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Deaths from Cancer

Share of all deaths in 2021 attributed to malignant neoplasms, both sexes, all ages. WHO Global Health Estimates — modelled where death registration is incomplete; each country carries WHO's data grade.

Source: WHO Global Health Estimates 2021 Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO Unit: % Parsed: 2026-09-28 Open source ↗

Period: 2021 estimates, published June 2024. Method: WHO estimate. Share of all deaths, both sexes, all ages. WHO grades each country's death-registration data from 1 (complete) to 4 (none, fully modelled); the grade is stored per country as "grade".

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Avg (2021)
13.7%
single period
Improving
0
of 185 tracked
Declining
0
period over period
Stable
185
±0.5pp band

Share of all deaths from malignant neoplasms

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Deaths from Cancer — full ranking

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185 entities, 2021. Highest first.
#EntityShare of all deaths from malignant neoplasms
1🇩🇰 Denmark31.8%
2🇯🇵 Japan31.2%
3🇳🇿 New Zealand30.4%
4🇰🇷 South Korea29.6%
5🇦🇺 Australia29.4%
6🇳🇱 Netherlands28.3%
7🇸🇮 Slovenia28.3%
8🇫🇷 France28.1%
9🇨🇦 Canada27.8%
10🇮🇸 Iceland27.6%
11🇮🇪 Ireland27.5%
12🇳🇴 Norway27.5%
13🇸🇬 Singapore27.2%
14🇨🇭 Switzerland25.5%
15🇫🇮 Finland25.1%
16🇸🇪 Sweden25.1%
17🇱🇺 Luxembourg25%
18🇪🇸 Spain25%
19🇬🇧 UK25%
20🇮🇹 Italy24.9%
21🇲🇹 Malta24.7%
22🇵🇹 Portugal24.7%
23🇧🇧 Barbados24.6%
24🇧🇪 Belgium24.2%
25🇨🇳 China23.6%
26🇩🇪 Germany23.5%
27🇮🇱 Israel23.5%
28🇦🇹 Austria23.3%
29🇺🇾 Uruguay22.5%
30🇨🇾 Cyprus22.4%
31🇭🇷 Croatia21.6%
32🇲🇳 Mongolia21.5%
33🇬🇷 Greece20.9%
34🇨🇱 Chile20.8%
35🇻🇨 St. Vincent and the Grenadines20.7%
36🇪🇪 Estonia20.4%
37🇹🇷 Turkey20%
38🇦🇬 Antigua and Barbuda19.8%
39🇨🇿 Czech Republic19.8%
40🇭🇺 Hungary19.7%
41🇹🇭 Thailand19.6%
42🇵🇱 Poland19.5%
43🇧🇳 Brunei19.2%
44🇹🇴 Tonga19.2%
45🇲🇪 Montenegro18.9%
46🇨🇷 Costa Rica18.1%
47🇸🇰 Slovak Republic18%
48🇺🇸 USA17.8%
49🇯🇴 Jordan17.5%
50🇰🇵 North Korea17.4%
51🇸🇨 Seychelles17.1%
52🇮🇷 Iran17%
53🇱🇻 Latvia16.9%
54🇧🇦 Bosnia and Herzegovina16.8%
55🇻🇳 Vietnam16.7%
56🇵🇷 Puerto Rico16.4%
57🇼🇸 Samoa16.4%
58🇷🇴 Romania16.3%
59🇩🇴 Dominican Republic16.2%
60🇱🇹 Lithuania16.2%
61🇷🇸 Serbia16.2%
62🇧🇾 Belarus16.1%
63🇨🇺 Cuba16%
64🇦🇲 Armenia15.7%
65🇹🇹 Trinidad and Tobago15.6%
66🇵🇸 Palestine15%
67🇦🇿 Azerbaijan14.9%
68🇦🇪 UAE14.9%
69🇦🇷 Argentina14.8%
70🇲🇰 North Macedonia14.7%
71🇩🇿 Algeria14.5%
72🇱🇧 Lebanon14.5%
73🇧🇸 Bahamas14.4%
74🇰🇼 Kuwait14.4%
75🇵🇦 Panama14.4%
76🇬🇩 Grenada14.1%
77🇻🇪 Venezuela13.8%
78🇬🇪 Georgia13.7%
79🇯🇲 Jamaica13.7%
80🇸🇾 Syria13.5%
81🇧🇷 Brazil13.3%
82🇲🇦 Morocco13.3%
83🇱🇦 Lao13.2%
84🇦🇱 Albania13.1%
85🇱🇾 Libya13%
86🇹🇳 Tunisia13%
87🇰🇬 Kyrgyz Republic12.9%
88🇲🇾 Malaysia12.9%
89🇷🇺 Russia12.7%
90🇵🇪 Peru12.6%
91🇶🇦 Qatar12.6%
92🇨🇴 Colombia12.5%
93🇸🇷 Suriname12.5%
94🇨🇻 Cape Verde12.4%
95🇲🇩 Moldova12.4%
96🇧🇹 Bhutan12.3%
97🇪🇬 Egypt12.2%
98🇱🇰 Sri Lanka12.1%
99🇧🇬 Bulgaria12%
100🇪🇨 Ecuador12%
101🇲🇲 Myanmar12%
102🇧🇩 Bangladesh11.9%
103🇰🇭 Cambodia11.6%
104🇮🇶 Iraq11.5%
105🇺🇦 Ukraine11.5%
106🇫🇲 Micronesia, Fed. Sts.11.4%
107🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea11.4%
108🇰🇿 Kazakhstan11.2%
109🇲🇺 Mauritius11.1%
110🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia10.9%
111🇵🇭 Philippines10.8%
112🇱🇨 St. Lucia10.6%
113🇹🇲 Turkmenistan10.5%
114🇴🇲 Oman10.2%
115🇺🇿 Uzbekistan10%
116🇧🇿 Belize9.9%
117🇧🇭 Bahrain9.7%
118🇭🇳 Honduras9.7%
119🇸🇹 Sao Tome and Principe9.7%
120🇸🇻 El Salvador9.6%
121🇵🇾 Paraguay9.5%
122🇰🇪 Kenya9.4%
123🇲🇼 Malawi9.4%
124🇺🇬 Uganda9.4%
125🇮🇩 Indonesia9.2%
126🇹🇯 Tajikistan9.2%
127🇫🇯 Fiji9.1%
128🇳🇮 Nicaragua9.1%
129🇰🇮 Kiribati9%
130🇲🇻 Maldives8.9%
131🇿🇦 South Africa8.8%
132🇸🇳 Senegal8.6%
133🇬🇭 Ghana8.2%
134🇲🇽 Mexico8.2%
135🇹🇿 Tanzania8.2%
136🇰🇲 Comoros8.1%
137🇿🇼 Zimbabwe8.1%
138🇲🇷 Mauritania8%
139🇬🇹 Guatemala7.9%
140🇪🇹 Ethiopia7.8%
141🇮🇳 India7.6%
142🇳🇦 Namibia7.6%
143🇧🇴 Bolivia7.4%
144🇬🇾 Guyana7.4%
145🇭🇹 Haiti7.4%
146🇷🇼 Rwanda7.3%
147🇧🇮 Burundi7.2%
148🇳🇵 Nepal7.1%
149🇵🇰 Pakistan6.9%
150🇱🇷 Liberia6.8%
151🇩🇯 Djibouti6.7%
152🇿🇲 Zambia6.7%
153🇻🇺 Vanuatu6.6%
154🇨🇮 Cote d'Ivoire6.5%
155🇧🇫 Burkina Faso6.4%
156🇬🇦 Gabon6.4%
157🇲🇬 Madagascar6.4%
158🇹🇱 Timor-Leste6.4%
159🇸🇧 Solomon Islands6.2%
160🇨🇲 Cameroon6.1%
161🇸🇩 Sudan6.1%
162🇹🇬 Togo6.1%
163🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea6%
164🇲🇱 Mali6%
165🇲🇿 Mozambique6%
166🇾🇪 Yemen6%
167🇦🇴 Angola5.9%
168🇪🇷 Eritrea5.8%
169🇬🇲 Gambia5.6%
170🇬🇳 Guinea5.6%
171🇧🇯 Benin5.1%
172🇳🇬 Nigeria5.1%
173🇧🇼 Botswana4.8%
174🇸🇿 Eswatini4.7%
175🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau4.7%
176🇸🇸 South Sudan4.6%
177🇦🇫 Afghanistan4.5%
178🇨🇩 Congo, Dem. Rep.4.5%
179🇨🇬 Congo, Rep.4.3%
180🇹🇩 Chad4.1%
181🇸🇴 Somalia3.7%
182🇸🇱 Sierra Leone3.6%
183🇱🇸 Lesotho3.5%
184🇳🇪 Niger3.5%
185🇨🇫 Central African Republic2.9%

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