Prostate cancer death rate in men by country

Countries reporting
110
Highest
102.12
Grenada
Lowest
1.66
Tajikistan
Median
13.18
Years covered
74
1950–2023
Data points
4,882

What the numbers show

Prostate cancer death rate in men is currently reported for 110 countries. The highest value is 102.12 in Grenada; the lowest is 1.66 in Tajikistan.

The median across all reporting countries is 13.18, and the mean is 15.61.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 62.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 77 fell. The largest increase was in Malaysia (up 104.9%), and the largest decrease in Seychelles (down 62.5%).

Prostate cancer death rate in men: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Grenada 102.12 2023 up 62.9% rising
2 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 60.01 2022 up 33.8% volatile
3 Antigua and Barbuda 45.16 2021 down 8.3% volatile
4 Jamaica 43.96 2014 up 6.9% rising
5 Barbados 42.54 2013 down 22.1% rising
6 Saint Lucia 41.8 2020 up 46.2% rising
7 Bahamas 40.18 2016 down 1.7% rising
8 Trinidad and Tobago 37.7 2020 down 21.7% volatile
9 Cuba 36.59 2021 up 19.6% rising
10 Guyana 35.71 2020 down 22.0% rising
11 French Guiana 31.75 2016 up 16.3% rising
13 Venezuela 28.03 2016 up 9.2% rising
14 Mayotte 27.41 2016 rising
15 Suriname 25.5 2014 up 19.4% rising
16 Martinique 25.05 2016 down 38.8% falling
17 Latvia 24.34 2023 down 1.4% rising
18 Guadeloupe 21.8 2016 down 44.2% rising
19 Slovenia 20.97 2023 up 0.5% rising
20 Lithuania 20.39 2023 down 11.0% rising
21 Iceland 19.45 2022 up 19.5% rising
22 Seychelles 18.8 2021 down 62.5% rising
23 Estonia 18.79 2022 down 29.1% rising
24 Norway 18.65 2016 down 25.9% rising
25 Croatia 18.54 2021 down 11.8% rising
26 Dominican Republic 18.25 2018 down 20.6% rising
27 Fiji 18.25 2012 up 77.9% rising
28 Uruguay 18.16 2022 down 22.6% rising
29 Denmark 18.11 2022 down 16.6% rising
30 Moldova 17.65 2023 up 64.0% rising
31 Chile 17.58 2022 down 22.5% rising
32 Belize 17.18 2022 down 37.7% volatile
33 Poland 17.11 2022 up 8.9% rising
34 Hungary 16.81 2023 up 6.8% rising
35 Paraguay 16.44 2021 up 5.8% flat
36 Slovakia 16.36 2023 down 12.6% rising
37 New Zealand 15.83 2018 down 25.9% rising
38 Belarus 15.81 2018 up 8.9% rising
39 Brazil 15.75 2021 down 16.4% rising
40 Sweden 15.25 2023 down 27.9% flat
41 Mauritius 15.07 2023 up 11.9% rising
42 Russia 14.9 2019 up 8.4% rising
43 Netherlands 14.6 2023 down 10.1% flat
44 Reunion 14.14 2016 down 20.0% falling
45 Bulgaria 14.06 2022 up 3.6% rising
46 United Kingdom 14.04 2021 down 18.5% rising
47 Ukraine 13.99 2019 up 18.4% rising
48 Czechia 13.94 2023 down 16.2% falling
49 Puerto Rico 13.9 2022 down 22.8% rising
50 Panama 13.76 2022 down 36.7% rising
51 Germany 13.69 2020 down 7.5% falling
52 Serbia 13.68 2023 down 2.1% rising
53 Montenegro 13.52 2019 up 18.6% rising
54 Ecuador 13.39 2022 down 13.8% rising
55 Costa Rica 13.28 2022 down 24.8% rising
56 Colombia 13.27 2021 down 5.1% rising
57 Ireland 13.09 2022 down 22.3% rising
58 Romania 12.96 2022 up 2.6% rising
59 Argentina 12.93 2022 down 25.4% rising
60 Australia 12.65 2023 down 16.3% falling
61 Portugal 12.47 2022 down 23.0% rising
62 Finland 12.4 2022 down 23.7% rising
63 Austria 12.31 2023 down 9.0% falling
64 Mexico 12.12 2022 down 9.8% rising
65 Switzerland 12.01 2023 down 26.7% falling
66 North Macedonia 11.99 2023 down 20.5% rising
67 Peru 11.83 2022 down 17.8% falling
68 Guatemala 11.71 2022 down 10.7% volatile
69 Bosnia and Herzegovina 11.63 2023 down 15.2% rising
70 Philippines 11.6 2019 down 16.4% volatile
71 Canada 10.66 2022 down 9.5% falling
72 Greece 10.62 2022 down 5.2% rising
73 Belgium 10.61 2021 down 23.6% falling
74 France 10.35 2022 down 18.1% falling
75 Nicaragua 10.28 2022 down 35.1% falling
76 United States 10.02 2022 down 7.9% falling
77 Iran 9.54 2017 rising
78 Spain 9.47 2023 down 16.1% flat
79 Georgia 9.46 2023 up 36.6% volatile
80 Cyprus 8.62 2022 down 44.4% falling
81 Armenia 8.53 2023 down 35.2% volatile
82 Italy 8.2 2022 down 17.2% flat
83 Luxembourg 8.06 2023 down 17.7% falling
84 Brunei 8.06 2019 down 28.9% rising
85 Turkey 7.75 2023 down 34.7% falling
86 Kyrgyzstan 7.68 2023 up 48.9% rising
87 Malta 7.55 2022 down 17.9% falling
88 Albania 7.01 2010 down 56.8% flat
89 Jordan 6.92 2018 down 12.7% falling
90 Singapore 6.86 2022 down 4.4% rising
91 Maldives 6.71 2021 up 67.1% volatile
92 Israel 6.57 2022 down 21.1% falling
93 El Salvador 5.86 2018 down 43.8% flat
94 Hong Kong 5.62 2017 down 4.4% rising
95 Japan 5.5 2022 down 12.4% rising
96 Bahrain 5.45 2014 down 0.5% flat
97 South Korea 5.12 2022 down 15.2% volatile
98 Kazakhstan 5.07 2023 down 34.1% flat
99 Qatar 4.58 2023 down 40.0% volatile
100 Thailand 4.2 2023 up 24.0% volatile
101 Syria 3.77 2010 down 48.5% rising
102 Malaysia 3.73 2020 up 104.9% rising
103 Kuwait 3.67 2023 down 39.4% flat
104 Azerbaijan 3.65 2007 down 26.4% rising
105 Uzbekistan 3 2023 up 88.4% rising
106 Egypt 2.59 2019 down 16.9% rising
107 Mongolia 2.54 2023 down 48.9% rising
108 Turkmenistan 2.46 2015 up 43.5% rising
109 Sri Lanka 2.41 2019 up 63.4% volatile
110 Oman 1.7 2021 down 43.2% falling
111 Tajikistan 1.66 2022 up 2.3% falling

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Prostate cancer death rate in men
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
111 places, 4,882 data points, 1950–2023
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