Deaths from cancer who by country
Countries reporting
192
Highest
2.71 million
China
Lowest
3.58
Niue
Median
8,067
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268
What the numbers show
Deaths from cancer who is currently reported for 192 countries. The highest value is 2.71 million in China; the lowest is 3.58 in Niue.
The median across all reporting countries is 8,067, and the mean is 50,398.
Over the past decade 166 countries rose and 26 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 112.9%), and the largest decrease in Grenada (down 28.0%).
Deaths from cancer who: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | China | 2.71 million | 2021 | up 22.1% | rising |
| 2 | India | 1.02 million | 2021 | up 68.1% | rising |
| 3 | United States | 617,145 | 2021 | up 4.6% | rising |
| 4 | Japan | 443,071 | 2021 | up 16.0% | rising |
| 5 | Russia | 307,195 | 2021 | up 7.9% | flat |
| 6 | Brazil | 245,810 | 2021 | up 25.7% | rising |
| 7 | Germany | 243,505 | 2021 | up 7.9% | rising |
| 8 | Indonesia | 241,265 | 2021 | up 44.3% | rising |
| 9 | France | 179,717 | 2021 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 10 | Italy | 175,395 | 2021 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 11 | United Kingdom | 174,820 | 2021 | up 8.3% | rising |
| 12 | Thailand | 130,891 | 2021 | up 34.4% | rising |
| 13 | Vietnam | 121,484 | 2021 | up 25.5% | rising |
| 14 | Turkey | 118,555 | 2021 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 15 | Pakistan | 114,788 | 2021 | up 9.5% | rising |
| 16 | Bangladesh | 113,923 | 2021 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 17 | Spain | 112,576 | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 18 | Philippines | 104,832 | 2021 | up 87.1% | rising |
| 19 | Poland | 102,108 | 2021 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 20 | South Korea | 94,067 | 2021 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 21 | Egypt | 90,188 | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 22 | Mexico | 88,858 | 2021 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 23 | Iran | 87,463 | 2021 | up 32.9% | rising |
| 24 | Canada | 85,726 | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 25 | Ukraine | 85,604 | 2021 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 26 | Nigeria | 82,870 | 2021 | up 10.2% | rising |
| 27 | Argentina | 63,747 | 2021 | down 3.5% | rising |
| 29 | Myanmar | 54,309 | 2021 | up 14.5% | rising |
| 30 | Romania | 53,099 | 2021 | up 10.6% | rising |
| 31 | Ethiopia | 53,028 | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 32 | Australia | 50,580 | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 33 | Netherlands | 48,308 | 2021 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 34 | North Korea | 45,910 | 2021 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 35 | Colombia | 45,827 | 2021 | up 33.4% | rising |
| 36 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 36,582 | 2021 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 37 | Peru | 35,156 | 2021 | up 41.0% | rising |
| 38 | Morocco | 34,074 | 2021 | up 41.2% | rising |
| 39 | Algeria | 31,925 | 2021 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 40 | Greece | 31,823 | 2021 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 41 | Tanzania | 31,471 | 2021 | up 32.7% | rising |
| 42 | Malaysia | 30,782 | 2021 | up 44.6% | rising |
| 43 | Venezuela | 30,306 | 2021 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 44 | Hungary | 30,258 | 2021 | down 7.4% | flat |
| 45 | Chile | 29,698 | 2021 | up 22.0% | rising |
| 46 | Portugal | 29,343 | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 47 | Kenya | 28,924 | 2021 | up 30.1% | rising |
| 48 | Czechia | 27,638 | 2021 | up 0.3% | flat |
| 49 | Belgium | 27,126 | 2021 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 50 | Cuba | 27,113 | 2021 | up 23.1% | rising |
| 51 | Sweden | 23,095 | 2021 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 52 | Belarus | 22,987 | 2021 | down 18.4% | falling |
| 53 | Serbia | 22,784 | 2021 | down 1.2% | rising |
| 54 | Uganda | 21,715 | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 55 | Austria | 21,688 | 2021 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 56 | Iraq | 21,612 | 2021 | up 31.9% | rising |
| 57 | Uzbekistan | 21,037 | 2021 | up 0.3% | falling |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 20,636 | 2021 | down 18.0% | falling |
| 59 | Bulgaria | 18,506 | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 60 | Mozambique | 18,472 | 2021 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 61 | Switzerland | 18,176 | 2021 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 62 | Denmark | 18,135 | 2021 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 63 | Ghana | 17,684 | 2021 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 64 | Sri Lanka | 17,354 | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 65 | Sudan | 16,521 | 2021 | up 46.1% | rising |
| 66 | Angola | 15,585 | 2021 | up 19.2% | rising |
| 67 | Afghanistan | 15,389 | 2021 | up 24.1% | rising |
| 68 | Cambodia | 14,753 | 2021 | up 42.2% | rising |
| 69 | Madagascar | 14,684 | 2021 | up 25.6% | rising |
| 70 | Syria | 14,572 | 2021 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 71 | Finland | 14,469 | 2021 | up 20.7% | rising |
| 72 | Nepal | 14,150 | 2021 | up 19.1% | rising |
| 73 | Ecuador | 14,142 | 2021 | up 11.9% | rising |
| 74 | Croatia | 13,458 | 2021 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 75 | Slovakia | 13,283 | 2021 | up 4.7% | rising |
| 76 | Malawi | 13,052 | 2021 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 77 | Cameroon | 13,050 | 2021 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 78 | Israel | 12,459 | 2021 | up 16.5% | rising |
| 79 | Tunisia | 12,273 | 2021 | up 22.8% | rising |
| 80 | Cote d'Ivoire | 12,262 | 2021 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 81 | Yemen | 12,216 | 2021 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 82 | Zimbabwe | 12,191 | 2021 | down 15.1% | rising |
| 83 | Norway | 11,457 | 2021 | up 0.0% | rising |
| 84 | Dominican Republic | 11,350 | 2021 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 85 | Mali | 10,656 | 2021 | up 2.7% | rising |
| 86 | Azerbaijan | 10,521 | 2021 | down 13.5% | rising |
| 87 | New Zealand | 10,505 | 2021 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 88 | Burkina Faso | 10,305 | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 89 | Ireland | 9,659 | 2021 | up 10.5% | rising |
| 90 | Saudi Arabia | 9,347 | 2021 | up 26.6% | rising |
| 91 | Guatemala | 9,307 | 2021 | up 32.8% | rising |
| 92 | Uruguay | 9,240 | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 93 | Zambia | 9,089 | 2021 | up 18.6% | rising |
| 94 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 8,816 | 2021 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 95 | Georgia | 8,398 | 2021 | up 12.7% | rising |
| 96 | Singapore | 8,218 | 2021 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 97 | Niger | 8,110 | 2021 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 98 | Lithuania | 8,024 | 2021 | down 6.0% | flat |
| 99 | Senegal | 7,923 | 2021 | up 19.8% | rising |
| 100 | Bolivia | 7,857 | 2021 | up 24.5% | rising |
| 101 | Somalia | 7,729 | 2021 | up 16.2% | rising |
| 102 | Haiti | 7,632 | 2021 | up 6.3% | rising |
| 103 | Papua New Guinea | 7,455 | 2021 | up 44.2% | rising |
| 104 | Guinea | 6,664 | 2021 | down 5.0% | rising |
| 105 | Jordan | 6,660 | 2021 | up 38.1% | rising |
| 106 | Chad | 6,580 | 2021 | up 33.1% | rising |
| 107 | Slovenia | 6,468 | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 108 | Lebanon | 6,391 | 2021 | up 26.5% | rising |
| 109 | Laos | 6,302 | 2021 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 110 | Honduras | 6,058 | 2021 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 111 | Latvia | 5,989 | 2021 | down 4.5% | flat |
| 112 | Burundi | 5,847 | 2021 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 113 | Moldova | 5,806 | 2021 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 114 | Costa Rica | 5,531 | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 115 | Rwanda | 5,433 | 2021 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 116 | Armenia | 5,334 | 2021 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 117 | Libya | 5,073 | 2021 | up 26.9% | rising |
| 118 | Benin | 4,914 | 2021 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 119 | El Salvador | 4,784 | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 120 | Paraguay | 4,731 | 2021 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 121 | Mongolia | 4,709 | 2021 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 122 | Albania | 4,696 | 2021 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 123 | Turkmenistan | 4,551 | 2021 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 124 | South Sudan | 4,455 | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 4,317 | 2021 | up 13.2% | rising |
| 126 | Kyrgyzstan | 4,224 | 2021 | up 11.4% | rising |
| 127 | Tajikistan | 4,029 | 2021 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 128 | Estonia | 3,753 | 2021 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 129 | Togo | 3,741 | 2021 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 130 | Jamaica | 3,652 | 2021 | up 37.1% | rising |
| 131 | Panama | 3,510 | 2021 | up 27.5% | rising |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 2,716 | 2021 | up 7.4% | rising |
| 133 | Liberia | 2,638 | 2021 | up 9.8% | rising |
| 134 | Sierra Leone | 2,603 | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 135 | Trinidad and Tobago | 2,264 | 2021 | up 33.5% | rising |
| 136 | United Arab Emirates | 2,116 | 2021 | up 66.8% | rising |
| 137 | Mauritania | 2,045 | 2021 | up 33.7% | rising |
| 139 | Namibia | 1,986 | 2021 | up 36.1% | rising |
| 140 | Kuwait | 1,961 | 2021 | up 112.9% | rising |
| 141 | Cyprus | 1,857 | 2021 | up 28.3% | rising |
| 142 | Oman | 1,807 | 2021 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 143 | Congo | 1,780 | 2021 | up 22.3% | rising |
| 144 | Eritrea | 1,705 | 2021 | up 10.1% | rising |
| 145 | Montenegro | 1,653 | 2021 | down 1.8% | rising |
| 146 | Mauritius | 1,394 | 2021 | up 30.2% | rising |
| 147 | Lesotho | 1,286 | 2021 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 148 | Botswana | 1,205 | 2021 | down 1.7% | rising |
| 149 | Gabon | 1,150 | 2021 | up 14.9% | rising |
| 150 | Luxembourg | 1,082 | 2021 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 151 | Malta | 1,060 | 2021 | up 13.5% | rising |
| 152 | Gambia | 936.82 | 2021 | up 46.9% | rising |
| 153 | Guinea-Bissau | 882.23 | 2021 | up 14.2% | rising |
| 154 | Fiji | 831.54 | 2021 | up 23.4% | rising |
| 155 | Equatorial Guinea | 811.42 | 2021 | up 33.0% | rising |
| 156 | Eswatini | 727.59 | 2021 | down 20.6% | rising |
| 157 | Iceland | 657.8 | 2021 | up 10.3% | rising |
| 158 | Suriname | 657.69 | 2021 | up 37.6% | rising |
| 159 | Barbados | 656.27 | 2021 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 160 | Qatar | 618.71 | 2021 | up 36.3% | rising |
| 161 | Bahrain | 589.73 | 2021 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 162 | Djibouti | 581.28 | 2021 | up 16.8% | rising |
| 163 | Guyana | 568.93 | 2021 | up 19.3% | rising |
| 164 | East Timor | 562.53 | 2021 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 165 | Bahamas | 551.81 | 2021 | up 25.1% | rising |
| 166 | Bhutan | 465.37 | 2021 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 167 | Comoros | 441.68 | 2021 | up 27.8% | rising |
| 168 | Cape Verde | 431.11 | 2021 | up 35.7% | rising |
| 169 | Brunei | 375.37 | 2021 | up 31.2% | rising |
| 170 | Solomon Islands | 327.43 | 2021 | up 50.4% | rising |
| 171 | Monaco | 303.85 | 2021 | up 31.1% | rising |
| 172 | Maldives | 284.53 | 2021 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 173 | Samoa | 227.1 | 2021 | up 26.2% | rising |
| 174 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 209.47 | 2021 | up 57.0% | rising |
| 175 | Belize | 203.81 | 2021 | up 34.2% | rising |
| 176 | Saint Lucia | 186.33 | 2021 | up 63.6% | rising |
| 177 | Grenada | 175.95 | 2021 | down 28.0% | rising |
| 178 | Andorra | 167.29 | 2021 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 179 | Vanuatu | 145.92 | 2021 | up 24.3% | rising |
| 180 | Seychelles | 136.32 | 2021 | up 14.6% | rising |
| 181 | Antigua and Barbuda | 131.83 | 2021 | up 20.5% | rising |
| 182 | Tonga | 125.87 | 2021 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 183 | Dominica | 115.64 | 2021 | down 20.2% | flat |
| 184 | Micronesia (country) | 114.22 | 2021 | up 41.6% | rising |
| 185 | Kiribati | 109.84 | 2021 | up 43.2% | rising |
| 186 | Sao Tome and Principe | 108.16 | 2021 | up 35.9% | rising |
| 187 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 88.86 | 2021 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 188 | San Marino | 71.75 | 2021 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 189 | Marshall Islands | 38.17 | 2021 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 190 | Palau | 37.2 | 2021 | up 23.6% | rising |
| 191 | Cook Islands | 24.46 | 2021 | up 26.0% | rising |
| 192 | Tuvalu | 10.7 | 2021 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 193 | Nauru | 9.56 | 2021 | up 35.8% | rising |
| 194 | Niue | 3.58 | 2021 | up 27.4% | rising |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Africa 62,822
- Central African Republic 2,011