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

0.04 deaths per 100,000 people, with Egypt ahead.

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

28 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2019.

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.

Egypt vs Kuwait: Lung cancer death rates

Egypt

2.96 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2019

Kuwait

2.92 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Egypt rank

96th

Kuwait rank

97th

Lung cancer death rates over time

Egypt
Kuwait

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 2.96 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.92 deaths per 100,000 people in Kuwait, a difference of 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people.

Across all 28 years both countries report, Kuwait has been ahead every year.

Egypt ranks 96th and Kuwait ranks 97th of 111 countries.

Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Kuwait	Difference	Ahead
1970s	0.8703 deaths per 100,000 people	6.5 deaths per 100,000 people	5.63 deaths per 100,000 people	Kuwait
1980s	1.12 deaths per 100,000 people	7.8 deaths per 100,000 people	6.68 deaths per 100,000 people	Kuwait
2000s	2.38 deaths per 100,000 people	6.37 deaths per 100,000 people	3.98 deaths per 100,000 people	Kuwait
2010s	3.27 deaths per 100,000 people	4.45 deaths per 100,000 people	1.18 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, Egypt or Kuwait?: Egypt, at 2.96 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.92 deaths per 100,000 people in Kuwait as of 2019.
What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Egypt and Kuwait?: 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Kuwait?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2019.
How do Egypt and Kuwait rank globally for lung cancer death rates?: Egypt ranks 96th 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

Reported deaths from trachea, bronchus, lung cancers in females in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.