What is the difference in stomach cancer death rate between Japan and Latvia?

0.03 deaths per 100,000 people, with Japan ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?

43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.

Where does this data come from?

WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Stomach cancer death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Japan vs Latvia: Stomach cancer death rate

Japan

8.79 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2022

Latvia

8.76 deaths per 100,000 people

in 2023

Japan rank

14th

Latvia rank

15th

Stomach cancer death rate over time

Japan
Latvia

How they compare

Japan currently reports 8.79 deaths per 100,000 people against 8.76 deaths per 100,000 people in Latvia, a difference of 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 14th and Latvia ranks 15th of 111 countries.

Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Japan	Latvia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	33.67 deaths per 100,000 people	24.07 deaths per 100,000 people	9.6 deaths per 100,000 people	Japan
1990s	24.09 deaths per 100,000 people	19.09 deaths per 100,000 people	5.01 deaths per 100,000 people	Japan
2000s	17.6 deaths per 100,000 people	14.64 deaths per 100,000 people	2.97 deaths per 100,000 people	Japan
2010s	12.29 deaths per 100,000 people	11.16 deaths per 100,000 people	1.13 deaths per 100,000 people	Japan
2020s	9.19 deaths per 100,000 people	8.81 deaths per 100,000 people	0.3808 deaths per 100,000 people	Japan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher stomach cancer death rate, Japan or Latvia?: Japan, at 8.79 deaths per 100,000 people against 8.76 deaths per 100,000 people in Latvia as of 2022.
What is the difference in stomach cancer death rate between Japan and Latvia?: 0.03 deaths per 100,000 people, with Japan ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Latvia?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2022.
How do Japan and Latvia rank globally for stomach cancer death rate?: Japan ranks 14th and Latvia ranks 15th of 111 countries.
Where does this data come from?: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Stomach cancer death rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Stomach cancer death rate
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, 4,883 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Reported deaths from stomach cancer in both sexes in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.