Bahamas vs Portugal: Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old

Bahamas
3.12 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2016
Portugal
2.97 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Bahamas rank
40th
Portugal rank
42nd

Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old over time

  • Bahamas
  • Portugal
02468195519882022

How they compare

Bahamas currently reports 3.12 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people in Portugal, a difference of 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.1 times Portugal's.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Portugal ahead.

Bahamas ranks 40th and Portugal ranks 42nd of 110 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Bahamas averaged higher in 1 and Portugal in 4.

Head to head by decade

Decade Bahamas Portugal Difference Ahead
1970s 1.49 deaths per 100,000 people 6.69 deaths per 100,000 people 5.19 deaths per 100,000 people Portugal
1980s 3.92 deaths per 100,000 people 5.73 deaths per 100,000 people 1.81 deaths per 100,000 people Portugal
1990s 2.52 deaths per 100,000 people 4.14 deaths per 100,000 people 1.62 deaths per 100,000 people Portugal
2000s 2.37 deaths per 100,000 people 3.74 deaths per 100,000 people 1.37 deaths per 100,000 people Portugal
2010s 3.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2.58 deaths per 100,000 people 0.5261 deaths per 100,000 people Bahamas

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rates in children under 10 years old, Bahamas or Portugal?
Bahamas, at 3.12 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people in Portugal as of 2016.
What is the difference in cancer death rates in children under 10 years old between Bahamas and Portugal?
0.15 deaths per 100,000 people, with Bahamas ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Portugal?
30 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2016.
How do Bahamas and Portugal rank globally for cancer death rates in children under 10 years old?
Bahamas ranks 40th and Portugal ranks 42nd of 110 countries.
Where does this data come from?
WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Bahamas vs Portugal: Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old. Statizoid, drawing on WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 17 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/cancer-death-rates-in-children-under-10-years-old/bahamas-the/portugal/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/cancer-death-rates-in-children-under-10-years-old/bahamas-the/portugal/">Bahamas vs Portugal: Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old
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
110 places, 4,839 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Reported deaths from malignant neoplasms per 100,000 people in both sexes aged 10-14 years.