What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Malaysia and Sri Lanka?

0.0424 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Sri Lanka?

16 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2019.

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.

Malaysia vs Sri Lanka: Cancer death rates by type

Malaysia

0.6839 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2020

Sri Lanka

0.7263 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2019

Malaysia rank

98th

Sri Lanka rank

97th

Cancer death rates by type over time

Malaysia
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.7263 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.6839 deaths per 100,000 people in Malaysia, a difference of 0.0424 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Sri Lanka's figure about 1.1 times Malaysia's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 16 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Malaysia ahead.

Malaysia ranks 98th and Sri Lanka ranks 97th of 111 countries.

Across the 2 decades both report, Malaysia averaged higher in 1 and Sri Lanka in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malaysia	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
2000s	0.5268 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4493 deaths per 100,000 people	0.0775 deaths per 100,000 people	Malaysia
2010s	0.5631 deaths per 100,000 people	0.6877 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1246 deaths per 100,000 people	Sri Lanka

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rates by type, Malaysia or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 0.7263 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.6839 deaths per 100,000 people in Malaysia as of 2019.
What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Malaysia and Sri Lanka?: 0.0424 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malaysia and Sri Lanka?: 16 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2019.
How do Malaysia and Sri Lanka rank globally for cancer death rates by type?: Malaysia ranks 98th and Sri Lanka ranks 97th 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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