)	4.8	-0.4
33	Limousin	4.8	+0.3
37	Észak-Magyarország	4.6	+0.1
37	Opolskie	4.6	+0.5
39	Basilicata	4.5	+0.4
39	Franche-Comté	4.5	+0.1
39	Podkarpackie	4.5	+0.4
39	Západné Slovensko	4.5	+0.9
43	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4.4	+0.3
43	Saarland	4.4	+1.1
43	Śląskie	4.4	-0.3
43	Vorarlberg	4.4	+2.4
43	Yugozapaden	4.4	+0.8
48	Burgenland	4.3	+1.6
48	Dél-Alföld	4.3	0
50	Düsseldorf	4.2	-0.1
50	Flevoland	4.2	+1
50	Jadranska Hrvatska	4.2	+0.1
50	Lüneburg	4.2	+0.3
50	Münster	4.2	+0.4
50	Świętokrzyskie	4.2	+0.4
50	Weser-Ems	4.2	+0.6
50	Wien	4.2	-0.1
58	Bremen	4.1	-0.4
58	Bucureşti-Ilfov	4.1	-1
58	Freiburg	4.1	+1.7
58	Wielkopolskie	4.1	-0.4
62	Haute-Normandie	4	0
62	Ile-de-France	4	+0.1
62	Prov. Hainaut	4	+0.5
62	Voreio Aigaio	4	-0.3
62	Zeeland	4	+2.1
67	Gelderland	3.9	+0.6
67	Niederbayern	3.9	-0.2
67	Sicilia	3.9	-0.1
70	Dolnośląskie	3.8	0
70	Kriti	3.8	+0.7
70	Łódzkie	3.8	-1
70	Luxembourg	3.8	+1
70	Sjælland	3.8	-0.4
70	Sostinės regionas	3.8	-0.1
70	Unterfranken	3.8	+0.9
77	Alsace	3.7	-0.1
77	Calabria	3.7	+0.2
77	Centre - Val de Loire	3.7	+0.1
77	Groningen	3.7	-2.3
77	Hannover	3.7	+0.8
77	Latvija	3.7	-0.4
77	Noord-Holland	3.7	+0.4
77	Oberfranken	3.7	+0.3
77	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	3.7	-0.3
77	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	3.7	+1.4
77	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3.7	+0.3
88	Drenthe	3.6	+1.4
88	Limburg (NL)	3.6	+0.4
88	Lorraine	3.6	-0.2
88	Mazowiecki regionalny	3.6	-0.4
88	Pomorskie	3.6	-0.1
88	Prov. Namur	3.6	+1.3
94	Berlin	3.5	+0.3
94	Champagne-Ardenne	3.5	0
94	Detmold	3.5	-0.4
94	Köln	3.5	-0.2
94	Lubelskie	3.5	-0.3
94	Notio Aigaio	3.5	-0.7
94	Thessalia	3.5	-0.3
101	Åland	3.4	+3.4
101	Attiki	3.4	-0.4
101	Braunschweig	3.4	-0.6
101	Corse	3.4	-0.4
101	Hovedstaden	3.4	-0.5
101	Karlsruhe	3.4	+0.3
101	Małopolskie	3.4	+0.6
101	Moravskoslezsko	3.4	+0.7
101	Nord-Pas de Calais	3.4	+0.3
101	Norra Mellansverige	3.4	+0.2
101	Norte	3.4	+0.8
101	Northern and Western	3.4	-1.3
101	Prov. Brabant wallon	3.4	+1.9
114	Balearic Islands	3.3	+0.6
114	Brandenburg	3.3	+0.7
114	Bretagne	3.3	-0.4
114	Gießen	3.3	-0.6
114	Ionia Nisia	3.3	-1.2
114	Koblenz	3.3	-0.3
114	Midtjylland	3.3	-0.6
114	Podlaskie	3.3	-1.2
114	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3.3	-0.1
114	Schleswig-Holstein	3.3	+0.3
114	Stuttgart	3.3	-0.1
125	Bourgogne	3.2	-0.4
125	Campania	3.2	+0.2
125	Ipeiros	3.2	+1.2
125	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3.2	+0.6
125	Midi-Pyrénées	3.2	+0.2
125	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3.2	0
125	Oberpfalz	3.2	+0.4
125	Overijssel	3.2	-0.4
125	Peloponnisos	3.2	0
125	Poitou-Charentes	3.2	+0.3
125	Prov. Antwerpen	3.2	+0.1
125	Valencian Community	3.2	+0.8
137	Budapest	3.1	-0.2
137	Galicia	3.1	+0.3
137	Közép-Dunántúl	3.1	-2
137	Mittelfranken	3.1	+0.3
137	Noord-Brabant	3.1	+0.2
137	Nordjylland	3.1	+0.9
137	Pest	3.1	-0.2
137	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	3.1	+0.7
137	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	3.1	+0.6
137	Tübingen	3.1	+0.9
147	Aquitaine	3	-0.1
147	Aragon	3	+0.3
147	Auvergne	3	-0.6
147	Darmstadt	3	+0.3
147	Eastern and Midland	3	-0.1
147	Lazio	3	+0.1
147	Niederösterreich	3	-0.1
147	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	3	-2.2
147	Region of Murcia	3	+0.2
147	Southern	3	-0.3
147	Sydsverige	3	+0.3
147	Warszawski stołeczny	3	-0.7
159	Jihozápad	2.9	+0.2
159	Languedoc-Roussillon	2.9	+0.4
159	Picardie	2.9	-1.1
159	Puglia	2.9	-0.1
159	Sachsen-Anhalt	2.9	-0.8
159	Småland med öarna	2.9	+0.1
159	Thüringen	2.9	+0.1
159	Trier	2.9	-0.6
167	Basse-Normandie	2.8	+0.6
167	Oberösterreich	2.8	+0.1
167	Pays de la Loire	2.8	0
167	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	2.8	-1
167	Rhône-Alpes	2.8	-0.4
167	Střední Čechy	2.8	+0.5
173	Andalusia	2.7	-0.2
173	Canary Islands	2.7	0
173	Hamburg	2.7	-0.7
173	Leipzig	2.7	-0.1
173	Lombardia	2.7	+0.1
173	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2.7	+0.5
173	Região Autónoma da Madeira	2.7	-0.9
180	Algarve	2.6	+0.4
180	Extremadura	2.6	-0.9
180	Kýpros	2.6	-0.1
180	Liguria	2.6	0
180	Oberbayern	2.6	+0.4
180	Prov. Liège	2.6	-0.6
180	Sardegna	2.6	+0.2
180	Schwaben	2.6	-0.3
180	Västsverige	2.6	+0.5
189	Asturias	2.5	+0.6
189	Basque Country	2.5	-0.2
189	Catalonia	2.5	+0.1
189	Community of Madrid	2.5	0
189	Piemonte	2.5	-0.1
189	Severovýchod	2.5	+0.6
189	Střední Morava	2.5	-0.3
189	Toscana	2.5	0
189	Veneto	2.5	0
198	Castile and León	2.4	+0.2
198	Navarre	2.4	-0.4
198	Prov. Limburg (BE)	2.4	0
198	Stredné Slovensko	2.4	-1.8
198	Tirol	2.4	+1.1
198	Umbria	2.4	-1.9
204	Abruzzo	2.3	-1
204	Eesti	2.3	-0.2
204	Emilia-Romagna	2.3	-0.2
204	Kärnten	2.3	-0.9
204	Kassel	2.3	-1.7
204	Östra Mellansverige	2.3	0
210	Zahodna Slovenija	2.2	+0.8
211	Castilla-La Mancha	2.1	-0.4
211	Etelä-Suomi	2.1	-0.1
211	Jihovýchod	2.1	+0.2
211	Länsi-Suomi	2.1	-0.2
211	Steiermark	2.1	-1
216	Dresden	2	-0.4
216	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2	-0.7
216	Övre Norrland	2	-1.8
216	Praha	2	+0.2
216	Stockholm	2	-0.1
216	Syddanmark	2	-1.5
222	Bratislavský kraj	1.9	+0.3
222	Cantabria	1.9	-1.5
222	Ceuta	1.9	-6.3
222	Chemnitz	1.9	-0.1
222	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.9	+0.5
222	Marche	1.9	-0.7
228	Região Autónoma dos Açores	1.8	-2.6
228	Salzburg	1.8	-1.3
228	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.8	0
231	Mellersta Norrland	1.5	-0.6
231	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.5	+0.2
233	Molise	1.4	-1.4
234	La Rioja	1.1	-0.7

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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 2016 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_2016,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2016}},
  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=2016. 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?

Guyane, with 10.5 per 1,000 live births in 2016, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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La Rioja, with 1.1 per 1,000 live births in 2016.

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