Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate

Basilicata had the highest infant mortality rate of 21 regions in 2018, at 3.8 per 1,000 live births. Molise had the lowest, at 1.6 per 1,000 live births. The median was 2.7 per 1,000 live births and the figure for Italy was 2.8 per 1,000 live births. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest3.8Basilicata

Lowest1.6Molise

Median2.721 regions

Italy2.8History

All 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	Basilicata	3.8	+0.8
1	Calabria	3.8	-0.2
3	Provincia Autonoma di Trento	3.7	+2.1
3	Sicilia	3.7	-0.3
5	Campania	3.5	0
6	Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen	3.4	+0.6
7	Umbria	3.3	+1.8
8	Puglia	3	0
9	Abruzzo	2.8	+0.1
10	Lazio	2.7	+0.3
10	Lombardia	2.7	0
12	Liguria	2.4	+0.4
13	Emilia-Romagna	2.3	-0.1
13	Sardegna	2.3	0
13	Toscana	2.3	+0.3
16	Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste	2.2	+1.1
17	Piemonte	2.1	-0.4
17	Veneto	2.1	0
19	Friuli-Venezia Giulia	1.9	+0.1
19	Marche	1.9	-0.5
21	Molise	1.6	+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. 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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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_minfind) (Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2018) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_minfind/default/table

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Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_minfind), Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2018. Eurostat, European Commission, 7 Oct. 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_minfind/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/infant-mortality-rate/italy-regions?period=2018. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

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Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_minfind). Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2018. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_minfind/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/infant-mortality-rate/italy-regions?period=2018.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo_r_minfind), Regions of Italy (NUTS 2) by infant mortality rate, 2018 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/demo_r_minfind/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/infant-mortality-rate/italy-regions?period=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

@misc{eurostat_regions_of_italy_nuts_2018,
  author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
  title = {{Infant mortality rates by NUTS 2 region (demo\_r\_minfind): Regions of Italy (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/italy-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?

Basilicata, with 3.8 per 1,000 live births in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which region has the lowest infant mortality rate?

Molise, with 1.6 per 1,000 live births in 2018.

Where does this ranking come from?

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.