Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Qatar
Qatar: Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized was 30.53 deaths per 100,000 people in 2023. ▼ Falling
Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Qatar, 1995–2023
Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.
Analysis
In 2023, cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Qatar stood at 30.53 deaths per 100,000 people.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and down 43.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Qatar peaked at 76.27 deaths per 100,000 people in 1995 and was at its lowest, 29.91 deaths per 100,000 people, in 2022.
Qatar ranks 110th of 111 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 21 years of available data.
Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Qatar, year by year
| Year | deaths per 100,000 people | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 76.27 deaths per 100,000 people | — |
| 2001 | 64.67 deaths per 100,000 people | -15.2% |
| 2004 | 56.82 deaths per 100,000 people | -12.1% |
| 2005 | 68.72 deaths per 100,000 people | +20.9% |
| 2006 | 62.4 deaths per 100,000 people | -9.2% |
| 2007 | 57.41 deaths per 100,000 people | -8.0% |
| 2008 | 60.65 deaths per 100,000 people | +5.6% |
| 2009 | 60.87 deaths per 100,000 people | +0.3% |
| 2010 | 65.37 deaths per 100,000 people | +7.4% |
| 2011 | 52.52 deaths per 100,000 people | -19.7% |
| 2012 | 54.29 deaths per 100,000 people | +3.4% |
| 2013 | 53.98 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.6% |
| 2014 | 53.78 deaths per 100,000 people | -0.4% |
| 2015 | 51.8 deaths per 100,000 people | -3.7% |
| 2016 | 48.9 deaths per 100,000 people | -5.6% |
| 2017 | 42.08 deaths per 100,000 people | -14.0% |
| 2019 | 37.98 deaths per 100,000 people | -9.7% |
| 2020 | 42.91 deaths per 100,000 people | +13.0% |
| 2021 | 34.25 deaths per 100,000 people | -20.2% |
| 2022 | 29.91 deaths per 100,000 people | -12.7% |
| 2023 | 30.53 deaths per 100,000 people | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 76.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 76.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 76.27 deaths per 100,000 people | 1 |
| 2000s | 61.65 deaths per 100,000 people | 56.82 deaths per 100,000 people | 68.72 deaths per 100,000 people | 7 |
| 2010s | 51.19 deaths per 100,000 people | 37.98 deaths per 100,000 people | 65.37 deaths per 100,000 people | 9 |
| 2020s | 34.4 deaths per 100,000 people | 29.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 42.91 deaths per 100,000 people | 4 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Qatar?
- Cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized in Qatar was 30.53 deaths per 100,000 people in 2023, 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 Qatar?
- The highest recorded value was 76.27 deaths per 100,000 people in 1995.
- What is the lowest cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized recorded in Qatar?
- The lowest recorded value was 29.91 deaths per 100,000 people in 2022.
- How does Qatar rank for cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized?
- Qatar ranks 110th out of 111 countries with data for 2023.
- Is cancer death rate: crude versus age-standardized rising or falling in Qatar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 43.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Qatar 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.