What is the difference in colon and rectum cancer death rate between Japan and Lithuania?

0.18 deaths per 100,000 people, with Lithuania ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lithuania?

40 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Colon and rectum cancer death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Lithuania: Colon and rectum cancer death rate

Japan

12.45 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Lithuania

12.63 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Japan rank

27th

Lithuania rank

26th

Colon and rectum cancer death rate over time

Japan
Lithuania

How they compare

Lithuania currently reports 12.63 deaths per 100,000 people against 12.45 deaths per 100,000 people in Japan, a difference of 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 27th and Lithuania ranks 26th of 111 countries.

Lithuania has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Lithuania	Difference	Ahead
1980s	13.03 deaths per 100,000 people	13.16 deaths per 100,000 people	0.1392 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania
1990s	14.73 deaths per 100,000 people	15.67 deaths per 100,000 people	0.9345 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania
2000s	14.06 deaths per 100,000 people	15.76 deaths per 100,000 people	1.7 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania
2010s	13.12 deaths per 100,000 people	14.51 deaths per 100,000 people	1.39 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania
2020s	12.46 deaths per 100,000 people	13.19 deaths per 100,000 people	0.7298 deaths per 100,000 people	Lithuania

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher colon and rectum cancer death rate, Japan or Lithuania?: Lithuania, at 12.63 deaths per 100,000 people against 12.45 deaths per 100,000 people in Japan as of 2023.
What is the difference in colon and rectum cancer death rate between Japan and Lithuania?: 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people, with Lithuania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Lithuania?: 40 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2022.
How do Japan and Lithuania rank globally for colon and rectum cancer death rate?: Japan ranks 27th and Lithuania ranks 26th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Colon and rectum cancer death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Colon and rectum cancer death rate
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, 4,883 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Reported deaths from colon and rectum cancers in both sexes in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.