Cancer death rate by age group by country

Countries reporting
111
Highest
95.63
Montenegro
Lowest
0
Reunion
Median
1.95
Years covered
75
1950–2024
Data points
4,924

What the numbers show

Cancer death rate by age group is currently reported for 111 countries. The highest value is 95.63 in Montenegro; the lowest is 0 in Reunion.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.95, and the mean is 4.2.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in El Salvador (up 589.5%), and the largest decrease in Barbados (down 100.0%).

Cancer death rate by age group: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Montenegro 95.63 2019 — volatile
2 Seychelles 63.37 2021 — volatile
3 Brunei 53.88 2024 — volatile
4 Belize 12.48 2022 — volatile
5 El Salvador 11.17 2018 up 589.5% volatile
6 Fiji 10.67 2012 down 91.2% volatile
7 Cyprus 9.89 2022 — volatile
8 Suriname 9.32 2014 — volatile
9 Iran 8.42 2017 — rising
10 Mauritius 8.09 2023 — volatile
11 Egypt 7.39 2019 down 44.5% volatile
12 Ukraine 6.86 2019 down 0.6% falling
13 Tajikistan 6.1 2022 — volatile
14 Hungary 6.05 2024 up 37.8% falling
15 Azerbaijan 5.98 2007 up 112.7% volatile
16 Kazakhstan 4.96 2024 up 61.6% falling
17 Sri Lanka 4.46 2019 down 35.9% flat
18 Moldova 4.21 2023 down 59.7% volatile
19 Jamaica 4.03 2014 — volatile
20 Brazil 4 2022 down 14.2% falling
21 Nicaragua 3.95 2022 up 167.8% rising
22 Qatar 3.8 2023 — volatile
23 Bosnia and Herzegovina 3.8 2023 up 31.5% volatile
24 Russia 3.45 2019 down 40.5% falling
25 Norway 3.37 2016 up 94.9% volatile
26 New Zealand 3.36 2018 up 115.5% volatile
27 Ecuador 3.3 2022 up 77.0% flat
28 Chile 3.28 2023 down 31.1% volatile
29 Uzbekistan 3.23 2023 up 36.8% volatile
30 Mongolia 3.2 2024 up 27.6% volatile
31 Netherlands 3.04 2023 up 31.7% volatile
32 Peru 3 2022 up 1.5% rising
33 Colombia 2.98 2023 up 3.1% falling
34 Thailand 2.87 2023 down 27.3% rising
35 Jordan 2.87 2018 up 173.5% rising
36 Armenia 2.87 2024 up 21.4% volatile
37 Romania 2.84 2022 down 26.1% falling
38 Albania 2.81 2010 down 47.0% volatile
39 Philippines 2.79 2019 up 216.0% falling
40 Canada 2.73 2024 up 26.4% falling
41 Greece 2.7 2023 down 56.3% volatile
42 Austria 2.63 2024 up 109.8% volatile
43 Belgium 2.58 2022 down 33.5% volatile
44 Portugal 2.56 2022 up 18.6% volatile
45 Georgia 2.54 2024 down 49.5% volatile
46 Venezuela 2.39 2016 down 22.8% falling
47 Turkey 2.37 2023 down 33.2% falling
48 Mexico 2.36 2022 down 7.5% falling
49 Finland 2.29 2024 up 33.1% volatile
50 Switzerland 2.24 2023 down 9.9% volatile
51 Argentina 2.22 2023 down 17.5% volatile
52 Uruguay 2.18 2022 down 65.7% volatile
53 Paraguay 2.1 2021 up 50.1% volatile
54 Kuwait 2.09 2024 down 36.9% volatile
55 Italy 2.07 2023 up 18.6% volatile
56 South Africa 1.95 2020 up 0.8% falling
57 Slovakia 1.95 2023 up 8.4% volatile
58 Poland 1.92 2022 up 22.2% falling
59 Turkmenistan 1.92 2015 down 26.1% volatile
60 Bulgaria 1.76 2023 down 42.5% volatile
61 Syria 1.73 2010 down 80.5% volatile
62 Ireland 1.73 2022 up 29.2% volatile
63 Australia 1.73 2024 up 6.1% volatile
64 Serbia 1.62 2023 up 7.1% volatile
65 Kyrgyzstan 1.44 2023 up 10.1% volatile
66 Guatemala 1.35 2023 down 46.2% volatile
67 Germany 1.3 2020 down 56.5% falling
68 France 1.29 2023 up 39.0% volatile
69 Panama 1.28 2022 — volatile
70 Spain 1.23 2023 down 33.4% volatile
71 United Kingdom 1.05 2024 down 18.4% volatile
72 Belarus 1.01 2018 down 73.3% volatile
73 United States 1 2022 down 37.2% volatile
74 Dominican Republic 0.9867 2018 down 60.5% volatile
75 South Korea 0.8029 2022 down 75.5% falling
76 Malaysia 0.7506 2020 down 71.4% falling
77 Israel 0.5479 2022 down 7.9% volatile
78 Japan 0.4061 2023 down 70.1% volatile
79 Antigua and Barbuda 0 2021 — volatile
79 Bahrain 0 2014 — volatile
79 Bahamas 0 2016 — volatile
79 Barbados 0 2013 down 100.0% volatile
79 Costa Rica 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
79 Cuba 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
79 Czechia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
79 Denmark 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
79 Estonia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
79 Grenada 0 2023 — volatile
79 Guyana 0 2020 down 100.0% volatile
79 Hong Kong 0 2017 — volatile
79 Croatia 0 2021 — volatile
79 Iceland 0 2024 — volatile
79 Saint Lucia 0 2020 — volatile
79 Lithuania 0 2024 — volatile
79 Luxembourg 0 2024 — volatile
79 Latvia 0 2024 down 100.0% volatile
79 Maldives 0 2021 — volatile
79 North Macedonia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
79 Malta 0 2022 — volatile
79 Oman 0 2021 — volatile
79 Puerto Rico 0 2022 down 100.0% volatile
79 Singapore 0 2022 — volatile
79 Slovenia 0 2023 — volatile
79 Sweden 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
79 Trinidad and Tobago 0 2020 — volatile
79 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0 2022 — volatile
79 French Guiana 0 2016 — volatile
79 Guadeloupe 0 2016 — volatile
79 Martinique 0 2016 — volatile
79 Mayotte 0 2016 — volatile
79 Reunion 0 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Cancer death rate by age group
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 4,924 data points, 1950–2024
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