Infant mortality by region, 2024

Deaths of children under one year of age in the region per 1,000 live births in the same year.

252 places ranked for 2024. Highest: Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis (15.0 per 1,000 births). Lowest: Åland (0.0 per 1,000 births). The median is 3.3 per 1,000 births.

Unit: deaths per 1,000 live births Source: Eurostat Trend, map and download

Highest 10

  1. 1. Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis 15.0 per 1,000 births
  2. 2. Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır 14.0 per 1,000 births
  3. 3. Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari 12.7 per 1,000 births
  4. 4. Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye 11.5 per 1,000 births
  5. 5. Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt 11.4 per 1,000 births
  6. 6. Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan 11.3 per 1,000 births
  7. 7. Mayotte 10.6 per 1,000 births
  8. 8. Východné Slovensko 10.6 per 1,000 births
  9. 9. Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir 10.3 per 1,000 births
  10. 10. Guyane 9.9 per 1,000 births

Lowest 10

  1. 252. Åland 0.0 per 1,000 births
  2. 251. Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 0.0 per 1,000 births
  3. 250. Liechtenstein 0.0 per 1,000 births
  4. 249. Kärnten 0.5 per 1,000 births
  5. 248. Övre Norrland 0.9 per 1,000 births
  6. 247. Agder og Sør-Østlandet 0.9 per 1,000 births
  7. 246. Ísland 1.4 per 1,000 births
  8. 245. Nord-Norge 1.4 per 1,000 births
  9. 244. Eesti 1.4 per 1,000 births
  10. 243. Praha 1.5 per 1,000 births

The chart shows the 40 highest values; the table lists all 252. Source: Eurostat.

In short

  • Among the 252 regions with a value for 2024, the highest is Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis (15.0 per 1,000 births) and the lowest Åland (0.0 per 1,000 births).
  • Half of the regions are above 3.3 per 1,000 births and half below.
  • From 2023 to 2024 the value rose in 125 regions and fell in 113.
  • The figure for the European Union was 3.5 per 1,000 births in 2024, against 3.4 per 1,000 births in 2019 (+0.1).

Full ranking

Infant mortality by region, 2024
#RegionValuePeriodRelative size
1 Gaziantep, Adıyaman, Kilis 15.0 per 1,000 births 2024
2 Şanlıurfa, Diyarbakır 14.0 per 1,000 births 2024
3 Van, Muş, Bitlis, Hakkari 12.7 per 1,000 births 2024
4 Hatay, Kahramanmaraş, Osmaniye 11.5 per 1,000 births 2024
5 Mardin, Batman, Şırnak, Siirt 11.4 per 1,000 births 2024
6 Ağrı, Kars, Iğdır, Ardahan 11.3 per 1,000 births 2024
7 Mayotte 10.6 per 1,000 births 2024
8 Východné Slovensko 10.6 per 1,000 births 2024
9 Kırıkkale, Aksaray, Niğde, Nevşehir, Kırşehir 10.3 per 1,000 births 2024
10 Guyane 9.9 per 1,000 births 2024
11 Kayseri, Sivas, Yozgat 9.5 per 1,000 births 2024
12 Malatya, Elazığ, Bingöl, Tunceli 9.3 per 1,000 births 2024
13 Adana, Mersin 9.2 per 1,000 births 2024
14 Zonguldak, Karabük, Bartın 8.9 per 1,000 births 2024
15 Ciudad de Ceuta 8.8 per 1,000 births 2024
16 Erzurum, Erzincan, Bayburt 8.6 per 1,000 births 2024
17 Konya, Karaman 8.3 per 1,000 births 2024
18 Nord-Est 8.3 per 1,000 births 2024
19 Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki 8.1 per 1,000 births 2024
20 Centru 8.1 per 1,000 births 2024
21 Kastamonu, Çankırı, Sinop 8.1 per 1,000 births 2024
22 Samsun, Tokat, Çorum, Amasya 8.1 per 1,000 births 2024
23 Manisa, Afyonkarahisar, Kütahya, Uşak 7.4 per 1,000 births 2024
24 Nord-Vest 7.2 per 1,000 births 2024
25 İzmir 7.2 per 1,000 births 2024
26 Antalya, Isparta, Burdur 7.1 per 1,000 births 2024
27 Kocaeli, Sakarya, Düzce, Bolu, Yalova 7.0 per 1,000 births 2024
28 Martinique 6.9 per 1,000 births 2024
29 Tekirdağ, Edirne, Kırklareli 6.9 per 1,000 births 2024
30 Guadeloupe 6.8 per 1,000 births 2024
31 Ankara 6.7 per 1,000 births 2024
32 Bursa, Eskişehir, Bilecik 6.7 per 1,000 births 2024
33 İstanbul 6.7 per 1,000 births 2024
34 Balıkesir, Çanakkale 6.6 per 1,000 births 2024
35 Sud-Est 6.5 per 1,000 births 2024
36 Sud-Vest Oltenia 6.3 per 1,000 births 2024
37 Trabzon, Ordu, Giresun, Rize, Artvin, Gümüşhane 6.0 per 1,000 births 2024
38 Vest 6.0 per 1,000 births 2024
39 Aydın, Denizli, Muğla 5.9 per 1,000 births 2024
40 Region Juzne i Istocne Srbije 5.9 per 1,000 births 2024
41 Severozapaden 5.9 per 1,000 births 2024
42 Sud-Muntenia 5.9 per 1,000 births 2024
43 La Réunion 5.8 per 1,000 births 2024
44 Yugoiztochen 5.8 per 1,000 births 2024
45 Yuzhen tsentralen 5.7 per 1,000 births 2024
46 Franche-Comté 5.6 per 1,000 births 2024
47 Észak-Magyarország 5.6 per 1,000 births 2024
48 Lorraine 5.5 per 1,000 births 2024
49 Lubelskie 5.5 per 1,000 births 2024
50 Prov. Brabant wallon 5.5 per 1,000 births 2024
51 Peloponnisos 5.4 per 1,000 births 2024
52 Luxembourg 5.3 per 1,000 births 2024
53 Észak-Alföld 5.3 per 1,000 births 2024
54 Alsace 5.0 per 1,000 births 2024
55 Malta 5.0 per 1,000 births 2024
56 Region Sumadije i Zapadne Srbije 5.0 per 1,000 births 2024
57 Severen tsentralen 5.0 per 1,000 births 2024
58 Wien 5.0 per 1,000 births 2024
59 Midtjylland 4.9 per 1,000 births 2024
60 Península de Setúbal 4.9 per 1,000 births 2024
61 Zürich 4.9 per 1,000 births 2024
62 Świętokrzyskie 4.9 per 1,000 births 2024
63 Região Autónoma dos Açores 4.8 per 1,000 births 2024
64 Sjælland 4.8 per 1,000 births 2024
65 Severoiztochen 4.6 per 1,000 births 2024
66 Dolnośląskie 4.5 per 1,000 births 2024
67 Pomorskie 4.5 per 1,000 births 2024
68 Beogradski region 4.4 per 1,000 births 2024
69 Voreio Aigaio 4.4 per 1,000 births 2024
70 Prov. Hainaut 4.3 per 1,000 births 2024
71 Bretagne 4.2 per 1,000 births 2024
72 Haute-Normandie 4.2 per 1,000 births 2024
73 Hovedstaden 4.2 per 1,000 births 2024
74 Illes Balears 4.2 per 1,000 births 2024
75 Centre — Val de Loire 4.1 per 1,000 births 2024
76 Ile de France 4.1 per 1,000 births 2024
77 Nordjylland 4.1 per 1,000 births 2024
78 Picardie 4.1 per 1,000 births 2024
79 Prov. Antwerpen 4.1 per 1,000 births 2024
80 Attiki 4.0 per 1,000 births 2024
81 Basse-Normandie 4.0 per 1,000 births 2024
82 Cantabria 4.0 per 1,000 births 2024
83 Jadranska Hrvatska 4.0 per 1,000 births 2024
84 Limousin 4.0 per 1,000 births 2024
85 Dytiki Makedonia 3.9 per 1,000 births 2024
86 Poitou-Charentes 3.9 per 1,000 births 2024
87 Prov. Luxembourg 3.9 per 1,000 births 2024
88 Zuid-Holland 3.9 per 1,000 births 2024
89 Ciudad de Melilla 3.8 per 1,000 births 2024
90 Extremadura 3.8 per 1,000 births 2024
91 Molise 3.8 per 1,000 births 2024
92 Umbria 3.8 per 1,000 births 2024
93 Algarve 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
94 Champagne-Ardenne 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
95 Drenthe 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
96 Flevoland 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
97 Groningen 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
98 Languedoc-Roussillon 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
99 Prov. Limburg 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
100 Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
101 Stredné Slovensko 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
102 Syddanmark 3.7 per 1,000 births 2024
103 Auvergne 3.6 per 1,000 births 2024
104 Eastern and Midland 3.6 per 1,000 births 2024
105 Kujawsko-pomorskie 3.6 per 1,000 births 2024
106 Moravskoslezsko 3.6 per 1,000 births 2024
107 Panonska Hrvatska 3.6 per 1,000 births 2024
108 Region Vojvodine 3.6 per 1,000 births 2024
109 Thessalia 3.6 per 1,000 births 2024
110 Warmińsko-mazurskie 3.6 per 1,000 births 2024
111 Andalucía 3.5 per 1,000 births 2024
112 Bourgogne 3.5 per 1,000 births 2024
113 Bucureşti-Ilfov 3.5 per 1,000 births 2024
114 Espace Mittelland 3.5 per 1,000 births 2024
115 Gelderland 3.5 per 1,000 births 2024
116 Pays de la Loire 3.5 per 1,000 births 2024
117 Pest 3.5 per 1,000 births 2024
118 Comunitat Valenciana 3.4 per 1,000 births 2024
119 Dytiki Elláda 3.4 per 1,000 births 2024
120 Grande Lisboa 3.4 per 1,000 births 2024
121 Nord-Pas de Calais 3.4 per 1,000 births 2024
122 Podkarpackie 3.4 per 1,000 births 2024
123 Región de Murcia 3.4 per 1,000 births 2024
124 Rhône-Alpes 3.4 per 1,000 births 2024
125 Utrecht 3.4 per 1,000 births 2024
126 Łódzkie 3.4 per 1,000 births 2024
127 Basilicata 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
128 Ionia Nisia 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
129 Kentriki Makedonia 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
130 Małopolskie 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
131 Nyugat-Dunántúl 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
132 Opolskie 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
133 Podlaskie 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
134 Prov. Liège 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
135 Região Autónoma da Madeira 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
136 Severozápad 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
137 Śląskie 3.3 per 1,000 births 2024
138 Dél-Alföld 3.2 per 1,000 births 2024
139 Mazowiecki regionalny 3.2 per 1,000 births 2024
140 Noord-Brabant 3.2 per 1,000 births 2024
141 Northern and Western 3.2 per 1,000 births 2024
142 Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest 3.2 per 1,000 births 2024
143 Střední Morava 3.2 per 1,000 births 2024
144 Wielkopolskie 3.2 per 1,000 births 2024
145 Calabria 3.1 per 1,000 births 2024
146 Canarias 3.1 per 1,000 births 2024
147 Grad Zagreb 3.1 per 1,000 births 2024
148 Mellersta Norrland 3.1 per 1,000 births 2024
149 Principado de Asturias 3.1 per 1,000 births 2024
150 Prov. West-Vlaanderen 3.1 per 1,000 births 2024
151 Région lémanique 3.1 per 1,000 births 2024
152 Sicilia 3.1 per 1,000 births 2024
153 Southern 3.1 per 1,000 births 2024
154 Aquitaine 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
155 Cataluña 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
156 Kýpros 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
157 Midi-Pyrénées 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
158 Oberösterreich 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
159 Ostschweiz 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
160 Prov. Namur 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
161 Toscana 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
162 Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
163 Zachodniopomorskie 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
164 Západné Slovensko 3.0 per 1,000 births 2024
165 Alentejo 2.9 per 1,000 births 2024
166 Castilla-La Mancha 2.9 per 1,000 births 2024
167 La Rioja 2.9 per 1,000 births 2024
168 Limburg 2.9 per 1,000 births 2024
169 Overijssel 2.9 per 1,000 births 2024
170 Prov. Vlaams-Brabant 2.9 per 1,000 births 2024
171 Warszawski stołeczny 2.9 per 1,000 births 2024
172 Budapest 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024
173 Comunidad de Madrid 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024
174 Corse 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024
175 Dél-Dunántúl 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024
176 Friesland 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024
177 Lombardia 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024
178 Noord-Holland 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024
179 Sostinės regionas 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024
180 Steiermark 2.8 per 1,000 births 2024
181 Castilla y León 2.7 per 1,000 births 2024
182 Liguria 2.7 per 1,000 births 2024
183 Niederösterreich 2.7 per 1,000 births 2024
184 Provincia Autonoma di Trento 2.7 per 1,000 births 2024
185 Bratislavský kraj 2.6 per 1,000 births 2024
186 Campania 2.6 per 1,000 births 2024
187 Norte 2.6 per 1,000 births 2024
188 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 2.5 per 1,000 births 2024
189 Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen 2.5 per 1,000 births 2024
190 Comunidad Foral de Navarra 2.4 per 1,000 births 2024
191 Jihozápad 2.4 per 1,000 births 2024
192 Közép-Dunántúl 2.4 per 1,000 births 2024
193 Puglia 2.4 per 1,000 births 2024
194 Sterea Elláda 2.4 per 1,000 births 2024
195 Trøndelag 2.4 per 1,000 births 2024
196 Yugozapaden 2.4 per 1,000 births 2024
197 Helsinki-Uusimaa 2.3 per 1,000 births 2024
198 Lazio 2.3 per 1,000 births 2024
199 Marche 2.3 per 1,000 births 2024
200 Nordwestschweiz 2.3 per 1,000 births 2024
201 Oslo og Viken 2.3 per 1,000 births 2024
202 Vestlandet 2.3 per 1,000 births 2024
203 Västsverige 2.3 per 1,000 births 2024
204 Zentralschweiz 2.3 per 1,000 births 2024
205 Norra Mellansverige 2.2 per 1,000 births 2024
206 Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi 2.2 per 1,000 births 2024
207 Ticino 2.2 per 1,000 births 2024
208 Aragón 2.1 per 1,000 births 2024
209 Burgenland 2.1 per 1,000 births 2024
210 Emilia-Romagna 2.1 per 1,000 births 2024
211 Kriti 2.1 per 1,000 births 2024
212 Sardegna 2.1 per 1,000 births 2024
213 Vorarlberg 2.1 per 1,000 births 2024
214 Zeeland 2.1 per 1,000 births 2024
215 Östra Mellansverige 2.1 per 1,000 births 2024
216 Innlandet 2.0 per 1,000 births 2024
217 Jihovýchod 2.0 per 1,000 births 2024
218 Notio Aigaio 2.0 per 1,000 births 2024
219 País Vasco 2.0 per 1,000 births 2024
220 Piemonte 2.0 per 1,000 births 2024
221 Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen 2.0 per 1,000 births 2024
222 Abruzzo 1.9 per 1,000 births 2024
223 Centro 1.9 per 1,000 births 2024
224 Etelä-Suomi 1.9 per 1,000 births 2024
225 Lubuskie 1.9 per 1,000 births 2024
226 Länsi-Suomi 1.9 per 1,000 births 2024
227 Severovýchod 1.9 per 1,000 births 2024
228 Småland med öarna 1.9 per 1,000 births 2024
229 Salzburg 1.8 per 1,000 births 2024
230 Sjeverna Hrvatska 1.8 per 1,000 births 2024
231 Sydsverige 1.8 per 1,000 births 2024
232 Tirol 1.8 per 1,000 births 2024
233 Veneto 1.8 per 1,000 births 2024
234 Ipeiros 1.7 per 1,000 births 2024
235 Oeste e Vale do Tejo 1.7 per 1,000 births 2024
236 Stockholm 1.7 per 1,000 births 2024
237 Vzhodna Slovenija 1.7 per 1,000 births 2024
238 Zahodna Slovenija 1.7 per 1,000 births 2024
239 Crna Gora 1.6 per 1,000 births 2024
240 Střední Čechy 1.6 per 1,000 births 2024
241 Galicia 1.5 per 1,000 births 2024
242 Latvija 1.5 per 1,000 births 2024
243 Praha 1.5 per 1,000 births 2024
244 Eesti 1.4 per 1,000 births 2024
245 Nord-Norge 1.4 per 1,000 births 2024
246 Ísland 1.4 per 1,000 births 2024
247 Agder og Sør-Østlandet 0.9 per 1,000 births 2024
248 Övre Norrland 0.9 per 1,000 births 2024
249 Kärnten 0.5 per 1,000 births 2024
250 Liechtenstein 0.0 per 1,000 births 2024
251 Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste 0.0 per 1,000 births 2024
252 Åland 0.0 per 1,000 births 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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