What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Croatia and Serbia?

0.27 deaths per 100,000 people, with Croatia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Serbia?

24 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2021.

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.

Croatia vs Serbia: Cancer death rates by type

Croatia

4.49 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Serbia

4.22 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Croatia rank

3rd

Serbia rank

4th

Cancer death rates by type over time

Croatia
Serbia

How they compare

Croatia currently reports 4.49 deaths per 100,000 people against 4.22 deaths per 100,000 people in Serbia, a difference of 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Croatia's figure about 1.1 times Serbia's.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 24 shared years of data; in 1998 it was Croatia ahead.

Croatia ranks 3rd and Serbia ranks 4th of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Croatia	Serbia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	4.29 deaths per 100,000 people	3.8 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4864 deaths per 100,000 people	Croatia
2000s	3.98 deaths per 100,000 people	3.91 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0718 deaths per 100,000 people	Croatia
2010s	4.39 deaths per 100,000 people	4.38 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0124 deaths per 100,000 people	Croatia
2020s	4.49 deaths per 100,000 people	4.39 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1033 deaths per 100,000 people	Croatia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rates by type, Croatia or Serbia?: Croatia, at 4.49 deaths per 100,000 people against 4.22 deaths per 100,000 people in Serbia as of 2021.
What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Croatia and Serbia?: 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people, with Croatia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Croatia and Serbia?: 24 years are reported by both, from 1998 to 2021.
How do Croatia and Serbia rank globally for cancer death rates by type?: Croatia ranks 3rd and Serbia ranks 4th 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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