What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?

0.0293 deaths per 100,000 people, with Nicaragua ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?

14 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2018.

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.

Dominican Republic vs Nicaragua: Cancer death rates by type

Dominican Republic

0.3953 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2018

Nicaragua

0.4246 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Dominican Republic rank

108th

Nicaragua rank

107th

Cancer death rates by type over time

Dominican Republic
Nicaragua

How they compare

Nicaragua currently reports 0.4246 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.3953 deaths per 100,000 people in Dominican Republic, a difference of 0.0293 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Nicaragua's figure about 1.1 times Dominican Republic's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 14 shared years of data; in 2005 it was Nicaragua ahead.

Dominican Republic ranks 108th and Nicaragua ranks 107th of 111 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Dominican Republic averaged higher in 1 and Nicaragua in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Dominican Republic	Nicaragua	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.4557 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4785 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0228 deaths per 100,000 people	Nicaragua
2010s	0.4717 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4626 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0091 deaths per 100,000 people	Dominican Republic

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rates by type, Dominican Republic or Nicaragua?: Nicaragua, at 0.4246 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.3953 deaths per 100,000 people in Dominican Republic as of 2022.
What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?: 0.0293 deaths per 100,000 people, with Nicaragua ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Dominican Republic and Nicaragua?: 14 years are reported by both, from 2005 to 2018.
How do Dominican Republic and Nicaragua rank globally for cancer death rates by type?: Dominican Republic ranks 108th and Nicaragua ranks 107th 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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