Fertility rate by region, 2024
The average number of children a woman in the region would have over her lifetime if she experienced the age-specific fertility rates of the year.
294 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Mayotte (3.54 children per woman). Lowest: Canarias (0.82 children per woman). The median is 1.37 children per woman.
Highest 10
- 1. Mayotte 3.54 children per womanp (provisional)
- 2. Guyane 3.11 children per womanp (provisional)
- 3. Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır 2.78 children per woman
- 4. Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt 2.31 children per woman
- 5. La Réunion 2.12 children per womanp (provisional)
- 6. Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis 2.08 children per woman
- 7. Yugoiztochen 2.04 children per woman
- 8. Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari 2.02 children per woman
- 9. Severozapaden 1.92 children per woman
- 10. Veri 1.88 children per woman
Lowest 10
- 294. Canarias 0.82 children per woman
- 293. Sardegna 0.91 children per woman
- 292. Principado de Asturias 0.95 children per woman
- 291. Galicia 0.96 children per woman
- 290. Cantabria 0.99 children per woman
- 289. Malta 1.01 children per woman
- 288. Dolnośląskie 1.04 children per woman
- 287. Molise 1.05 children per woman
- 286. Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 1.05 children per woman
- 285. Budapest 1.07 children per woman
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The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 294. Source: Eurostat.
In short
- Among the 294 regions with a value for 2024, the highest is Mayotte (3.54 children per woman) and the lowest Canarias (0.82 children per woman).
- Half of the regions are above 1.37 children per woman and half below.
- From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 39 regions and fell in 224.
Full ranking
| # | Region | Value | Period | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mayotte | 3.54 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 2 | Guyane | 3.11 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 3 | Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır | 2.78 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 4 | Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt | 2.31 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 5 | La Réunion | 2.12 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 6 | Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis | 2.08 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 7 | Yugoiztochen | 2.04 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 8 | Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari | 2.02 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 9 | Severozapaden | 1.92 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 10 | Veri | 1.88 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 11 | Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan | 1.87 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 12 | Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye | 1.82 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 13 | Guadeloupe | 1.81 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 14 | Východné Slovensko | 1.76 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 15 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 1.75 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 16 | Crna Gora | 1.75 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 17 | Península de Setúbal | 1.69 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 18 | Notio Aigaio | 1.69 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 19 | Ile de France | 1.68 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 20 | Picardie | 1.68 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 21 | Region Sumadije i Zapadne Srbije | 1.68 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 22 | Észak-Magyarország | 1.67 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 23 | Region Vojvodine | 1.67 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 24 | Centre — Val de Loire | 1.66 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 25 | Haute-Normandie | 1.66 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 26 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 1.66 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 27 | Algarve | 1.65 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 28 | Grande Lisboa | 1.65 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 29 | Severoiztochen | 1.63 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 30 | Northern and Western | 1.63 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 31 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 1.63 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 32 | Észak-Alföld | 1.62 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 33 | Severen tsentralen | 1.62 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 34 | Pays de la Loire | 1.60 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 35 | Zeeland | 1.60 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 36 | Panonska Hrvatska | 1.60 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 37 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 1.59 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 38 | Drenthe | 1.59 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 39 | Rhône-Alpes | 1.59 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 40 | Adana, Mersin | 1.59 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 41 | Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije | 1.59 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 42 | Beogradski region | 1.59 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 43 | Flevoland | 1.58 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 44 | Konya, Karaman | 1.58 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 45 | Qender | 1.58 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 46 | Overijssel | 1.57 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 47 | Friesland | 1.57 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 48 | Jug | 1.56 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 49 | Ísland | 1.56 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 50 | Franche-Comté | 1.55 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 51 | Yugozapaden | 1.55 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 52 | Prov. Antwerpen | 1.55 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 53 | Champagne-Ardenne | 1.55 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 54 | Martinique | 1.55 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 55 | Vestlandet | 1.54 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 56 | Basse-Normandie | 1.54 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 57 | Sjælland | 1.54 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 58 | Småland med öarna | 1.54 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 59 | Midtjylland | 1.54 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 60 | Syddanmark | 1.53 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 61 | Bretagne | 1.53 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 62 | Centru | 1.53 children per womane (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 63 | Kriti | 1.51 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 64 | Prov. Luxembourg | 1.51 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 65 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 1.51 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 66 | Gelderland | 1.51 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 67 | Poitou-Charentes | 1.51 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 68 | Auvergne | 1.51 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 69 | Southern | 1.50 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 70 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 1.50 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 71 | Alentejo | 1.50 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 72 | Ionia Nisia | 1.50 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 73 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 1.50 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 74 | Detmold | 1.50 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 75 | Bourgogne | 1.50 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 76 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 1.50 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 77 | Nord-Est | 1.50 children per womane (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 78 | Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt | 1.49 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 79 | Lüneburg | 1.49 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 80 | Prov. Hainaut | 1.49 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 81 | Agder og Sør-Østlandet | 1.48 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 82 | Schwaben | 1.48 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 83 | Nordjylland | 1.47 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 84 | Limousin | 1.47 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 85 | Münster | 1.47 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 86 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 1.47 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 87 | Zahodna Slovenija | 1.46 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 88 | Norra Mellansverige | 1.46 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 89 | Utrecht | 1.46 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 90 | Västsverige | 1.46 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 91 | Oberpfalz | 1.46 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 92 | Weser-Ems | 1.46 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 93 | Niederbayern | 1.46 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 94 | Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli | 1.45 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 95 | Oberösterreich | 1.45 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 96 | Vorarlberg | 1.45 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 97 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 1.45 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 98 | Pest | 1.44 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 99 | Alsace | 1.44 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 100 | Severna Makedonija | 1.44 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 101 | Střední Morava | 1.44 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 102 | Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir | 1.44 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 103 | Noord-Brabant | 1.44 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 104 | Tübingen | 1.44 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 105 | Sydsverige | 1.44 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 106 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 1.43 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 107 | Trøndelag | 1.43 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 108 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 1.43 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 109 | Voreio Aigaio | 1.43 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 110 | Közép-Dunántúl | 1.43 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 111 | Oeste e Vale do Tejo | 1.43 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 112 | Mellersta Norrland | 1.42 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 113 | Prov. Liège | 1.42 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 114 | Östra Mellansverige | 1.42 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 115 | Stuttgart | 1.42 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 116 | Midi-Pyrénées | 1.42 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 117 | Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat | 1.42 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 118 | Dél-Alföld | 1.42 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 119 | Nord-Vest | 1.41 children per womane (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 120 | Zuid-Holland | 1.41 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 121 | Kassel | 1.41 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 122 | Eastern and Midland | 1.41 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 123 | Jihovýchod | 1.41 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 124 | Aquitaine | 1.41 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 125 | Sud-Est | 1.41 children per womane (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 126 | Arnsberg | 1.41 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 127 | Koblenz | 1.41 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 128 | Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova | 1.41 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 129 | Lorraine | 1.41 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 130 | Hovedstaden | 1.40 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 131 | Prov. Limburg | 1.40 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 132 | Innlandet | 1.40 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 133 | Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak | 1.40 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 134 | Chemnitz | 1.40 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 135 | Nord-Norge | 1.40 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 136 | Oslo og Viken | 1.39 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 137 | Freiburg | 1.39 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 138 | Stockholm | 1.39 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 139 | Hannover | 1.39 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 140 | Unterfranken | 1.39 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 141 | Severovýchod | 1.39 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 142 | Dél-Dunántúl | 1.38 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 143 | Kýpros | 1.38 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 144 | Mittelfranken | 1.38 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 145 | Jihozápad | 1.37 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 146 | Peloponnisos | 1.37 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 147 | Prov. Namur | 1.37 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 148 | Zentralschweiz | 1.37 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 149 | Niederösterreich | 1.37 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 150 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 1.37 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 151 | Liechtenstein | 1.37 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 152 | Darmstadt | 1.37 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 153 | Ostschweiz | 1.36 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 154 | Düsseldorf | 1.36 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 155 | Braunschweig | 1.36 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 156 | Sud-Muntenia | 1.36 children per womane (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 157 | Ciudad de Melilla | 1.36 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 158 | Oberfranken | 1.36 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 159 | Limburg | 1.35 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 160 | Střední Čechy | 1.35 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 161 | Övre Norrland | 1.35 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 162 | Gießen | 1.35 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 163 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 1.35 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 164 | Oberbayern | 1.34 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 165 | Stredné Slovensko | 1.34 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 166 | Brandenburg | 1.34 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 167 | Bremen | 1.34 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 168 | Moravskoslezsko | 1.34 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 169 | Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli | 1.34 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 170 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 1.34 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 171 | Severozápad | 1.33 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 172 | Karlsruhe | 1.33 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 173 | Vest | 1.33 children per womane (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 174 | Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 175 | Región de Murcia | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 176 | Grad Zagreb | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 177 | Trier | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 178 | Aydın, Denizli, Muğla | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 179 | Saarland | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 180 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 181 | Salzburg | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 182 | Schleswig-Holstein | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 183 | Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik | 1.32 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 184 | Nordwestschweiz | 1.31 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 185 | Dytiki Elláda | 1.31 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 186 | Centro | 1.31 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 187 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 1.31 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 188 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 1.31 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 189 | Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya | 1.31 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 190 | Noord-Holland | 1.31 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 191 | Köln | 1.30 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 192 | Tirol | 1.30 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 193 | Espace Mittelland | 1.30 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 194 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 1.30 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 195 | Bratislavský kraj | 1.30 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 196 | Kärnten | 1.30 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 197 | Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane | 1.30 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 198 | Åland | 1.29 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 199 | Thessalia | 1.29 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 200 | Balıkesir, Çanakkale | 1.29 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 201 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 1.29 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 202 | Steiermark | 1.28 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 203 | Länsi-Suomi | 1.28 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 204 | Sicilia | 1.27 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 205 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 1.27 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 206 | Campania | 1.26 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 207 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 1.26 children per womane (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 208 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 1.26 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 209 | Ciudad de Ceuta | 1.26 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 210 | Antalya, Isparta, Burdur | 1.26 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 211 | Praha | 1.26 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 212 | Luxembourg | 1.25 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 213 | Groningen | 1.25 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 214 | Région lémanique | 1.25 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 215 | Calabria | 1.25 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 216 | Thüringen | 1.24 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 217 | Západné Slovensko | 1.24 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 218 | Dresden | 1.24 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 219 | Hamburg | 1.24 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 220 | Latvija | 1.24 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 221 | Zürich | 1.23 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 222 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 1.23 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 223 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 1.23 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 224 | Sterea Elláda | 1.22 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 225 | Wien | 1.22 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 226 | Berlin | 1.21 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 227 | Norte | 1.21 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 228 | Corse | 1.21 children per womanp (provisional) | 2024 | |
| 229 | Burgenland | 1.21 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 230 | Comunidad Foral de Navarra | 1.20 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 231 | Podlaskie | 1.20 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 232 | İstanbul | 1.20 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 233 | Veneto | 1.20 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 234 | Małopolskie | 1.20 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 235 | Podkarpackie | 1.19 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 236 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 1.19 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 237 | Castilla-La Mancha | 1.19 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 238 | Pomorskie | 1.19 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 239 | Emilia-Romagna | 1.19 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 240 | Kentriki Makedonia | 1.19 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 241 | Wielkopolskie | 1.19 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 242 | Lombardia | 1.19 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 243 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 1.19 children per womane (estimated) | 2024 | |
| 244 | Etelä-Suomi | 1.18 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 245 | Ipeiros | 1.18 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 246 | Andalucía | 1.18 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 247 | Eesti | 1.18 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 248 | İzmir | 1.17 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 249 | Liguria | 1.17 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 250 | Dytiki Makedonia | 1.17 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 251 | La Rioja | 1.16 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 252 | Puglia | 1.16 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 253 | Ticino | 1.16 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 254 | Aragón | 1.15 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 255 | Ankara | 1.15 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 256 | Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın | 1.15 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 257 | Piemonte | 1.14 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 258 | Lubelskie | 1.14 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 259 | Attiki | 1.14 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 260 | Comunitat Valenciana | 1.14 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 261 | Extremadura | 1.13 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 262 | Łódzkie | 1.13 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 263 | Toscana | 1.12 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 264 | Abruzzo | 1.12 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 265 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 1.12 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 266 | Umbria | 1.11 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 267 | Marche | 1.11 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 268 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 1.11 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 269 | País Vasco | 1.10 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 270 | Lubuskie | 1.10 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 271 | Lazio | 1.10 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 272 | Sostinės regionas | 1.09 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 273 | Basilicata | 1.09 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 274 | Comunidad de Madrid | 1.09 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 275 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 1.09 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 276 | Opolskie | 1.08 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 277 | Cataluña | 1.08 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 278 | Warszawski stołeczny | 1.08 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 279 | Illes Balears | 1.08 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 280 | Śląskie | 1.08 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 281 | Zachodniopomorskie | 1.07 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 282 | Świętokrzyskie | 1.07 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 283 | Castilla y León | 1.07 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 284 | Leipzig | 1.07 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 285 | Budapest | 1.07 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 286 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 1.05 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 287 | Molise | 1.05 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 288 | Dolnośląskie | 1.04 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 289 | Malta | 1.01 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 290 | Cantabria | 0.99 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 291 | Galicia | 0.96 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 292 | Principado de Asturias | 0.95 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 293 | Sardegna | 0.91 children per woman | 2024 | |
| 294 | Canarias | 0.82 children per woman | 2024 |
Places are ordered from the highest to the lowest value. Group medians on this site are the middle value of the members with data for the same year; they are not official aggregates.
How this ranking works
Every region is ranked on its value for 2024, the latest period that most regions have, so all values are for the same point in time. Regions without a value for 2024 are left out. Groups and aggregates such as the European Union are not ranked. Values are as published by Eurostat; the ranking is a plain ordering from the highest to the lowest value and says nothing about whether a high value is good or bad.
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