Spain vs Sweden: Breast cancer death rate in women

Spain
10.72 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2023
Sweden
10.93 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2023
Spain rank
84th
Sweden rank
82nd

Breast cancer death rate in women over time

  • Spain
  • Sweden
510152025195119872023

How they compare

Sweden currently reports 10.93 deaths per 100,000 people against 10.72 deaths per 100,000 people in Spain, a difference of 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Sweden ahead.

Spain ranks 84th and Sweden ranks 82nd of 111 countries.

Sweden has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Spain Sweden Difference Ahead
1950s 6.8 deaths per 100,000 people 20.5 deaths per 100,000 people 13.71 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden
1960s 10.41 deaths per 100,000 people 21.29 deaths per 100,000 people 10.88 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden
1970s 13.52 deaths per 100,000 people 21.72 deaths per 100,000 people 8.2 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden
1980s 16.92 deaths per 100,000 people 20.39 deaths per 100,000 people 3.47 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden
1990s 18.63 deaths per 100,000 people 18.92 deaths per 100,000 people 0.2969 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden
2000s 15.02 deaths per 100,000 people 16.68 deaths per 100,000 people 1.67 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden
2010s 12.76 deaths per 100,000 people 13.61 deaths per 100,000 people 0.851 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden
2020s 11.38 deaths per 100,000 people 11.48 deaths per 100,000 people 0.1039 deaths per 100,000 people Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher breast cancer death rate in women, Spain or Sweden?
Sweden, at 10.93 deaths per 100,000 people against 10.72 deaths per 100,000 people in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in breast cancer death rate in women between Spain and Sweden?
0.21 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sweden ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Spain and Sweden?
73 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2023.
How do Spain and Sweden rank globally for breast cancer death rate in women?
Spain ranks 84th and Sweden ranks 82nd of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?
WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Breast cancer death rate in women. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Spain vs Sweden: Breast cancer death rate in women. Statizoid, drawing on WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/breast-cancer-death-rate-in-women/spain/sweden/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/breast-cancer-death-rate-in-women/spain/sweden/">Spain vs Sweden: Breast cancer death rate in women</a> β€” Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Breast cancer death rate in women
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 4,880 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Reported deaths from breast cancer in females in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.