EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Guadeloupe had the highest infant mortality rate of 242 regions in 2021, at 9.7 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 3.2 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest9.7Guadeloupe

Lowest0Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste

Median3242 regions

European Union (27)3.2History

Top 40 regions, 2021

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	2021 per 1,000 live births	Change on 2020
1	Guadeloupe	9.7	+1.2
2	Yugoiztochen	9.6	+1.9
3	Martinique	9.1	+3.4
4	Mayotte	8.8	-0.7
5	Východné Slovensko	8.1	-0.6
6	Guyane	8	+1.1
7	Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki	7.1	+1.7
7	Severozapaden	7.1	+1.2
9	La Réunion	6.4	0
9	Severen tsentralen	6.4	+0.3
11	Centru	6.2	-1.2
11	Sud-Est	6.2	+0.3
13	Sud-Vest Oltenia	6.1	-0.9
14	Nord-Vest	5.8	-0.9
14	Severoiztochen	5.8	+1.1
16	Nord-Est	5.7	+0.4
17	Kujawsko-pomorskie	5.6	+1.6
18	Yuzhen tsentralen	5.1	-0.9
19	Ionia Nisia	5	+1.5
19	La Rioja	5	+2.4
21	Cantabria	4.9	+1.7
21	Sud-Muntenia	4.9	-0.3
23	Warmińsko-mazurskie	4.8	+1.1
24	Észak-Magyarország	4.7	-0.2
24	Podlaskie	4.7	+1.3
24	Vest	4.7	-0.1
27	Flevoland	4.6	+2.1
27	Lubelskie	4.6	+0.7
27	Sjeverna Hrvatska	4.6	+0.1
30	Auvergne	4.5	+1.8
30	Dolnośląskie	4.5	+1
30	Észak-Alföld	4.5	+0.9
30	Limousin	4.5	+1.6
34	Śląskie	4.4	+0.8
35	Braunschweig	4.3	+0.7
35	Melilla	4.3	+1.2
37	Ceuta	4.2	+0.6
37	Jadranska Hrvatska	4.2	+0.4
37	Közép-Dunántúl	4.2	+0.2
37	Nordjylland	4.2	+2.1
37	Peloponnisos	4.2	+1.7
42	Ile-de-France	4.1	+0.2
42	Lüneburg	4.1	-0.4
42	Münster	4.1	+0.6
42	Podkarpackie	4.1	-0.2
42	Pomorskie	4.1	+0.1
47	Ipeiros	4	+1.7
47	Opolskie	4	0
47	Stredné Slovensko	4	0
50	Arnsberg	3.9	+0.2
50	Calabria	3.9	+0.3
50	Malta	3.9	0
50	Northern and Western	3.9	+0.7
50	Panonska Hrvatska	3.9	-0.9
55	Alsace	3.8	+0.1
55	Overijssel	3.8	-0.8
55	Prov. Hainaut	3.8	+0.9
55	Wielkopolskie	3.8	+0.5
59	Champagne-Ardenne	3.7	-0.6
59	Gelderland	3.7	-1.5
59	Kentriki Makedonia	3.7	+0.6
59	Lorraine	3.7	+0.2
59	Southern	3.7	+0.8
59	Zachodniopomorskie	3.7	-0.1
65	Gießen	3.6	+0.2
65	Łódzkie	3.6	+0.5
65	Mazowiecki regionalny	3.6	-0.2
65	Picardie	3.6	-0.4
65	Wien	3.6	-1.1
70	Franche-Comté	3.5	-0.1
70	Freiburg	3.5	+0.5
70	Oberfranken	3.5	+0.4
70	Poitou-Charentes	3.5	+1
70	Sjælland	3.5	-1.4
75	Attiki	3.4	-0.1
75	Centre - Val de Loire	3.4	-0.2
75	Drenthe	3.4	+1
75	Dytiki Elláda	3.4	+1
75	Niederösterreich	3.4	+0.6
75	Noord-Holland	3.4	-0.1
75	Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen	3.4	0
75	Região Autónoma da Madeira	3.4	+0.2
75	Sachsen-Anhalt	3.4	-0.6
75	Sicilia	3.4	+0.3
75	Západné Slovensko	3.4	+0.7
86	Haute-Normandie	3.3	-0.3
86	Nyugat-Dunántúl	3.3	-0.4
86	Syddanmark	3.3	+0.1
86	Unterfranken	3.3	+0.6
86	Warszawski stołeczny	3.3	+0.5
91	Dél-Alföld	3.2	-0.7
91	Düsseldorf	3.2	-0.4
91	Hamburg	3.2	-0.4
91	Limburg (NL)	3.2	-0.3
91	Lubuskie	3.2	+0.1
91	Rhône-Alpes	3.2	+0.3
97	Bretagne	3.1	-0.3
97	Grande Lisboa	3.1	n/a
97	Karlsruhe	3.1	0
97	Leipzig	3.1	+0.9
97	Luxembourg	3.1	-1.4
97	Midi-Pyrénées	3.1	-0.4
97	Mittelfranken	3.1	-0.3
97	Niederbayern	3.1	+0.3
97	Oeste e Vale do Tejo	3.1	n/a
97	Prov. Antwerpen	3.1	+0.1
97	Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur	3.1	+0.5
97	Saarland	3.1	+0.5
97	Severozápad	3.1	+0.2
97	Sostinės regionas	3.1	+0.5
97	Thüringen	3.1	+0.6
97	Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas	3.1	+0.2
97	Yugozapaden	3.1	+0.2
114	Andalusia	3	+0.1
114	Basse-Normandie	3	-0.4
114	Brandenburg	3	+0.2
114	Castilla-La Mancha	3	+0.4
114	Koblenz	3	-0.4
114	Małopolskie	3	-0.5
114	Pays de la Loire	3	+0.1
114	Rheinhessen-Pfalz	3	-0.3
114	Schleswig-Holstein	3	-0.2
114	Střední Morava	3	+1.1
114	Stuttgart	3	-0.1
125	Berlin	2.9	+0.1
125	Dél-Dunántúl	2.9	-0.7
125	Etelä-Suomi	2.9	+1.1
125	Hovedstaden	2.9	+0.1
125	Köln	2.9	-0.1
125	Navarre	2.9	+0.9
125	Noord-Brabant	2.9	-1.2
125	Thessalia	2.9	0
133	Aquitaine	2.8	-0.5
133	Canary Islands	2.8	+0.2
133	Darmstadt	2.8	+0.3
133	Languedoc-Roussillon	2.8	-0.3
133	Liguria	2.8	+0.7
133	Nord-Pas de Calais	2.8	-0.2
133	Prov. Namur	2.8	+0.3
133	Prov. West-Vlaanderen	2.8	-0.2
133	Region of Murcia	2.8	0
133	Salzburg	2.8	+0.7
133	Trier	2.8	-1.5
133	Zeeland	2.8	-0.7
145	Burgenland	2.7	+1.7
145	Friesland (NL)	2.7	+0.1
145	Kýpros	2.7	+0.6
145	Latvija	2.7	-0.8
145	Midtjylland	2.7	-0.6
145	Península de Setúbal	2.7	n/a
145	Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest	2.7	-1.8
145	Sterea Elláda	2.7	+0.3
145	Weser-Ems	2.7	-0.4
154	Bourgogne	2.6	-0.1
154	Bremen	2.6	-2.6
154	Campania	2.6	-0.4
154	Corse	2.6	-0.4
154	Detmold	2.6	-0.5
154	Eastern and Midland	2.6	-0.3
154	Notio Aigaio	2.6	-1.5
154	Świętokrzyskie	2.6	-1.6
162	Basque Country	2.5	-0.1
162	Bucureşti-Ilfov	2.5	-0.4
162	Community of Madrid	2.5	+0.1
162	Hannover	2.5	-0.6
162	Oberösterreich	2.5	-1.1
162	Prov. Limburg (BE)	2.5	-1.1
162	Prov. Vlaams-Brabant	2.5	-0.9
162	Puglia	2.5	-0.3
162	Småland med öarna	2.5	-0.5
171	Dytiki Makedonia	2.4	+0.2
171	Kassel	2.4	-0.4
171	Molise	2.4	+0.1
171	Prov. Liège	2.4	-0.2
171	Região Autónoma dos Açores	2.4	-2.4
171	Tirol	2.4	-0.8
177	Abruzzo	2.3	-0.2
177	Asturias	2.3	-0.6
177	Balearic Islands	2.3	+0.1
177	Castile and León	2.3	-0.7
177	Chemnitz	2.3	+0.1
177	Emilia-Romagna	2.3	+0.5
177	Galicia	2.3	-0.4
177	Jihovýchod	2.3	-0.1
177	Moravskoslezsko	2.3	-0.5
177	Oberbayern	2.3	-0.3
177	Valencian Community	2.3	-0.2
188	Dresden	2.2	+0.7
188	Eesti	2.2	+0.8
188	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	2.2	+0.6
188	Grad Zagreb	2.2	-0.6
188	Lombardia	2.2	-0.1
188	Oberpfalz	2.2	-0.2
188	Östra Mellansverige	2.2	-1
195	Basilicata	2.1	-0.2
195	Catalonia	2.1	-0.4
195	Groningen	2.1	-3.1
195	Kriti	2.1	-0.2
195	Norte	2.1	-0.1
195	Övre Norrland	2.1	+0.8
195	Prov. Brabant wallon	2.1	+0.4
195	Sardegna	2.1	+0.9
195	Severovýchod	2.1	-0.7
195	Tübingen	2.1	-0.6
205	Bratislavský kraj	2	-1.3
205	Mecklenburg-Vorpommern	2	-1.6
205	Norra Mellansverige	2	+0.1
205	Steiermark	2	-0.2
205	Veneto	2	+0.1
205	Vzhodna Slovenija	2	-0.2
211	Aragon	1.9	-0.3
211	Centro (PT)	1.9	n/a
211	Pest	1.9	-0.9
211	Prov. Luxembourg (BE)	1.9	-2.2
211	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	1.9	-1.2
211	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	1.9	+0.4
211	Schwaben	1.9	-0.4
211	Sydsverige	1.9	-0.7
219	Jihozápad	1.8	-0.5
219	Länsi-Suomi	1.8	0
219	Piemonte	1.8	-0.3
219	Praha	1.8	0
223	Algarve	1.7	-1.5
223	Budapest	1.7	+0.2
223	Lazio	1.7	-0.6
223	Västsverige	1.7	-0.1
227	Vorarlberg	1.6	-0.8
227	Zahodna Slovenija	1.6	-0.6
229	Extremadura	1.5	0
229	Marche	1.5	+0.1
229	Stockholm	1.5	-0.8
229	Střední Čechy	1.5	0
233	Alentejo	1.4	n/a
233	Helsinki-Uusimaa	1.4	-0.4
233	Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi	1.4	-0.4
233	Toscana	1.4	-0.2
237	Umbria	1.3	-1.9
238	Voreio Aigaio	1.2	-3.6
239	Kärnten	1.1	-0.2
239	Mellersta Norrland	1.1	-1.4
241	Åland	0	0
241	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	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. 2 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2021 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_2021,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): EU regions (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2021}},
  year = {2026},
  howpublished = {Data set},
  url = {https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_minfind/default/table},
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}

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Which region has the highest infant mortality rate?

Guadeloupe, with 9.7 per 1,000 live births in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste, with 0 per 1,000 live births in 2021.

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