What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Barbados and Panama?

0.0153 deaths per 100,000 people, with Panama ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Panama?

23 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2013.

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.

Barbados vs Panama: Cancer death rates by type

Barbados

0.6613 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2013

Panama

0.6766 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Barbados rank

101st

Panama rank

99th

Cancer death rates by type over time

Barbados
Panama

How they compare

Panama currently reports 0.6766 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.6613 deaths per 100,000 people in Barbados, a difference of 0.0153 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1979 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 101st and Panama ranks 99th of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Panama	Difference	Ahead
1970s	4.09 deaths per 100,000 people	2.35 deaths per 100,000 people	1.74 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
1980s	2.41 deaths per 100,000 people	1.12 deaths per 100,000 people	1.3 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
2000s	1.19 deaths per 100,000 people	1.05 deaths per 100,000 people	0.142 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
2010s	1.13 deaths per 100,000 people	0.9159 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2101 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rates by type, Barbados or Panama?: Panama, at 0.6766 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.6613 deaths per 100,000 people in Barbados as of 2022.
What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Barbados and Panama?: 0.0153 deaths per 100,000 people, with Panama ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Panama?: 23 years are reported by both, from 1979 to 2013.
How do Barbados and Panama rank globally for cancer death rates by type?: Barbados ranks 101st and Panama ranks 99th 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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