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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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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, 3,069 data points, 1979–2024
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