Japan vs Sweden: Cancer death rate who mdb

Japan
87.05
in 2023
Sweden
86.6
in 2023
Japan rank
66th
Sweden rank
67th

Cancer death rate who mdb over time

  • Japan
  • Sweden
050100150195019862023

How they compare

Japan currently reports 87.05 against 86.6 in Sweden, a difference of 0.45.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 73 shared years of data; in 1951 it was Sweden ahead.

Japan ranks 66th and Sweden ranks 67th of 111 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 1 and Sweden in 7.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Sweden Difference Ahead
1950s 118.14 132.32 14.18 Sweden
1960s 129.29 135.79 6.5 Sweden
1970s 127.22 145.02 17.8 Sweden
1980s 126.42 130.69 4.27 Sweden
1990s 124.79 124.13 0.6624 Japan
2000s 114.25 116.7 2.45 Sweden
2010s 99.12 102.41 3.29 Sweden
2020s 88.85 88.98 0.134 Sweden

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rate who mdb, Japan or Sweden?
Japan, at 87.05 against 86.6 in Sweden as of 2023.
What is the difference in cancer death rate who mdb between Japan and Sweden?
0.45, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Sweden?
73 years are reported by both, from 1951 to 2023.
How do Japan and Sweden rank globally for cancer death rate who mdb?
Japan ranks 66th and Sweden ranks 67th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?
Our World in Data, published as Cancer death rate who mdb. 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

Japan vs Sweden: Cancer death rate who mdb. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 10 November 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/cancer-death-rate-who-mdb/japan/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/cancer-death-rate-who-mdb/japan/sweden/">Japan vs Sweden: Cancer death rate who mdb</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cancer death rate who mdb
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 4,924 data points, 1950–2024
Last refreshed