Brain and nervous system cancer death rate by country

Countries reporting
111
Highest
7.99
Seychelles
Lowest
0.3549
Oman
Median
3.06
Years covered
45
1979–2023
Data points
3,024

What the numbers show

Brain and nervous system cancer death rate is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 7.99 in Seychelles; the lowest is 0.3549 in Oman.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.06, and the mean is 3.04.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 23.

Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 63 fell. The largest increase was in Qatar (up 336.4%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 80.8%).

Brain and nervous system cancer death rate: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Seychelles 7.99 2021 down 8.3% volatile
1 Mayotte 2.58 2016 volatile
2 Montenegro 6.89 2019 up 54.3% rising
3 Croatia 6.04 2021 up 4.4% rising
4 Iran, Islamic Republic of 5.3 2017 rising
5 Lithuania 5.03 2023 down 11.3% rising
6 Serbia, Republic of 4.98 2023 down 12.6% falling
7 Iceland 4.97 2022 up 55.6% falling
8 Greece 4.97 2022 down 15.3% falling
9 Bosnia and Herzegovina 4.91 2023 down 9.1% rising
10 Moldova 4.82 2023 up 16.0% rising
11 Bulgaria 4.79 2022 down 13.0% rising
12 Poland 4.76 2022 down 12.0% rising
13 North Macedonia, Republic of 4.73 2023 down 21.4% rising
14 Portugal 4.56 2022 down 0.4% rising
15 Slovenia 4.53 2023 up 4.9% rising
16 Ireland 4.53 2022 down 8.0% flat
17 New Zealand 4.49 2018 up 15.4% falling
18 Romania 4.48 2022 down 18.5% rising
19 Latvia 4.38 2023 down 11.7% rising
20 Estonia 4.38 2022 up 0.8% flat
21 Slovak Republic 4.31 2023 down 14.9% flat
22 Hungary 4.24 2023 up 1.2% falling
23 Norway 4.2 2016 down 0.0% rising
24 Denmark 4.09 2022 down 9.8% falling
25 Brazil 4.04 2021 down 3.8% rising
26 Czechia 3.97 2023 up 0.3% flat
27 Finland 3.96 2022 down 4.3% flat
28 Armenia, Republic of 3.94 2023 down 28.1% falling
29 Egypt, Arab Republic of 3.89 2019 down 22.1% rising
30 Spain 3.89 2023 up 0.7% rising
31 Uruguay 3.88 2022 up 16.3% rising
32 Canada 3.86 2022 up 1.0% falling
33 Sweden 3.84 2023 up 15.5% falling
34 Australia 3.84 2023 down 4.8% falling
35 United Kingdom 3.82 2021 down 6.3% rising
36 Germany 3.77 2020 down 4.1% flat
37 Austria 3.74 2023 down 4.7% rising
38 Cuba 3.74 2021 up 1.6% rising
39 Switzerland 3.7 2023 down 2.8% falling
40 Belgium 3.69 2021 down 9.6% falling
41 Russia 3.68 2019 up 0.6% rising
42 France 3.64 2022 up 1.7% rising
43 Malta 3.62 2022 down 29.3% rising
44 Italy 3.61 2022 down 3.4% falling
45 Belarus, Republic of 3.5 2018 up 6.2% flat
46 Türkiye 3.45 2023 down 29.0% falling
47 Suriname 3.44 2014 up 14.1% rising
48 Mongolia 3.4 2023 up 5.4% rising
49 Ukraine 3.38 2019 down 4.6% falling
50 United States 3.34 2022 down 3.6% falling
51 Israel 3.34 2022 down 23.7% rising
52 Peru 3.28 2022 up 15.6% rising
53 Syrian Arab Republic 3.22 2010 up 9.7% rising
54 Netherlands 3.21 2023 up 3.7% falling
55 Grenada 3.16 2023 volatile
56 Georgia 3.06 2023 down 6.2% rising
57 St. Vincent and the Grenadines 2.96 2022 volatile
58 Uzbekistan, Republic of 2.91 2023 up 2.1% rising
59 Mauritius 2.89 2023 up 126.7% volatile
60 Bahamas, The 2.83 2016 up 304.7% volatile
61 Turkmenistan 2.83 2015 down 8.9% rising
62 Belize 2.69 2022 up 4.8% volatile
63 Réunion 2.66 2016 up 35.8% rising
64 Argentina 2.64 2022 down 7.0% rising
65 Costa Rica 2.59 2022 up 9.5% rising
66 Luxembourg 2.59 2023 down 51.8% falling
67 Colombia 2.58 2021 up 28.0% falling
68 Azerbaijan, Republic of 2.57 2007 down 26.6% falling
69 Cyprus 2.52 2022 down 10.7% rising
70 El Salvador 2.52 2018 up 10.6% rising
71 Kyrgyz Republic 2.49 2023 down 11.4% rising
72 Antigua and Barbuda 2.47 2021 volatile
73 Guadeloupe 2.45 2016 up 32.9% rising
74 Chile 2.35 2022 up 8.6% rising
75 Sri Lanka 2.14 2019 up 23.1% volatile
76 Ecuador 2.11 2022 down 20.3% rising
77 Venezuela, República Bolivariana de 2.08 2016 down 2.1% rising
78 Puerto Rico 2.04 2022 up 7.3% rising
79 Kuwait 2.03 2023 down 9.0% falling
80 Dominican Republic 2.01 2018 up 79.3% rising
81 Albania 1.87 2010 down 55.4% rising
82 Mexico 1.84 2022 down 10.9% flat
83 Korea 1.81 2022 down 5.5% flat
84 Panama 1.81 2022 down 41.3% falling
85 Jordan 1.79 2018 down 32.5% falling
86 Kazakhstan, Republic of 1.77 2023 down 35.9% falling
87 Tajikistan, Republic of 1.76 2022 down 52.4% falling
88 Trinidad and Tobago 1.66 2020 up 45.4% rising
89 Singapore 1.62 2022 down 14.6% rising
90 Paraguay 1.62 2021 up 44.7% flat
91 Philippines 1.55 2019 down 6.9% falling
92 Martinique 1.53 2016 down 14.0% rising
93 Jamaica 1.44 2014 down 5.4% rising
94 Thailand 1.44 2023 down 46.3% rising
95 Bahrain, Kingdom of 1.44 2014 down 29.6% falling
96 Nicaragua 1.4 2022 down 32.3% falling
97 Qatar 1.37 2023 up 336.4% volatile
98 St. Lucia 1.3 2020 down 21.6% volatile
99 Japan 1.29 2022 up 24.9% rising
100 Guatemala 1.29 2022 down 28.9% falling
101 Maldives 1.26 2021 up 136.8% volatile
102 South Africa 1.2 2020 down 9.1% rising
103 Malaysia 1.17 2020 up 160.6% rising
104 Guyana 1.14 2020 up 12.7% volatile
105 Barbados 1.06 2013 down 80.8% volatile
106 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, People's Republic of China 1.02 2017 down 15.3% falling
107 French Guiana 0.8281 2016 down 27.3% falling
108 Brunei Darussalam 0.788 2019 up 8.1% volatile
109 Fiji, Republic of 0.6442 2012 down 76.5% volatile
110 Oman 0.3549 2021 down 49.8% falling

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Indicator
Brain and nervous system cancer death rate
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 3,024 data points, 1979–2023
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