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

1.01 deaths per 100,000 people, with Uruguay ahead.

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

28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2022.

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 Uruguay: Lung cancer death rates

Slovakia

12.04 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Uruguay

13.05 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Slovakia rank

29th

Uruguay rank

26th

Lung cancer death rates over time

Slovakia
Uruguay

How they compare

Uruguay currently reports 13.05 deaths per 100,000 people against 12.04 deaths per 100,000 people in Slovakia, a difference of 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people.

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

The two have swapped places 5 times across 28 shared years of data; in 1993 it was Slovakia ahead.

Slovakia ranks 29th and Uruguay ranks 26th of 111 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Slovakia averaged higher in 2 and Uruguay in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Slovakia	Uruguay	Difference	Ahead
1990s	8.19 deaths per 100,000 people	6 deaths per 100,000 people	2.19 deaths per 100,000 people	Slovakia
2000s	9.1 deaths per 100,000 people	7.67 deaths per 100,000 people	1.44 deaths per 100,000 people	Slovakia
2010s	11.24 deaths per 100,000 people	11.66 deaths per 100,000 people	0.425 deaths per 100,000 people	Uruguay
2020s	11.09 deaths per 100,000 people	13.41 deaths per 100,000 people	2.32 deaths per 100,000 people	Uruguay

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher lung cancer death rates, Slovakia or Uruguay?: Uruguay, at 13.05 deaths per 100,000 people against 12.04 deaths per 100,000 people in Slovakia as of 2022.
What is the difference in lung cancer death rates between Slovakia and Uruguay?: 1.01 deaths per 100,000 people, with Uruguay ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Slovakia and Uruguay?: 28 years are reported by both, from 1993 to 2022.
How do Slovakia and Uruguay rank globally for lung cancer death rates?: Slovakia ranks 29th and Uruguay ranks 26th 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.