What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Grenada and Sri Lanka?

0.1 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Grenada and Sri Lanka?

17 years are reported by both, from 1985 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.

Grenada vs Sri Lanka: Lung cancer death rates

Grenada

2.47 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Sri Lanka

2.57 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2019

Grenada rank

103rd

Sri Lanka rank

102nd

Lung cancer death rates over time

Grenada
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Sri Lanka currently reports 2.57 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.47 deaths per 100,000 people in Grenada, a difference of 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 17 shared years of data; in 1985 it was Grenada ahead.

Grenada ranks 103rd and Sri Lanka ranks 102nd of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Grenada	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1980s	4.31 deaths per 100,000 people	0.8618 deaths per 100,000 people	3.45 deaths per 100,000 people	Grenada
1990s	5.96 deaths per 100,000 people	1.64 deaths per 100,000 people	4.32 deaths per 100,000 people	Grenada
2000s	3.2 deaths per 100,000 people	1.88 deaths per 100,000 people	1.33 deaths per 100,000 people	Grenada
2010s	4.96 deaths per 100,000 people	2.63 deaths per 100,000 people	2.33 deaths per 100,000 people	Grenada

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lung cancer death rates, Grenada or Sri Lanka?: Sri Lanka, at 2.57 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.47 deaths per 100,000 people in Grenada as of 2019.
What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Grenada and Sri Lanka?: 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people, with Sri Lanka ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Grenada and Sri Lanka?: 17 years are reported by both, from 1985 to 2019.
How do Grenada and Sri Lanka rank globally for lung cancer death rates?: Grenada ranks 103rd and Sri Lanka ranks 102nd 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Grenada vs Sri Lanka: Lung cancer death rates. Statizoid, drawing on WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 16 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/lung-cancer-deaths-per-100000-by-sex-1950-2002/grenada/sri-lanka/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/lung-cancer-deaths-per-100000-by-sex-1950-2002/grenada/sri-lanka/">Grenada vs Sri Lanka: Lung cancer death rates</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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.