EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Martinique had the highest infant mortality rate of 234 regions in 2017, at 11 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 3.5 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest11Martinique

Lowest0Åland

Median3.2234 regions

European Union (27)3.5History

Top 40 regions, 2017

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	2017 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2016
1	Martinique	11	+0.7
2	Guyane	10.4	-0.1
3	Melilla	8.9	+2.7
4	Mayotte	8.8	-1.3
4	Yugoiztochen	8.8	-0.3
6	Guadeloupe	8.6	+0.8
7	Severozapaden	8.1	-1.2
8	Ceuta	7.7	+5.8
8	Východné Slovensko	7.7	-2.2
10	Sud-Est	7.6	-1.4
11	Severoiztochen	7.5	+2.2
12	Severen tsentralen	7.4	+0.9
13	Vest	7	+0.6
13	Yuzhen tsentralen	7	-0.2
15	Centru	6.9	-0.5
16	Sud-Vest Oltenia	6.8	-0.2
17	Malta	6.7	-0.7
17	Sud-Muntenia	6.7	-0.6
19	Nord-Vest	6.6	-0.5
20	Nord-Est	6.4	-0.9
21	La Réunion	6.3	-0.8
22	Corse	5.8	+2.4
23	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	5.4	-0.4
24	Ionia Nisia	5.2	+1.9
25	Kujawsko-pomorskie	5.1	+0.7
26	Bremen	4.9	+0.8
26	Sjælland	4.9	+1.1
28	Dél-Alföld	4.7	+0.4
28	Lubuskie	4.7	-1.2
28	Podlaskie	4.7	+1.4
31	Gelderland	4.6	+0.7
31	Jadranska Hrvatska	4.6	+0.4
31	Łódzkie	4.6	+0.8
31	Lubelskie	4.6	+1.1
31	Severozápad	4.6	-0.4
36	Drenthe	4.5	+0.9
36	Észak-Magyarország	4.5	-0.1
36	Nordjylland	4.5	+1.4
36	Zachodniopomorskie	4.5	-0.4
40	Bucureşti-Ilfov	4.4	+0.3
40	Düsseldorf	4.4	+0.2
40	Trier	4.4	+1.5
43	Dolnośląskie	4.3	+0.5
43	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	4.3	+0.6
45	Alsace	4.2	+0.5
45	Franche-Comté	4.2	-0.3
45	Lüneburg	4.2	0
45	Nyugat-Dunántúl	4.2	+1
45	Warmińsko-mazurskie	4.2	-0.8
50	Groningen	4.1	+0.4
50	Hannover	4.1	+0.4
50	Haute-Normandie	4.1	+0.1
50	Ile-de-France	4.1	+0.1
50	Latvija	4.1	+0.4
50	Picardie	4.1	+1.2
50	Wien	4.1	-0.1
57	Bourgogne	4	+0.8
57	Calabria	4	+0.3
57	Észak-Alföld	4	-0.8
57	Kriti	4	+0.2
57	Noord-Holland	4	+0.3
57	Sachsen-Anhalt	4	+1.1
57	Sicilia	4	+0.1
57	Śląskie	4	-0.4
65	Arnsberg	3.9	-0.9
65	Limburg (NL)	3.9	+0.3
65	Prov. Brabant wallon	3.9	+0.5
65	Prov. Hainaut	3.9	-0.1
65	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3.9	+0.2
65	Syddanmark	3.9	+1.9
65	Wielkopolskie	3.9	-0.2
72	Bretagne	3.8	+0.5
72	Limousin	3.8	-1
72	Overijssel	3.8	+0.6
72	Pomorskie	3.8	+0.2
72	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3.8	+1
72	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	3.8	+0.7
72	Tübingen	3.8	+0.7
79	Attiki	3.7	+0.3
79	Auvergne	3.7	+0.7
79	Braunschweig	3.7	+0.3
79	Freiburg	3.7	-0.4
79	Małopolskie	3.7	+0.3
79	Mazowiecki regionalny	3.7	+0.1
79	Weser-Ems	3.7	-0.5
86	Aquitaine	3.6	+0.6
86	Köln	3.6	+0.1
86	Prov. Antwerpen	3.6	+0.4
86	Região Autónoma da Madeira	3.6	+0.9
90	Campania	3.5	+0.3
90	Lorraine	3.5	-0.1
90	Midtjylland	3.5	+0.2
90	Nord-Pas de Calais	3.5	+0.1
90	Poitou-Charentes	3.5	+0.3
95	Detmold	3.4	-0.1
95	Opolskie	3.4	-1.2
95	Prov. Liège	3.4	+0.8
95	Yugozapaden	3.4	-1
99	Dytiki Elláda	3.3	-1.6
99	Hovedstaden	3.3	-0.1
99	Midi-Pyrénées	3.3	+0.1
99	Podkarpackie	3.3	-1.2
99	Rhône-Alpes	3.3	+0.5
99	Salzburg	3.3	+1.5
99	Sostinės regionas	3.3	-0.5
106	Castile and León	3.2	+0.8
106	Centre - Val de Loire	3.2	-0.5
106	Eastern and Midland	3.2	+0.2
106	Gießen	3.2	-0.1
106	Hamburg	3.2	+0.5
106	Karlsruhe	3.2	-0.2
106	Koblenz	3.2	-0.1
106	Luxembourg	3.2	-0.6
106	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3.2	0
106	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	3.2	+0.2
106	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3.2	-0.1
106	Warszawski stołeczny	3.2	+0.2
118	Andalusia	3.1	+0.4
118	Dél-Dunántúl	3.1	-1.8
118	Kentriki Makedonia	3.1	-1.8
118	Moravskoslezsko	3.1	-0.3
118	Münster	3.1	-1.1
118	Norra Mellansverige	3.1	-0.3
118	Pest	3.1	0
118	Střední Morava	3.1	+0.6
118	Stuttgart	3.1	-0.2
118	Západné Slovensko	3.1	-1.4
128	Balearic Islands	3	-0.3
128	Basilicata	3	-1.5
128	Canary Islands	3	+0.3
128	Darmstadt	3	0
128	Dytiki Makedonia	3	-7
128	Kassel	3	+0.7
128	Languedoc-Roussillon	3	+0.1
128	Noord-Brabant	3	-0.1
128	Northern and Western	3	-0.4
128	Puglia	3	+0.1
128	Schleswig-Holstein	3	-0.3
128	Stredné Slovensko	3	+0.6
128	Tirol	3	+0.6
141	Champagne-Ardenne	2.9	-0.6
141	Extremadura	2.9	+0.3
141	Jihozápad	2.9	0
141	Prov. Namur	2.9	-0.7
141	Region of Murcia	2.9	-0.1
141	Saarland	2.9	-1.5
141	Småland med öarna	2.9	0
141	Southern	2.9	-0.1
141	Zeeland	2.9	-1.1
150	Dresden	2.8	+0.8
150	Niederösterreich	2.8	-0.2
150	Peloponnisos	2.8	-0.4
150	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	2.8	-0.3
150	Severovýchod	2.8	+0.3
150	Sterea Elláda	2.8	-3.3
150	Świętokrzyskie	2.8	-1.4
150	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2.8	-2.1
150	Voreio Aigaio	2.8	-1.2
159	Abruzzo	2.7	+0.4
159	Asturias	2.7	+0.2
159	Berlin	2.7	-0.8
159	Brandenburg	2.7	-0.6
159	Bratislavský kraj	2.7	+0.8
159	Castilla-La Mancha	2.7	+0.6
159	La Rioja	2.7	+1.6
159	Lombardia	2.7	0
159	Mittelfranken	2.7	-0.4
159	Oberbayern	2.7	+0.1
159	Oberösterreich	2.7	-0.1
159	Oberpfalz	2.7	-0.5
159	Östra Mellansverige	2.7	+0.4
159	Schwaben	2.7	+0.1
159	Thessalia	2.7	-0.8
174	Flevoland	2.6	-1.6
174	Länsi-Suomi	2.6	+0.5
174	Oberfranken	2.6	-1.1
174	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2.6	-0.1
174	Thüringen	2.6	-0.3
174	Valencian Community	2.6	-0.6
174	Vorarlberg	2.6	-1.8
181	Basse-Normandie	2.5	-0.3
181	Community of Madrid	2.5	0
181	Niederbayern	2.5	-1.4
181	Pays de la Loire	2.5	-0.3
181	Piemonte	2.5	0
186	Algarve	2.4	-0.2
186	Aragon	2.4	-0.6
186	Catalonia	2.4	-0.1
186	Emilia-Romagna	2.4	+0.1
186	Lazio	2.4	-0.6
186	Marche	2.4	+0.5
186	Notio Aigaio	2.4	-1.1
186	Övre Norrland	2.4	+0.4
186	Prov. Limburg (BE)	2.4	0
186	Steiermark	2.4	+0.3
186	Sydsverige	2.4	-0.6
186	Unterfranken	2.4	-1.4
198	Basque Country	2.3	-0.2
198	Eesti	2.3	0
198	Friesland (NL)	2.3	-2.5
198	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2.3	+0.5
198	Sardegna	2.3	-0.3
198	Zahodna Slovenija	2.3	+0.1
204	Cantabria	2.2	+0.3
204	Galicia	2.2	-0.9
204	Stockholm	2.2	+0.2
204	Västsverige	2.2	-0.4
208	Budapest	2.1	-1
208	Ipeiros	2.1	-1.1
208	Jihovýchod	2.1	0
208	Közép-Dunántúl	2.1	-1
208	Navarre	2.1	-0.3
208	Veneto	2.1	-0.4
214	Chemnitz	2	+0.1
214	Helsinki-Uusimaa	2	+0.1
214	Liguria	2	-0.6
214	Norte	2	-1.4
214	Střední Čechy	2	-0.8
214	Toscana	2	-0.5
220	Leipzig	1.9	-0.8
220	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.9	+0.1
222	Burgenland	1.8	-2.5
222	Etelä-Suomi	1.8	-0.3
222	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1.8	-0.2
225	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.6	+0.1
225	Praha	1.6	-0.4
225	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	1.6	-2.1
228	Umbria	1.5	-0.9
229	Kýpros	1.3	-1.3
230	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	1.1	-4.1
231	Mellersta Norrland	1	-0.5
232	Molise	0.9	-0.5
233	Kärnten	0.8	-1.5
234	Åland	0	-3.4

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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 2017 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_2017,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2017}},
  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=2017. 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?

Martinique, with 11 per 1,000 live births in 2017, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Åland, with 0 per 1,000 live births in 2017.

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