EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Mayotte had the highest infant mortality rate of 234 regions in 2018, at 9.8 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 3.4 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest9.8Mayotte

Lowest0Åland

Median3.3234 regions

European Union (27)3.4History

Top 40 regions, 2018

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	2018 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2017
1	Mayotte	9.8	+1
2	Martinique	9.3	-1.7
3	Východné Slovensko	8.8	+1.1
4	Guyane	7.9	-2.5
4	Severozapaden	7.9	-0.2
6	Yuzhen tsentralen	7.1	+0.1
7	Nord-Vest	7	+0.4
7	Sud-Est	7	-0.6
7	Yugoiztochen	7	-1.8
10	Guadeloupe	6.9	-1.7
10	Nord-Est	6.9	+0.5
12	Melilla	6.7	-2.2
13	Centru	6.3	-0.6
14	La Réunion	6.1	-0.2
14	Sud-Muntenia	6.1	-0.6
16	Severoiztochen	6	-1.5
17	Sud-Vest Oltenia	5.9	-0.9
18	Malta	5.6	-1.1
19	Dytiki Makedonia	5.5	+2.5
19	Észak-Magyarország	5.5	+1
21	Severen tsentralen	5.4	-2
22	Bremen	5.3	+0.4
23	Dytiki Elláda	5.2	+1.9
24	Franche-Comté	5.1	+0.9
24	Vest	5.1	-1.9
26	Picardie	4.7	+0.6
26	Prov. Antwerpen	4.7	+1.1
28	Flevoland	4.6	+2
29	Groningen	4.5	+0.4
29	Ipeiros	4.5	+2.4
29	Prov. Hainaut	4.5	+0.6
29	Trier	4.5	+0.1
33	Jadranska Hrvatska	4.4	-0.2
33	Łódzkie	4.4	-0.2
35	Alsace	4.3	+0.1
35	Braunschweig	4.3	+0.6
35	Luxembourg	4.3	+1.1
35	Syddanmark	4.3	+0.4
39	Algarve	4.2	+1.8
39	Dolnośląskie	4.2	-0.1
39	Friesland (NL)	4.2	+1.9
39	Lubelskie	4.2	-0.4
39	Lubuskie	4.2	-0.5
39	Notio Aigaio	4.2	+1.8
39	Podkarpackie	4.2	+0.9
39	Podlaskie	4.2	-0.5
39	Warmińsko-mazurskie	4.2	0
48	Canary Islands	4.1	+1.1
48	Hannover	4.1	0
48	Ile-de-France	4.1	0
48	Wielkopolskie	4.1	+0.2
52	Burgenland	4	+2.2
52	Dél-Dunántúl	4	+0.9
52	Düsseldorf	4	-0.4
52	Pomorskie	4	+0.2
52	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4	+1.7
52	Schleswig-Holstein	4	+1
52	Stredné Slovensko	4	+1
59	Arnsberg	3.9	0
59	Ionia Nisia	3.9	-1.3
59	Kujawsko-pomorskie	3.9	-1.2
59	Midtjylland	3.9	+0.4
59	Nord-Pas de Calais	3.9	+0.4
59	Sjælland	3.9	-1
59	Śląskie	3.9	-0.1
59	Wien	3.9	-0.2
59	Zachodniopomorskie	3.9	-0.6
68	Basilicata	3.8	+0.8
68	Calabria	3.8	-0.2
68	Extremadura	3.8	+0.9
68	Gelderland	3.8	-0.8
68	Gießen	3.8	+0.6
68	Limousin	3.8	0
68	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	3.8	-0.5
68	Saarland	3.8	+0.9
68	Severozápad	3.8	-0.8
68	Świętokrzyskie	3.8	+1
78	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	3.7	-1.7
78	Detmold	3.7	+0.3
78	Köln	3.7	+0.1
78	Prov. Liège	3.7	+0.3
78	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	3.7	+2.1
78	Sicilia	3.7	-0.3
78	Sterea Elláda	3.7	+0.9
85	Berlin	3.6	+0.9
85	Champagne-Ardenne	3.6	+0.7
85	Lüneburg	3.6	-0.6
85	Mazowiecki regionalny	3.6	-0.1
85	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3.6	-0.6
85	Peloponnisos	3.6	+0.8
85	Prov. Limburg (BE)	3.6	+1.2
85	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	3.6	-0.2
85	Yugozapaden	3.6	+0.2
94	Basse-Normandie	3.5	+1
94	Bourgogne	3.5	-0.5
94	Campania	3.5	0
94	Mittelfranken	3.5	+0.8
94	Oberfranken	3.5	+0.9
94	Overijssel	3.5	-0.3
94	Weser-Ems	3.5	-0.2
101	Bucureşti-Ilfov	3.4	-1
101	Centre - Val de Loire	3.4	+0.2
101	Hovedstaden	3.4	+0.1
101	Moravskoslezsko	3.4	+0.3
101	Münster	3.4	+0.3
101	Niederbayern	3.4	+0.9
101	Noord-Holland	3.4	-0.6
101	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3.4	-0.4
101	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3.4	+0.2
101	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	3.4	+0.6
101	Sostinės regionas	3.4	+0.1
101	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	3.4	+0.6
113	Aquitaine	3.3	-0.3
113	Attiki	3.3	-0.4
113	Basque Country	3.3	+1
113	Bretagne	3.3	-0.5
113	Drenthe	3.3	-1.2
113	Kentriki Makedonia	3.3	+0.2
113	Opolskie	3.3	-0.1
113	Pays de la Loire	3.3	+0.8
113	Poitou-Charentes	3.3	-0.2
113	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	3.3	+0.1
113	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3.3	-0.6
113	Rhône-Alpes	3.3	0
113	Umbria	3.3	+1.8
113	Zeeland	3.3	+0.4
127	Haute-Normandie	3.2	-0.9
127	Koblenz	3.2	0
127	Latvija	3.2	-0.9
127	Noord-Brabant	3.2	+0.2
127	Norra Mellansverige	3.2	+0.1
127	Voreio Aigaio	3.2	+0.4
127	Warszawski stołeczny	3.2	0
134	Auvergne	3.1	-0.6
134	Ceuta	3.1	-4.6
136	Andalusia	3	-0.1
136	Dél-Alföld	3	-1.7
136	Észak-Alföld	3	-1
136	Kassel	3	0
136	La Rioja	3	+0.3
136	Languedoc-Roussillon	3	0
136	Puglia	3	0
136	Southern	3	+0.1
136	Thüringen	3	+0.4
145	Chemnitz	2.9	+0.9
145	Darmstadt	2.9	-0.1
145	Eastern and Midland	2.9	-0.3
145	Małopolskie	2.9	-0.8
145	Prov. Namur	2.9	0
145	Západné Slovensko	2.9	-0.2
151	Abruzzo	2.8	+0.1
151	Karlsruhe	2.8	-0.4
151	Lorraine	2.8	-0.7
151	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2.8	-0.4
151	Midi-Pyrénées	2.8	-0.5
151	Norte	2.8	+0.8
151	Övre Norrland	2.8	+0.4
151	Sachsen-Anhalt	2.8	-1.2
151	Severovýchod	2.8	0
151	Střední Morava	2.8	-0.3
161	Community of Madrid	2.7	+0.2
161	Hamburg	2.7	-0.5
161	Lazio	2.7	+0.3
161	Lombardia	2.7	0
161	Nordjylland	2.7	-1.8
161	Salzburg	2.7	-0.6
161	Stuttgart	2.7	-0.4
168	Cantabria	2.6	+0.4
168	Kriti	2.6	-1.4
168	Oberpfalz	2.6	-0.1
171	Budapest	2.5	+0.4
171	Länsi-Suomi	2.5	-0.1
171	Limburg (NL)	2.5	-1.4
171	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	2.5	+0.9
171	Tübingen	2.5	-1.3
176	Asturias	2.4	-0.3
176	Catalonia	2.4	0
176	Freiburg	2.4	-1.3
176	Galicia	2.4	+0.2
176	Jihozápad	2.4	-0.5
176	Kärnten	2.4	+1.6
176	Közép-Dunántúl	2.4	+0.3
176	Kýpros	2.4	+1.1
176	Liguria	2.4	+0.4
176	Northern and Western	2.4	-0.6
176	Pest	2.4	-0.7
176	Region of Murcia	2.4	-0.5
176	Steiermark	2.4	0
176	Valencian Community	2.4	-0.2
190	Bratislavský kraj	2.3	-0.4
190	Castile and León	2.3	-0.9
190	Castilla-La Mancha	2.3	-0.4
190	Emilia-Romagna	2.3	-0.1
190	Jihovýchod	2.3	+0.2
190	Oberbayern	2.3	-0.4
190	Oberösterreich	2.3	-0.4
190	Sardegna	2.3	0
190	Thessalia	2.3	-0.4
190	Toscana	2.3	+0.3
200	Brandenburg	2.2	-0.5
200	Dresden	2.2	-0.6
200	Tirol	2.2	-0.8
200	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	2.2	+1.1
204	Östra Mellansverige	2.1	-0.6
204	Piemonte	2.1	-0.4
204	Região Autónoma da Madeira	2.1	-1.5
204	Sydsverige	2.1	-0.3
204	Unterfranken	2.1	-0.3
204	Veneto	2.1	0
204	Vorarlberg	2.1	-0.5
211	Balearic Islands	2	-1
211	Niederösterreich	2	-0.8
211	Praha	2	+0.4
211	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	2	-0.6
211	Småland med öarna	2	-0.9
211	Stockholm	2	-0.2
217	Aragon	1.9	-0.5
217	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1.9	+0.1
217	Marche	1.9	-0.5
217	Navarre	1.9	-0.2
217	Prov. Brabant wallon	1.9	-2
217	Schwaben	1.9	-0.8
217	Zahodna Slovenija	1.9	-0.4
224	Corse	1.8	-4
224	Etelä-Suomi	1.8	0
224	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.8	-0.2
224	Leipzig	1.8	-0.1
228	Eesti	1.6	-0.7
228	Molise	1.6	+0.7
228	Střední Čechy	1.6	-0.4
231	Västsverige	1.5	-0.7
231	Vzhodna Slovenija	1.5	-0.4
233	Mellersta Norrland	0.8	-0.2
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 2018 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_2018,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2018}},
  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=2018. 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?

Mayotte, with 9.8 per 1,000 live births in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Åland, with 0 per 1,000 live births in 2018.

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