What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Barbados and Guyana?

0.17 deaths per 100,000 people, with Barbados ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Guyana?

23 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2013.

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.

Barbados vs Guyana: Lung cancer death rates

Barbados

4.06 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2013

Guyana

3.89 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2020

Barbados rank

83rd

Guyana rank

85th

Lung cancer death rates over time

Barbados
Guyana

How they compare

Barbados currently reports 4.06 deaths per 100,000 people against 3.89 deaths per 100,000 people in Guyana, a difference of 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 23 shared years of data; in 1977 it was Barbados ahead.

Barbados ranks 83rd and Guyana ranks 85th of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Barbados	Guyana	Difference	Ahead
1970s	3.64 deaths per 100,000 people	2.47 deaths per 100,000 people	1.17 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
1980s	2.97 deaths per 100,000 people	1.96 deaths per 100,000 people	1.01 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
1990s	3.98 deaths per 100,000 people	3.34 deaths per 100,000 people	0.6402 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
2000s	2.96 deaths per 100,000 people	2.76 deaths per 100,000 people	0.2052 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados
2010s	5.1 deaths per 100,000 people	3.42 deaths per 100,000 people	1.68 deaths per 100,000 people	Barbados

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lung cancer death rates, Barbados or Guyana?: Barbados, at 4.06 deaths per 100,000 people against 3.89 deaths per 100,000 people in Guyana as of 2013.
What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Barbados and Guyana?: 0.17 deaths per 100,000 people, with Barbados ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Guyana?: 23 years are reported by both, from 1977 to 2013.
How do Barbados and Guyana rank globally for lung cancer death rates?: Barbados ranks 83rd and Guyana ranks 85th 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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