Brain and nervous system cancer death rate by country
Countries reporting
111
Highest
7.99
Seychelles
Lowest
0.3549
Oman
Median
3.16
Years covered
46
1979–2024
Data points
3,069
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 3.16, 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 42 countries rose and 64 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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seychelles | 7.99 | 2021 | down 8.3% | volatile |
| 2 | Montenegro | 6.89 | 2019 | up 54.3% | rising |
| 3 | Croatia | 6.04 | 2021 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 4 | Iran | 5.3 | 2017 | — | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 4.98 | 2023 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 6 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 4.91 | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 7 | Latvia | 4.86 | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 8 | Greece | 4.85 | 2023 | down 16.9% | falling |
| 9 | Moldova | 4.82 | 2023 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 10 | Lithuania | 4.8 | 2024 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 11 | Poland | 4.76 | 2022 | down 12.0% | rising |
| 12 | North Macedonia | 4.73 | 2023 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 4.68 | 2023 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 14 | Estonia | 4.6 | 2024 | up 2.8% | falling |
| 15 | Portugal | 4.56 | 2022 | down 0.4% | rising |
| 16 | Slovenia | 4.53 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 17 | Ireland | 4.53 | 2022 | down 8.0% | flat |
| 18 | New Zealand | 4.49 | 2018 | up 15.4% | falling |
| 19 | Romania | 4.48 | 2022 | down 18.5% | rising |
| 20 | Slovakia | 4.31 | 2023 | down 14.9% | flat |
| 21 | Norway | 4.31 | 2023 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 22 | Denmark | 4.09 | 2022 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 23 | Iceland | 4.08 | 2024 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 24 | Brazil | 4.04 | 2022 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 25 | Hungary | 3.99 | 2024 | down 4.7% | falling |
| 26 | Czechia | 3.97 | 2023 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 27 | Australia | 3.95 | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 28 | Germany | 3.93 | 2022 | down 1.3% | flat |
| 29 | Egypt | 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 | Sweden | 3.84 | 2023 | up 15.5% | falling |
| 33 | United Kingdom | 3.83 | 2024 | down 8.6% | rising |
| 34 | Italy | 3.8 | 2023 | up 3.8% | falling |
| 35 | Austria | 3.79 | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 36 | Cuba | 3.74 | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 37 | Switzerland | 3.7 | 2023 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 38 | Russia | 3.68 | 2019 | up 0.6% | rising |
| 39 | Finland | 3.64 | 2024 | down 6.5% | flat |
| 40 | Georgia | 3.63 | 2024 | down 27.2% | rising |
| 41 | Malta | 3.62 | 2022 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 42 | Canada | 3.61 | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 43 | France | 3.59 | 2023 | up 0.8% | rising |
| 44 | Armenia | 3.57 | 2024 | down 43.0% | falling |
| 45 | Belarus | 3.5 | 2018 | up 6.2% | flat |
| 46 | Turkey | 3.45 | 2023 | down 29.0% | falling |
| 47 | Suriname | 3.44 | 2014 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 48 | Belgium | 3.41 | 2022 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 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 | Luxembourg | 3.31 | 2024 | down 15.9% | falling |
| 53 | Peru | 3.28 | 2022 | up 15.6% | rising |
| 54 | Syria | 3.22 | 2010 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 55 | Netherlands | 3.21 | 2023 | up 3.7% | falling |
| 56 | Grenada | 3.16 | 2023 | — | volatile |
| 57 | Mongolia | 3.11 | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 58 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 2.96 | 2022 | — | volatile |
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 2.91 | 2023 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 60 | Mauritius | 2.89 | 2023 | up 126.7% | volatile |
| 61 | Turkmenistan | 2.83 | 2015 | down 8.9% | rising |
| 62 | Colombia | 2.82 | 2023 | up 21.8% | flat |
| 63 | Belize | 2.69 | 2022 | up 4.8% | volatile |
| 64 | Reunion | 2.66 | 2016 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 65 | Argentina | 2.6 | 2023 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 66 | Costa Rica | 2.59 | 2022 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 67 | Mayotte | 2.58 | 2016 | — | volatile |
| 68 | Azerbaijan | 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 | Kyrgyzstan | 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 | 2.4 | 2023 | up 6.4% | rising |
| 75 | Bahamas | 2.27 | 2016 | up 223.9% | volatile |
| 76 | Sri Lanka | 2.14 | 2019 | up 23.1% | volatile |
| 77 | Ecuador | 2.11 | 2022 | down 20.3% | rising |
| 78 | Venezuela | 2.08 | 2016 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 79 | Puerto Rico | 2.04 | 2022 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 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 | South 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 | 1.76 | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 87 | Tajikistan | 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 | Kuwait | 1.5 | 2024 | up 9.5% | falling |
| 94 | Jamaica | 1.44 | 2014 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 95 | Thailand | 1.44 | 2023 | down 46.3% | rising |
| 96 | Bahrain | 1.44 | 2014 | down 29.6% | falling |
| 97 | Brunei | 1.44 | 2024 | up 17.0% | volatile |
| 98 | Nicaragua | 1.4 | 2022 | down 32.3% | falling |
| 99 | Qatar | 1.37 | 2023 | up 336.4% | volatile |
| 100 | Saint Lucia | 1.3 | 2020 | down 21.6% | volatile |
| 101 | Japan | 1.29 | 2023 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 102 | Maldives | 1.26 | 2021 | up 136.8% | volatile |
| 103 | South Africa | 1.2 | 2020 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 104 | Guatemala | 1.2 | 2023 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 105 | Malaysia | 1.17 | 2020 | up 160.6% | rising |
| 106 | Guyana | 1.14 | 2020 | up 12.7% | volatile |
| 107 | Barbados | 1.06 | 2013 | down 80.8% | volatile |
| 108 | Hong Kong | 1.02 | 2017 | down 15.3% | falling |
| 109 | French Guiana | 0.8281 | 2016 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 110 | Fiji | 0.6442 | 2012 | down 76.5% | volatile |
| 111 | Oman | 0.3549 | 2021 | down 49.8% | falling |