Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old by country

Reported deaths from malignant neoplasms per 100,000 people in both sexes aged 10-14 years.

Countries reporting
110
Highest
14.58 deaths per 100,000 people
Antigua and Barbuda
Lowest
0 deaths per 100,000 people
Martinique
Median
2.55 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
4,839

What the numbers show

Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 14.58 deaths per 100,000 people in Antigua and Barbuda; the lowest is 0 deaths per 100,000 people in Martinique.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.55 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 2.91 deaths per 100,000 people.

Over the past decade 38 countries rose and 60 fell. The largest increase was in Oman (up 263.0%), and the largest decrease in North Macedonia (down 100.0%).

Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Antigua and Barbuda 14.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 12.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 16.4% volatile
3 Barbados 10.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2013 up 108.1% volatile
4 Mauritius 6.82 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 220.2% volatile
5 Mayotte 6.49 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 volatile
6 Cuba 6.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 64.2% falling
7 Peru 6.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 56.2% rising
8 Jamaica 5.93 deaths per 100,000 people 2014 up 85.1% rising
9 Suriname 5.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2014 up 194.1% volatile
10 El Salvador 5.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 up 154.0% rising
11 Belize 5.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 49.0% volatile
12 Uruguay 5.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 118.7% falling
13 Nicaragua 5.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 10.6% rising
14 Mexico 4.88 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 12.0% rising
15 Turkmenistan 4.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2015 down 18.6% falling
16 Ecuador 4.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 9.3% rising
17 Colombia 4.46 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.2% rising
18 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 4.41 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 down 0.3% flat
19 Iran, Islamic Republic of 4.38 deaths per 100,000 people 2017 rising
20 Uzbekistan 4.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 35.1% falling
21 Guyana 4.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 volatile
22 Guatemala 4.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 17.0% rising
23 Iceland 4.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 13.9% volatile
24 Latvia 4 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 81.2% volatile
25 Thailand 3.99 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 4.6% rising
26 Republic of Moldova 3.99 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 88.7% falling
27 Argentina 3.98 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 12.4% falling
28 Cyprus 3.98 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 7.6% volatile
29 Estonia 3.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 volatile
30 Azerbaijan 3.78 deaths per 100,000 people 2007 down 32.3% flat
31 Panama 3.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 52.4% rising
32 Mongolia 3.69 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 1.4% falling
33 Philippines 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2019 down 8.4% rising
34 Brazil 3.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.5% rising
35 Serbia 3.41 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 8.7% falling
36 Belarus 3.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 up 28.2% falling
37 Lithuania 3.33 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 18.3% falling
38 Guadeloupe 3.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 down 45.2% volatile
39 Kyrgyzstan 3.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 46.3% falling
40 Bahamas 3.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 volatile
41 Slovakia 3.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 66.0% falling
42 Portugal 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 8.1% falling
43 Ireland 2.93 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 10.4% falling
44 Egypt 2.93 deaths per 100,000 people 2019 down 23.8% rising
45 Reunion 2.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 up 93.3% volatile
46 Slovenia 2.75 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 16.2% volatile
47 Sri Lanka 2.73 deaths per 100,000 people 2019 down 31.1% rising
48 Türkiye 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 21.2% falling
49 Hong Kong 2.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2017 down 35.9% falling
50 Montenegro 2.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2019 down 43.5% volatile
51 Paraguay 2.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 12.2% falling
52 Fiji 2.61 deaths per 100,000 people 2012 down 67.9% volatile
53 Spain 2.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 16.4% falling
54 Malaysia 2.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 up 17.9% falling
55 Armenia 2.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 46.6% falling
56 New Zealand 2.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 down 40.8% falling
57 Chile 2.45 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 30.6% falling
58 Italy 2.38 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 17.0% falling
59 Austria 2.36 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 1.8% falling
60 Poland 2.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 23.7% falling
61 Russian Federation 2.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2019 down 37.1% falling
62 Ukraine 2.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2019 down 44.8% falling
63 Norway 2.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 up 77.4% volatile
64 Costa Rica 2.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 46.4% falling
65 Canada 2.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 12.1% falling
66 Syria 2.21 deaths per 100,000 people 2010 up 34.1% rising
67 Hungary 2.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 12.6% falling
68 United States of America 2.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 6.7% falling
69 Kazakhstan 2.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 29.5% falling
70 Kuwait 2.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 135.4% volatile
71 Israel 2.03 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 24.8% falling
72 Romania 2.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 50.3% falling
73 Singapore 1.98 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 7.8% falling
74 Switzerland 1.87 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 8.0% falling
75 Czechia 1.83 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 up 19.7% falling
76 South Africa 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 19.3% rising
77 Netherlands 1.78 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 4.9% falling
78 Republic of Korea 1.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 29.5% falling
79 France 1.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 15.8% falling
80 Georgia 1.63 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 37.0% falling
81 Jordan 1.61 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 down 40.5% falling
82 Japan 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 15.9% falling
83 Australia 1.57 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 26.9% falling
84 Bulgaria 1.54 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 59.6% falling
85 Qatar 1.52 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 volatile
86 Germany 1.51 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 20.3% falling
87 Tajikistan 1.49 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 26.6% falling
88 Oman 1.47 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 263.0% rising
89 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 35.2% falling
90 Sweden 1.43 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 20.5% falling
91 Finland 1.27 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 53.8% falling
92 Bahrain 1.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2014 down 58.9% volatile
93 Dominican Republic 1.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2018 up 54.5% rising
94 Denmark 1.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 up 37.9% falling
95 Belgium 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 34.4% falling
96 Croatia 1.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 38.4% falling
97 Greece 0.9382 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 68.6% falling
98 Albania 0.7896 deaths per 100,000 people 2010 down 62.1% falling
99 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.5847 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 63.2% volatile
100 Brunei Darussalam 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2019 volatile
100 Grenada 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 volatile
100 Saint Lucia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 volatile
100 Luxembourg 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 volatile
100 Maldives 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 volatile
100 North Macedonia 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2023 down 100.0% falling
100 Malta 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 100.0% volatile
100 Puerto Rico 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2022 down 100.0% volatile
100 Trinidad and Tobago 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2020 down 100.0% falling
100 French Guiana 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 down 100.0% volatile
100 Martinique 0 deaths per 100,000 people 2016 down 100.0% volatile

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Indicator
Cancer death rates in children under 10 years old
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
110 places, 4,839 data points, 1950–2023
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Reported deaths from malignant neoplasms per 100,000 people in both sexes aged 10-14 years.