Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Maldives
Maldives: Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized was 32.95 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021. ▲ Rising
Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Maldives, 2000–2021
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 32.95 deaths per 100,000 people for cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in 2021.
That represents a change of down 24.2% on the previous year and down 29.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Maldives peaked at 46.56 deaths per 100,000 people in 2011 and was at its lowest, 0 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2000.
That places Maldives 109th out of 111 countries with data for 2021, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Maldives, year by year
| Year | deaths per 100,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 2001 | 35.08 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 2002 | 35.93 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.4% |
| 2003 | 22.44 deaths per 100,000 people | -37.6% |
| 2004 | 19.22 deaths per 100,000 people | -14.3% |
| 2005 | 20.6 deaths per 100,000 people | +7.2% |
| 2007 | 31.99 deaths per 100,000 people | +55.3% |
| 2008 | 41.89 deaths per 100,000 people | +31.0% |
| 2010 | 40.45 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.4% |
| 2011 | 46.56 deaths per 100,000 people | +15.1% |
| 2012 | 39.51 deaths per 100,000 people | -15.1% |
| 2013 | 43.22 deaths per 100,000 people | +9.4% |
| 2014 | 32.13 deaths per 100,000 people | -25.6% |
| 2015 | 32.51 deaths per 100,000 people | +1.2% |
| 2016 | 25.87 deaths per 100,000 people | -20.4% |
| 2017 | 32.85 deaths per 100,000 people | +27.0% |
| 2018 | 33.11 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.8% |
| 2019 | 36.79 deaths per 100,000 people | +11.1% |
| 2020 | 43.45 deaths per 100,000 people | +18.1% |
| 2021 | 32.95 deaths per 100,000 people | -24.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 25.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 0 deaths per 100,000 people | 41.89 deaths per 100,000 people | 8 |
| 2010s | 36.3 deaths per 100,000 people | 25.87 deaths per 100,000 people | 46.56 deaths per 100,000 people | 10 |
| 2020s | 38.2 deaths per 100,000 people | 32.95 deaths per 100,000 people | 43.45 deaths per 100,000 people | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Maldives?
- Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Maldives was 32.95 deaths per 100,000 people in 2021, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 46.56 deaths per 100,000 people in 2011.
- What is the lowest cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0 deaths per 100,000 people in 2000.
- How does Maldives rank for cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized?
- Maldives ranks 109th out of 111 countries with data for 2021.
- Is cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Reported deaths from malignant neoplasms in both sexes in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.