Statizoid

Liver cancer death rate in New Zealand

New Zealand: Liver cancer death rate was 3.44 deaths per 100,000 people in 2018. ▲ Rising

Latest (2018)
3.44 deaths per 100,000 people
Change on year
down 6.2%
World rank
79th
of 110 countries
All-time high
3.85 deaths per 100,000 people
in 2015
All-time low
1.17 deaths per 100,000 people
in 1985
Years of data
40
1979–2018

Liver cancer death rate in New Zealand, 1979–2018

12341979199820181979: 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people1980: 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people1981: 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people1982: 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people1983: 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people1984: 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people1985: 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people1986: 1.2 deaths per 100,000 people1987: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people1988: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people1989: 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people1990: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people1991: 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people1992: 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people1993: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people1994: 1.7 deaths per 100,000 people1995: 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people1996: 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people1997: 2 deaths per 100,000 people1998: 1.8 deaths per 100,000 people1999: 1.6 deaths per 100,000 people2000: 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people2001: 2.4 deaths per 100,000 people2002: 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people2003: 2.8 deaths per 100,000 people2004: 3.1 deaths per 100,000 people2005: 2.5 deaths per 100,000 people2006: 3.6 deaths per 100,000 people2007: 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people2008: 3.1 deaths per 100,000 people2009: 3.2 deaths per 100,000 people2010: 3.2 deaths per 100,000 people2011: 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people2012: 3.5 deaths per 100,000 people2013: 3.6 deaths per 100,000 people2014: 3.6 deaths per 100,000 people2015: 3.9 deaths per 100,000 people2016: 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people2017: 3.7 deaths per 100,000 people2018: 3.4 deaths per 100,000 people

Source: WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in deaths per 100,000 people.

Analysis

The most recent figure for liver cancer death rate in New Zealand is 3.44 deaths per 100,000 people, measured in 2018.

The figure is down 6.2% on the previous year and up 10.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, liver cancer death rate in New Zealand peaked at 3.85 deaths per 100,000 people in 2015 and was at its lowest, 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people, in 1985.

New Zealand ranks 79th of 110 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 40 years of available data.

Liver cancer death rate in New Zealand, year by year

Year deaths per 100,000 people Change
1979 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people —
1980 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people -18.2%
1981 1.22 deaths per 100,000 people -6.3%
1982 1.47 deaths per 100,000 people +20.2%
1983 1.3 deaths per 100,000 people -11.4%
1984 1.76 deaths per 100,000 people +35.4%
1985 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people -33.4%
1986 1.25 deaths per 100,000 people +6.3%
1987 1.67 deaths per 100,000 people +34.0%
1988 1.74 deaths per 100,000 people +4.4%
1989 1.51 deaths per 100,000 people -13.4%
1990 1.72 deaths per 100,000 people +13.8%
1991 1.58 deaths per 100,000 people -8.2%
1992 1.54 deaths per 100,000 people -2.6%
1993 1.65 deaths per 100,000 people +7.4%
1994 1.69 deaths per 100,000 people +2.3%
1995 1.82 deaths per 100,000 people +7.5%
1996 1.62 deaths per 100,000 people -10.9%
1997 1.98 deaths per 100,000 people +22.6%
1998 1.76 deaths per 100,000 people -11.0%
1999 1.58 deaths per 100,000 people -10.5%
2000 2.89 deaths per 100,000 people +83.2%
2001 2.39 deaths per 100,000 people -17.4%
2002 2.92 deaths per 100,000 people +22.2%
2003 2.76 deaths per 100,000 people -5.5%
2004 3.06 deaths per 100,000 people +10.9%
2005 2.5 deaths per 100,000 people -18.4%
2006 3.61 deaths per 100,000 people +44.4%
2007 3.41 deaths per 100,000 people -5.4%
2008 3.13 deaths per 100,000 people -8.4%
2009 3.2 deaths per 100,000 people +2.3%
2010 3.19 deaths per 100,000 people -0.3%
2011 3.55 deaths per 100,000 people +11.3%
2012 3.47 deaths per 100,000 people -2.1%
2013 3.58 deaths per 100,000 people +3.2%
2014 3.56 deaths per 100,000 people -0.6%
2015 3.85 deaths per 100,000 people +8.1%
2016 3.39 deaths per 100,000 people -12.1%
2017 3.67 deaths per 100,000 people +8.3%
2018 3.44 deaths per 100,000 people -6.2%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1970s 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people 1.59 deaths per 100,000 people 1
1980s 1.44 deaths per 100,000 people 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people 1.76 deaths per 100,000 people 10
1990s 1.69 deaths per 100,000 people 1.54 deaths per 100,000 people 1.98 deaths per 100,000 people 10
2000s 2.99 deaths per 100,000 people 2.39 deaths per 100,000 people 3.61 deaths per 100,000 people 10
2010s 3.52 deaths per 100,000 people 3.19 deaths per 100,000 people 3.85 deaths per 100,000 people 9

Countries ranked near New Zealand

  1. 76 Sri Lanka 3.49 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  2. 77 Uzbekistan 3.47 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  3. 78 Colombia 3.45 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  4. 80 Sweden 3.38 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  5. 81 Dominican Republic 3.23 deaths per 100,000 people compare
  6. 82 Belize 3.23 deaths per 100,000 people compare

See the full ranking of 110 places →

More health data for New Zealand

All data for New Zealand →

Frequently asked questions

What is liver cancer death rate in New Zealand?
Liver cancer death rate in New Zealand was 3.44 deaths per 100,000 people in 2018, according to WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
What is the highest liver cancer death rate recorded in New Zealand?
The highest recorded value was 3.85 deaths per 100,000 people in 2015.
What is the lowest liver cancer death rate recorded in New Zealand?
The lowest recorded value was 1.17 deaths per 100,000 people in 1985.
How does New Zealand rank for liver cancer death rate?
New Zealand ranks 79th out of 110 countries with data for 2018.
Is liver cancer death rate rising or falling in New Zealand?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this New Zealand data come from?
The figures come from WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Liver cancer death rate. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 40 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Liver cancer death rate in New Zealand. Statizoid, drawing on WHO Mortality Database (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 03 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/stat/liver-cancer-death-rate/new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/stat/liver-cancer-death-rate/new-zealand/">Liver cancer death rate in New Zealand</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Liver cancer death rate
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, 3,269 data points, 1979–2023
Last refreshed

Reported deaths from liver cancer in both sexes in those aged all ages per 100,000 people.