EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Mayotte had the highest infant mortality rate of 237 regions in 2020, at 9.5 per 1,000 live births. Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste had the lowest, at 0 per 1,000 live births. The median was 3 per 1,000 live births and the figure for the European Union (27) was 3.3 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest9.5Mayotte

Lowest0Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste

Median3237 regions

European Union (27)3.3History

Top 40 regions, 2020

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	2020 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2019
1	Mayotte	9.5	+1
2	Východné Slovensko	8.7	0
3	Guadeloupe	8.5	+0.8
4	Yugoiztochen	7.7	-1.7
5	Centru	7.4	+0.6
6	Sud-Vest Oltenia	7	+0.4
7	Guyane	6.9	-2.8
8	Nord-Vest	6.7	+0.4
9	La Réunion	6.4	-0.9
10	Severen tsentralen	6.1	+0.2
11	Yuzhen tsentralen	6	-0.5
12	Severozapaden	5.9	+0.6
12	Sud-Est	5.9	-2.6
14	Martinique	5.7	-1
15	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	5.4	-0.5
16	Nord-Est	5.3	+0.2
17	Bremen	5.2	+0.9
17	Gelderland	5.2	+1.3
17	Groningen	5.2	+1
17	Sud-Muntenia	5.2	0
21	Észak-Magyarország	4.9	-0.3
21	Sjælland	4.9	+1.9
23	Panonska Hrvatska	4.8	n/a
23	Região Autónoma dos Açores	4.8	+2.5
23	Vest	4.8	-1.2
23	Voreio Aigaio	4.8	+2.2
27	Severoiztochen	4.7	-0.3
27	Wien	4.7	0
29	Overijssel	4.6	+1.7
30	Lüneburg	4.5	+0.7
30	Luxembourg	4.5	-0.2
30	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	4.5	+1
30	Sjeverna Hrvatska	4.5	n/a
34	Champagne-Ardenne	4.3	-0.3
34	Podkarpackie	4.3	+0.3
34	Trier	4.3	+2.2
37	Świętokrzyskie	4.2	+1.4
38	Noord-Brabant	4.1	+0.1
38	Notio Aigaio	4.1	-0.9
38	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	4.1	0
41	Közép-Dunántúl	4	+1.3
41	Kujawsko-pomorskie	4	-0.9
41	Opolskie	4	+0.3
41	Picardie	4	+0.9
41	Pomorskie	4	+0.4
41	Sachsen-Anhalt	4	+1.8
41	Stredné Slovensko	4	-0.3
48	Dél-Alföld	3.9	+0.3
48	Ile-de-France	3.9	-0.1
48	Lubelskie	3.9	-0.6
48	Malta	3.9	-2.8
52	Jadranska Hrvatska	3.8	-0.1
52	Mazowiecki regionalny	3.8	+0.1
52	Zachodniopomorskie	3.8	-0.1
55	Alsace	3.7	+1.1
55	Arnsberg	3.7	-0.1
55	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3.7	+0.9
55	Warmińsko-mazurskie	3.7	-0.3
59	Braunschweig	3.6	-0.7
59	Calabria	3.6	-0.6
59	Centre - Val de Loire	3.6	-0.7
59	Ceuta	3.6	-1.2
59	Dél-Dunántúl	3.6	+0.2
59	Düsseldorf	3.6	-0.3
59	Észak-Alföld	3.6	-1.5
59	Franche-Comté	3.6	-1.2
59	Hamburg	3.6	+0.4
59	Haute-Normandie	3.6	-0.5
59	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	3.6	+1.4
59	Oberösterreich	3.6	+0.8
59	Prov. Limburg (BE)	3.6	-0.1
59	Śląskie	3.6	-1
73	Attiki	3.5	-0.4
73	Dolnośląskie	3.5	-1
73	Ionia Nisia	3.5	-1.7
73	Latvija	3.5	+0.1
73	Limburg (NL)	3.5	-1
73	Lorraine	3.5	-0.2
73	Małopolskie	3.5	+0.4
73	Midi-Pyrénées	3.5	+0.6
73	Münster	3.5	-0.3
73	Noord-Holland	3.5	+0.1
73	Zeeland	3.5	0
84	Basse-Normandie	3.4	+0.4
84	Bretagne	3.4	+0.2
84	Gießen	3.4	-0.9
84	Koblenz	3.4	+0.3
84	Mittelfranken	3.4	+0.6
84	Podlaskie	3.4	-0.3
84	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	3.4	-0.1
84	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	3.4	-0.8
92	Aquitaine	3.3	-0.2
92	Bratislavský kraj	3.3	+0.5
92	Midtjylland	3.3	+0.4
92	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3.3	+0.1
92	Wielkopolskie	3.3	+0.1
97	Algarve	3.2	+0.5
97	Cantabria	3.2	+2.1
97	Northern and Western	3.2	+0.9
97	Östra Mellansverige	3.2	+0.9
97	Região Autónoma da Madeira	3.2	+0.6
97	Schleswig-Holstein	3.2	+0.1
97	Syddanmark	3.2	-0.2
97	Tirol	3.2	+1.5
97	Umbria	3.2	+1.9
106	Detmold	3.1	-0.1
106	Hannover	3.1	-0.8
106	Karlsruhe	3.1	+0.2
106	Kentriki Makedonia	3.1	-1
106	Languedoc-Roussillon	3.1	-0.4
106	Łódzkie	3.1	-0.7
106	Lubuskie	3.1	-0.1
106	Melilla	3.1	-3.4
106	Oberfranken	3.1	+0.1
106	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	3.1	+1.4
106	Sicilia	3.1	-0.4
106	Stuttgart	3.1	0
106	Weser-Ems	3.1	-0.5
119	Campania	3	+0.6
119	Castile and León	3	+0.2
119	Corse	3	-0.9
119	Freiburg	3	-0.6
119	Köln	3	-0.6
119	Nord-Pas de Calais	3	-0.6
119	Prov. Antwerpen	3	-0.8
119	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	3	0
119	Småland med öarna	3	+0.3
128	Andalusia	2.9	-0.2
128	Asturias	2.9	+0.4
128	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2.9	+0.2
128	Eastern and Midland	2.9	-0.2
128	Limousin	2.9	-1.6
128	Pays de la Loire	2.9	-0.1
128	Prov. Hainaut	2.9	-1.5
128	Rhône-Alpes	2.9	-0.4
128	Severozápad	2.9	-0.9
128	Southern	2.9	+0.3
128	Thessalia	2.9	+0.9
128	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	2.9	-0.3
128	Yugozapaden	2.9	-0.3
141	Berlin	2.8	-0.2
141	Brandenburg	2.8	+0.1
141	Grad Zagreb	2.8	n/a
141	Hovedstaden	2.8	-0.3
141	Kassel	2.8	-0.7
141	Moravskoslezsko	2.8	-1.1
141	Niederbayern	2.8	-1
141	Niederösterreich	2.8	-0.3
141	Pest	2.8	-0.2
141	Puglia	2.8	+0.6
141	Region of Murcia	2.8	-1.4
141	Severovýchod	2.8	+0.8
141	Warszawski stołeczny	2.8	0
154	Auvergne	2.7	-0.6
154	Bourgogne	2.7	-0.3
154	Galicia	2.7	+0.9
154	Tübingen	2.7	+0.1
154	Unterfranken	2.7	+0.1
154	Západné Slovensko	2.7	-0.2
160	Basque Country	2.6	-0.2
160	Canary Islands	2.6	-0.1
160	Castilla-La Mancha	2.6	-0.6
160	Friesland (NL)	2.6	-0.9
160	La Rioja	2.6	-0.3
160	Oberbayern	2.6	+0.1
160	Prov. Liège	2.6	-0.7
160	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	2.6	-0.5
160	Saarland	2.6	-1.1
160	Sostinės regionas	2.6	-1
160	Sydsverige	2.6	+0.5
171	Abruzzo	2.5	-0.6
171	Catalonia	2.5	-0.1
171	Darmstadt	2.5	-0.2
171	Flevoland	2.5	-1.2
171	Mellersta Norrland	2.5	-0.4
171	Peloponnisos	2.5	-0.6
171	Poitou-Charentes	2.5	-0.5
171	Prov. Namur	2.5	-0.4
171	Thüringen	2.5	-0.3
171	Valencian Community	2.5	+0.4
181	Community of Madrid	2.4	+0.2
181	Drenthe	2.4	-1.2
181	Dytiki Elláda	2.4	-0.8
181	Jihovýchod	2.4	+0.1
181	Oberpfalz	2.4	-0.6
181	Sterea Elláda	2.4	-3.2
181	Vorarlberg	2.4	+0.1
188	Basilicata	2.3	-0.4
188	Ipeiros	2.3	+0.9
188	Jihozápad	2.3	-0.1
188	Kriti	2.3	-0.3
188	Lazio	2.3	0
188	Lombardia	2.3	+0.2
188	Molise	2.3	+1.3
188	Schwaben	2.3	-0.8
188	Stockholm	2.3	+1
197	Aragon	2.2	+0.1
197	Balearic Islands	2.2	-1
197	Chemnitz	2.2	-0.3
197	Dytiki Makedonia	2.2	-0.1
197	Leipzig	2.2	-0.8
197	Norte	2.2	-0.3
197	Steiermark	2.2	-0.4
197	Vzhodna Slovenija	2.2	0
197	Zahodna Slovenija	2.2	+0.3
206	Kýpros	2.1	-0.5
206	Liguria	2.1	-0.3
206	Nordjylland	2.1	+0.2
206	Piemonte	2.1	-0.2
206	Salzburg	2.1	+0.5
211	Navarre	2	0
212	Norra Mellansverige	1.9	-0.3
212	Střední Morava	1.9	-1
212	Veneto	1.9	-0.5
215	Emilia-Romagna	1.8	-1.1
215	Etelä-Suomi	1.8	-0.1
215	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.8	-0.2
215	Länsi-Suomi	1.8	-0.1
215	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.8	-0.7
215	Praha	1.8	-0.2
215	Västsverige	1.8	-0.5
222	Prov. Brabant wallon	1.7	-1.8
223	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1.6	-0.5
223	Toscana	1.6	+0.4
225	Budapest	1.5	-0.8
225	Dresden	1.5	-0.7
225	Extremadura	1.5	-0.9
225	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	1.5	-0.2
225	Střední Čechy	1.5	-0.5
230	Eesti	1.4	-0.2
230	Marche	1.4	-0.6
232	Kärnten	1.3	+0.2
232	Övre Norrland	1.3	-0.7
234	Sardegna	1.2	-0.7
235	Burgenland	1	-0.8
236	Åland	0	-3.7
236	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	0	-2.4

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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. 7 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. Equal values share a rank.

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@misc{eurostat_eu_regions_nuts_2_2020,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2020}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_minfind/default/table},
  urldate = {2026-10-12},
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}

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Which region has the highest infant mortality rate?

Mayotte, with 9.5 per 1,000 live births in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste, with 0 per 1,000 live births in 2020.

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Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_minfind). Retrieved 2026-10-12. 7 regions have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.