What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Estonia and Lithuania?

0.07 deaths per 100,000 people, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Lithuania?

29 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2022.

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.

Estonia vs Lithuania: Cancer death rates by type

Estonia

3.28 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Lithuania

3.35 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Estonia rank

17th

Lithuania rank

16th

Cancer death rates by type over time

Estonia
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 3.35 deaths per 100,000 people against 3.28 deaths per 100,000 people in Estonia, a difference of 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 14 times across 29 shared years of data; in 1994 it was Lithuania ahead.

Estonia ranks 17th and Lithuania ranks 16th of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Estonia	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1990s	3.47 deaths per 100,000 people	4.04 deaths per 100,000 people	0.567 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania
2000s	3.44 deaths per 100,000 people	3.74 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3082 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania
2010s	3.45 deaths per 100,000 people	3.47 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0219 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania
2020s	3.34 deaths per 100,000 people	3.51 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1694 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rates by type, Estonia or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 3.35 deaths per 100,000 people against 3.28 deaths per 100,000 people in Estonia as of 2023.
What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Estonia and Lithuania?: 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Estonia and Lithuania?: 29 years are reported by both, from 1994 to 2022.
How do Estonia and Lithuania rank globally for cancer death rates by type?: Estonia ranks 17th and Lithuania ranks 16th 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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