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

0.0497 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.

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

26 years are reported by both, from 1980 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.

Panama vs Sri Lanka: Cancer death rates by type

Panama

0.6766 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Sri Lanka

0.7263 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2019

Panama rank

99th

Sri Lanka rank

97th

Cancer death rates by type over time

Panama
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 0.7263 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.6766 deaths per 100,000 people in Panama, a difference of 0.0497 deaths per 100,000 people.

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

The two have swapped places 2 times across 26 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Panama ahead.

Panama ranks 99th and Sri Lanka ranks 97th of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Panama	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1980s	1.09 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2291 deaths per 100,000 people	0.8658 deaths per 100,000 people	Panama
1990s	1.21 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2326 deaths per 100,000 people	0.9793 deaths per 100,000 people	Panama
2000s	1.05 deaths per 100,000 people	0.4493 deaths per 100,000 people	0.6034 deaths per 100,000 people	Panama
2010s	0.8137 deaths per 100,000 people	0.6877 deaths per 100,000 people	0.126 deaths per 100,000 people	Panama

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rates by type, Panama or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 0.7263 deaths per 100,000 people against 0.6766 deaths per 100,000 people in Panama as of 2019.
What is the difference in cancer death rates by type between Panama and Sri Lanka?: 0.0497 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Panama and Sri Lanka?: 26 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2019.
How do Panama and Sri Lanka rank globally for cancer death rates by type?: Panama ranks 99th 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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