What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Slovakia and Spain?

0.7 deaths per 100,000 people, with Slovakia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Slovakia and Spain?

30 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.

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.

Slovakia vs Spain: Lung cancer death rates

Slovakia

12.04 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Spain

11.34 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Slovakia rank

29th

Spain rank

32nd

Lung cancer death rates over time

Slovakia
Spain

How they compare

Slovakia currently reports 12.04 deaths per 100,000 people against 11.34 deaths per 100,000 people in Spain, a difference of 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people.

That makes Slovakia's figure about 1.1 times Spain's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 30 shared years of data; in 1992 it was Slovakia ahead.

Slovakia ranks 29th and Spain ranks 32nd of 111 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Slovakia	Spain	Difference	Ahead
1990s	8.21 deaths per 100,000 people	4.56 deaths per 100,000 people	3.66 deaths per 100,000 people	Slovakia
2000s	9.1 deaths per 100,000 people	6.4 deaths per 100,000 people	2.71 deaths per 100,000 people	Slovakia
2010s	11.24 deaths per 100,000 people	9.5 deaths per 100,000 people	1.74 deaths per 100,000 people	Slovakia
2020s	11.33 deaths per 100,000 people	10.95 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3767 deaths per 100,000 people	Slovakia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lung cancer death rates, Slovakia or Spain?: Slovakia, at 12.04 deaths per 100,000 people against 11.34 deaths per 100,000 people in Spain as of 2023.
What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Slovakia and Spain?: 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people, with Slovakia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Slovakia and Spain?: 30 years are reported by both, from 1992 to 2023.
How do Slovakia and Spain rank globally for lung cancer death rates?: Slovakia ranks 29th and Spain ranks 32nd 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.