Canada vs Costa Rica: Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old

Canada
2.23 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Costa Rica
2.24 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2022
Canada rank
65th
Costa Rica rank
64th

Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old over time

  • Canada
  • Costa Rica
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How they compare

Costa Rica currently reports 2.24 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.23 deaths per 100,000 people in Canada, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 62 shared years of data; in 1961 it was Canada ahead.

Canada ranks 65th and Costa Rica ranks 64th of 110 countries.

Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Canada Costa Rica Difference Ahead
1960s 5.59 deaths per 100,000 people 6.23 deaths per 100,000 people 0.6406 deaths per 100,000 people Costa Rica
1970s 4.97 deaths per 100,000 people 6.27 deaths per 100,000 people 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people Costa Rica
1980s 3.73 deaths per 100,000 people 5.57 deaths per 100,000 people 1.84 deaths per 100,000 people Costa Rica
1990s 2.83 deaths per 100,000 people 4.66 deaths per 100,000 people 1.83 deaths per 100,000 people Costa Rica
2000s 2.04 deaths per 100,000 people 3.7 deaths per 100,000 people 1.65 deaths per 100,000 people Costa Rica
2010s 2.13 deaths per 100,000 people 4.65 deaths per 100,000 people 2.52 deaths per 100,000 people Costa Rica
2020s 2.01 deaths per 100,000 people 4.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2.11 deaths per 100,000 people Costa Rica

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher cancer death rates in children under 10 years old, Canada or Costa Rica?
Costa Rica, at 2.24 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.23 deaths per 100,000 people in Canada as of 2022.
What is the difference in cancer death rates in children under 10 years old between Canada and Costa Rica?
0.01 deaths per 100,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Canada and Costa Rica?
62 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2022.
How do Canada and Costa Rica rank globally for cancer death rates in children under 10 years old?
Canada ranks 65th and Costa Rica ranks 64th 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.

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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
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