What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Bahamas and Iceland?

0.19 deaths per 100,000 people, with Bahamas ahead.

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

28 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2016.

Where does this data come from?

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

Bahamas vs Iceland: Cancer death rates by type

Bahamas

1.59 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2016

Iceland

1.4 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Bahamas rank

64th

Iceland rank

65th

Cancer death rates by type over time

Bahamas
Iceland

How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people in Iceland, a difference of 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.1 times Iceland's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Iceland ahead.

Bahamas ranks 64th and Iceland ranks 65th of 111 countries.

Iceland has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bahamas	Iceland	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.22 deaths per 100,000 people	3.95 deaths per 100,000 people	2.73 deaths per 100,000 people	Iceland
1990s	0.9681 deaths per 100,000 people	3.63 deaths per 100,000 people	2.66 deaths per 100,000 people	Iceland
2000s	1.28 deaths per 100,000 people	3.09 deaths per 100,000 people	1.81 deaths per 100,000 people	Iceland
2010s	1.24 deaths per 100,000 people	3.45 deaths per 100,000 people	2.21 deaths per 100,000 people	Iceland

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rates by type, Bahamas or Iceland?: Bahamas, at 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people against 1.4 deaths per 100,000 people in Iceland as of 2016.
What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Bahamas and Iceland?: 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Iceland?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2016.
How do Bahamas and Iceland rank globally for cancer death rates by type?: Bahamas ranks 64th and Iceland ranks 65th 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 rates by type. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Cancer death rates by type
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, 3,427 data points, 1979–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

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