What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Azerbaijan and Kuwait?

0.06 deaths per 100,000 people, with Azerbaijan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Kuwait?

18 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2007.

Where does this data come from?

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

Azerbaijan vs Kuwait: Lung cancer death rates

Azerbaijan

2.98 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2007

Kuwait

2.92 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Azerbaijan rank

94th

Kuwait rank

97th

Lung cancer death rates over time

Azerbaijan
Kuwait

How they compare

Azerbaijan currently reports 2.98 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.92 deaths per 100,000 people in Kuwait, a difference of 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 8 times across 18 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Kuwait ahead.

Azerbaijan ranks 94th and Kuwait ranks 97th of 111 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Azerbaijan	Kuwait	Difference	Ahead
1980s	5.46 deaths per 100,000 people	7.97 deaths per 100,000 people	2.51 deaths per 100,000 people	Kuwait
1990s	4.14 deaths per 100,000 people	8.3 deaths per 100,000 people	4.16 deaths per 100,000 people	Kuwait
2000s	4.43 deaths per 100,000 people	5.32 deaths per 100,000 people	0.89 deaths per 100,000 people	Kuwait

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lung cancer death rates, Azerbaijan or Kuwait?: Azerbaijan, at 2.98 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.92 deaths per 100,000 people in Kuwait as of 2007.
What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Azerbaijan and Kuwait?: 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people, with Azerbaijan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Azerbaijan and Kuwait?: 18 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2007.
How do Azerbaijan and Kuwait rank globally for lung cancer death rates?: Azerbaijan ranks 94th and Kuwait 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 Lung cancer death rates. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Lung cancer death rates
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, 4,882 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 27 August 2026

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