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