What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Maldives and Seychelles?

0.05 deaths per 100,000 people, with Seychelles ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Seychelles?

18 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2021.

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.

Maldives vs Seychelles: Lung cancer death rates

Maldives

2.6 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Seychelles

2.65 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2021

Maldives rank

101st

Seychelles rank

100th

Lung cancer death rates over time

Maldives
Seychelles

How they compare

Seychelles currently reports 2.65 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.6 deaths per 100,000 people in Maldives, a difference of 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 18 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Seychelles ahead.

Maldives ranks 101st and Seychelles ranks 100th of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Maldives	Seychelles	Difference	Ahead
2000s	1.21 deaths per 100,000 people	9.31 deaths per 100,000 people	8.1 deaths per 100,000 people	Seychelles
2010s	2.84 deaths per 100,000 people	4.7 deaths per 100,000 people	1.87 deaths per 100,000 people	Seychelles
2020s	2.3 deaths per 100,000 people	4.84 deaths per 100,000 people	2.54 deaths per 100,000 people	Seychelles

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lung cancer death rates, Maldives or Seychelles?: Seychelles, at 2.65 deaths per 100,000 people against 2.6 deaths per 100,000 people in Maldives as of 2021.
What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Maldives and Seychelles?: 0.05 deaths per 100,000 people, with Seychelles ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Seychelles?: 18 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2021.
How do Maldives and Seychelles rank globally for lung cancer death rates?: Maldives ranks 101st and Seychelles ranks 100th 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.