Death rate from cancer by country
Countries reporting
194
Highest
828.25
Monaco
Lowest
21.62
United Arab Emirates
Median
91.8
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Death rate from cancer is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 828.25 in Monaco; the lowest is 21.62 in United Arab Emirates.
The median across all reporting countries is 91.8, and the mean is 127.88.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 38.
Over the past decade 116 countries rose and 78 fell. The largest increase was in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (up 63.6%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 33.6%).
Death rate from cancer: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Monaco | 828.25 | 2021 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 2 | Japan | 355.56 | 2021 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 3 | Croatia | 331.46 | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 4 | Latvia | 319.58 | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 5 | Serbia | 312.25 | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 6 | Hungary | 311.62 | 2021 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 7 | Denmark | 309.77 | 2021 | up 4.3% | flat |
| 8 | Slovenia | 305.17 | 2021 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 9 | Greece | 304.66 | 2021 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 296.07 | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 11 | Germany | 291.94 | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 12 | Lithuania | 287.93 | 2021 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 13 | Portugal | 285.15 | 2021 | up 5.0% | rising |
| 14 | Estonia | 282.46 | 2021 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 15 | France | 278.49 | 2021 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 16 | Netherlands | 276.02 | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 17 | Romania | 274.72 | 2021 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 18 | Uruguay | 269.7 | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 19 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 269.54 | 2021 | up 20.3% | rising |
| 20 | Bulgaria | 268.75 | 2021 | up 12.1% | rising |
| 21 | Poland | 266.55 | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 22 | Montenegro | 263.32 | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 23 | Czechia | 262.95 | 2021 | up 0.2% | falling |
| 24 | Finland | 261.36 | 2021 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 25 | United Kingdom | 259.84 | 2021 | up 1.9% | flat |
| 26 | Slovakia | 243.83 | 2021 | up 3.8% | rising |
| 27 | Austria | 243.08 | 2021 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 28 | Cuba | 240.87 | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 29 | Belarus | 239.99 | 2021 | down 17.3% | falling |
| 30 | Spain | 237.07 | 2021 | down 0.1% | flat |
| 31 | Belgium | 233.61 | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 32 | Barbados | 233.38 | 2021 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 33 | Canada | 224.68 | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 34 | Georgia | 223.48 | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 35 | Sweden | 220.65 | 2021 | down 7.7% | falling |
| 36 | San Marino | 212.62 | 2021 | down 22.5% | flat |
| 37 | Norway | 212.04 | 2021 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 38 | Russia | 211.71 | 2021 | up 6.6% | flat |
| 39 | Andorra | 211.67 | 2021 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 40 | Switzerland | 209.13 | 2021 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 41 | Palau | 206.39 | 2021 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 42 | North Macedonia | 205.26 | 2021 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 43 | New Zealand | 204.79 | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 44 | Malta | 201.14 | 2021 | down 8.8% | rising |
| 45 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 200.77 | 2021 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 46 | Ukraine | 196.65 | 2021 | down 4.9% | falling |
| 47 | Australia | 195.13 | 2021 | up 0.8% | flat |
| 48 | Ireland | 193.7 | 2021 | up 0.7% | flat |
| 49 | Armenia | 191.1 | 2021 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 50 | China | 189.73 | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 51 | Moldova | 189.65 | 2021 | up 7.0% | rising |
| 52 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 186.66 | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 53 | Niue | 184.82 | 2021 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 54 | United States | 183.13 | 2021 | down 2.5% | falling |
| 55 | Thailand | 182.81 | 2021 | up 29.0% | rising |
| 56 | South Korea | 181.49 | 2021 | up 13.0% | rising |
| 57 | Iceland | 177.62 | 2021 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 58 | North Korea | 176.77 | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 59 | Luxembourg | 169.25 | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 60 | Albania | 164.5 | 2021 | down 2.6% | rising |
| 61 | Dominica | 159.7 | 2021 | down 24.2% | falling |
| 62 | Chile | 152.35 | 2021 | up 7.5% | rising |
| 63 | Cyprus | 149.24 | 2021 | up 18.1% | rising |
| 64 | Trinidad and Tobago | 148.39 | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 65 | Cook Islands | 143.86 | 2021 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 66 | Antigua and Barbuda | 141.42 | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 67 | Grenada | 141.2 | 2021 | down 33.6% | flat |
| 68 | Argentina | 140.79 | 2021 | down 11.6% | falling |
| 69 | Mongolia | 140.65 | 2021 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 70 | Israel | 139.99 | 2021 | down 2.4% | falling |
| 71 | Turkey | 139.85 | 2021 | up 14.0% | rising |
| 72 | Singapore | 138.32 | 2021 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 73 | Bahamas | 135.28 | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 74 | Jamaica | 129.14 | 2021 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 75 | Seychelles | 128.04 | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 76 | Vietnam | 124.64 | 2021 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 77 | Tonga | 118.73 | 2021 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 78 | Brazil | 114.69 | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 79 | Lebanon | 114.28 | 2021 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 80 | Kazakhstan | 107.5 | 2021 | down 27.9% | falling |
| 81 | Venezuela | 107.47 | 2021 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 82 | Mauritius | 107.34 | 2021 | up 28.9% | rising |
| 83 | Costa Rica | 107.32 | 2021 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 84 | Suriname | 107.29 | 2021 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 85 | South Africa | 105.78 | 2021 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 86 | Peru | 104.27 | 2021 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 87 | Samoa | 103.81 | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 88 | Saint Lucia | 103.72 | 2021 | up 56.8% | rising |
| 89 | Dominican Republic | 102.09 | 2021 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 90 | Azerbaijan | 102.02 | 2021 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 91 | Micronesia (country) | 100.96 | 2021 | up 35.0% | rising |
| 92 | Myanmar | 100.95 | 2021 | up 6.0% | flat |
| 93 | Tunisia | 100.08 | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 94 | Iran | 99.48 | 2021 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 95 | Tuvalu | 95.51 | 2021 | up 9.7% | rising |
| 96 | Philippines | 92.05 | 2021 | up 58.3% | rising |
| 97 | Morocco | 91.9 | 2021 | up 25.3% | rising |
| 98 | Malaysia | 91.69 | 2021 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 99 | Marshall Islands | 90.77 | 2021 | up 54.2% | rising |
| 100 | Fiji | 89.93 | 2021 | up 21.3% | rising |
| 101 | Colombia | 88.96 | 2021 | up 17.3% | rising |
| 102 | Cambodia | 88.93 | 2021 | up 24.9% | rising |
| 103 | Indonesia | 88.13 | 2021 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 104 | Kiribati | 85.23 | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 105 | Laos | 84.88 | 2021 | down 0.3% | flat |
| 106 | Brunei | 84.28 | 2021 | up 18.3% | rising |
| 107 | Egypt | 82.54 | 2021 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 108 | Panama | 80.66 | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 109 | Sri Lanka | 79.7 | 2021 | down 5.9% | flat |
| 110 | Ecuador | 79.46 | 2021 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 111 | Namibia | 78.49 | 2021 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 112 | Nauru | 76.41 | 2021 | up 11.6% | flat |
| 113 | Zimbabwe | 76.23 | 2021 | down 30.8% | flat |
| 114 | El Salvador | 75.77 | 2021 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 115 | Libya | 75.31 | 2021 | up 16.6% | rising |
| 116 | Papua New Guinea | 74.93 | 2021 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 117 | Cape Verde | 73.33 | 2021 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 118 | Algeria | 72.27 | 2021 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 119 | India | 72.11 | 2021 | up 50.2% | rising |
| 120 | Turkmenistan | 71.76 | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 121 | Guyana | 70.71 | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 122 | Paraguay | 70.56 | 2021 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 123 | Mexico | 70.13 | 2021 | up 12.2% | rising |
| 124 | Syria | 68.34 | 2021 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 125 | Bangladesh | 67.27 | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 126 | Haiti | 66.67 | 2021 | down 7.6% | rising |
| 127 | Malawi | 65.62 | 2021 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 128 | Bolivia | 65.04 | 2021 | up 7.1% | flat |
| 129 | Kyrgyzstan | 64.71 | 2021 | down 5.2% | falling |
| 130 | Uzbekistan | 61.73 | 2021 | down 14.5% | falling |
| 131 | Eswatini | 61.03 | 2021 | down 26.4% | flat |
| 132 | Bhutan | 59.86 | 2021 | up 5.9% | rising |
| 133 | Jordan | 59.74 | 2021 | down 11.9% | falling |
| 134 | Honduras | 58.94 | 2021 | up 12.0% | rising |
| 135 | Mozambique | 57.59 | 2021 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 136 | Lesotho | 56.37 | 2021 | down 27.6% | rising |
| 137 | Kenya | 54.57 | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 138 | Maldives | 54.56 | 2021 | down 20.5% | falling |
| 139 | Ghana | 53.86 | 2021 | down 5.4% | falling |
| 140 | Comoros | 53.76 | 2021 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 141 | Guatemala | 52.85 | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 142 | Djibouti | 52.58 | 2021 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 143 | Belize | 50.95 | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 144 | Liberia | 50.79 | 2021 | down 11.6% | rising |
| 145 | Madagascar | 50.78 | 2021 | down 2.9% | rising |
| 146 | Equatorial Guinea | 49.64 | 2021 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 146 | Iraq | 49.64 | 2021 | down 1.9% | rising |
| 148 | Pakistan | 49.61 | 2021 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 149 | Tanzania | 49.49 | 2021 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 150 | Guinea | 49.24 | 2021 | down 26.1% | falling |
| 151 | Gabon | 49.11 | 2021 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 152 | Mali | 48.65 | 2021 | down 24.8% | falling |
| 153 | Sao Tome and Principe | 48.48 | 2021 | up 13.3% | rising |
| 154 | Cameroon | 47.98 | 2021 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 155 | Uganda | 47.36 | 2021 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 156 | Nepal | 47.11 | 2021 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 157 | Eritrea | 47.08 | 2021 | down 2.4% | rising |
| 158 | Senegal | 46.95 | 2021 | down 8.6% | flat |
| 159 | Zambia | 46.67 | 2021 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 160 | Burkina Faso | 46.63 | 2021 | down 6.6% | flat |
| 161 | Burundi | 46.59 | 2021 | down 11.5% | falling |
| 162 | Botswana | 46.55 | 2021 | down 18.9% | flat |
| 163 | Solomon Islands | 46.26 | 2021 | up 17.7% | rising |
| 164 | Kuwait | 46.15 | 2021 | up 57.5% | rising |
| 165 | Vanuatu | 45.72 | 2021 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 166 | Somalia | 45.29 | 2021 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 167 | Angola | 45.17 | 2021 | down 16.2% | falling |
| 168 | Cote d'Ivoire | 44.62 | 2021 | down 7.8% | flat |
| 169 | Mauritania | 44.32 | 2021 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 170 | Ethiopia | 44.09 | 2021 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 171 | Togo | 43.28 | 2021 | down 3.9% | rising |
| 172 | Guinea-Bissau | 42.81 | 2021 | down 10.8% | falling |
| 173 | East Timor | 42.59 | 2021 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 174 | South Sudan | 41.45 | 2021 | up 11.3% | rising |
| 175 | Tajikistan | 41.32 | 2021 | down 28.0% | falling |
| 176 | Rwanda | 40.36 | 2021 | down 18.9% | falling |
| 177 | Bahrain | 40.3 | 2021 | up 11.9% | falling |
| 178 | Oman | 39.97 | 2021 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 179 | Nicaragua | 39.65 | 2021 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 180 | Nigeria | 38.83 | 2021 | down 14.6% | flat |
| 181 | Afghanistan | 38.38 | 2021 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 182 | Chad | 38.3 | 2021 | down 4.6% | falling |
| 183 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 38.15 | 2021 | down 11.9% | flat |
| 184 | Benin | 37.81 | 2021 | down 17.0% | flat |
| 185 | Yemen | 37.04 | 2021 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 186 | Central African Republic | 36.84 | 2021 | down 12.3% | falling |
| 187 | Sudan | 36.19 | 2021 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 188 | Gambia | 35.49 | 2021 | up 11.3% | falling |
| 189 | Niger | 32.12 | 2021 | down 7.5% | falling |
| 190 | Sierra Leone | 30.91 | 2021 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 191 | Congo | 30.5 | 2021 | down 3.9% | falling |
| 192 | Saudi Arabia | 29.84 | 2021 | up 5.5% | falling |
| 193 | Qatar | 23.02 | 2021 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 194 | United Arab Emirates | 21.62 | 2021 | up 22.7% | flat |