What is the difference in cancer death rate by age group between Iceland and Malaysia?

0.7506 deaths per 100,000 people, with Malaysia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Malaysia?

21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cancer death rate by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Iceland vs Malaysia: Cancer death rate by age group

Iceland

0 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Malaysia

0.7506 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2020

Iceland rank

77th

Malaysia rank

74th

Cancer death rate by age group over time

Iceland
Malaysia

How they compare

Malaysia currently reports 0.7506 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Iceland, a difference of 0.7506 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 21 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malaysia ahead.

Iceland ranks 77th and Malaysia ranks 74th of 111 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Iceland averaged higher in 1 and Malaysia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Iceland	Malaysia	Difference	Ahead
2000s	2.39 deaths per 100,000 people	2.4 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0122 deaths per 100,000 people	Malaysia
2010s	2.13 deaths per 100,000 people	2 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1307 deaths per 100,000 people	Iceland
2020s	0 deaths per 100,000 people	0.7506 deaths per 100,000 people	0.7506 deaths per 100,000 people	Malaysia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rate by age group, Iceland or Malaysia?: Malaysia, at 0.7506 deaths per 100,000 people against 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Iceland as of 2020.
What is the difference in cancer death rate by age group between Iceland and Malaysia?: 0.7506 deaths per 100,000 people, with Malaysia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Iceland and Malaysia?: 21 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2020.
How do Iceland and Malaysia rank globally for cancer death rate by age group?: Iceland ranks 77th and Malaysia ranks 74th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cancer death rate by age group. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cancer death rate by age group
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, 4,885 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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