Which country has the highest Total Cancer Cases?

China has the highest Total Cancer Cases in 2022, at 4,824,703, followed by United States (2,380,189) and India (1,413,316).

Which country has the lowest Total Cancer Cases?

Sao Tome and Principe has the lowest Total Cancer Cases in 2022, at 144.

What is the median Total Cancer Cases across countries?

The median is 16,413 across the 183 countries with data in 2022.

Where does this cancer rates by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Incidence, Both sexes, in 2022 - Cancer Today; Incidence, Males, in 2022 - Cancer Today; Incidence, Females, in 2022 - Cancer Today; Mortality, Both sexes, in 2022 - Cancer Today.

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Cancer Rates by Country

Name: Cancer Rates by Country
Creator: Rankodex

China has the highest Total Cancer Cases in 2022 (4,824,703), followed by United States (2,380,189) and India (1,413,316). Sao Tome and Principe has the lowest (144).

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16,413

Middle half 4K – 59.1K

Average

108,975

183 countries

Lowest (best)

144

Sao Tome and Principe

Highest (worst)

4,824,703

China

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183 countries · # = rank by Total Cancer Cases

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1	Sao Tome and Principe	144	67	77
2	Vanuatu	250	145	105
3	Samoa	400	209	191
4	Belize	409	221	188
5	Guam	412	191	221
6	Cape Verde	435	221	214
7	Saint Lucia	448	183	265
8	Maldives	479	231	248
9	Comoros	619	382	237
10	Bhutan	638	282	356
11	Solomon Islands	684	405	279
12	Djibouti	805	494	311
13	Timor-Leste	828	455	373
14	French Polynesia	877	400	477
15	Brunei	925	529	396
16	Equatorial Guinea	926	516	410
17	Bahamas	955	478	477
18	Eswatini	1,108	764	344
19	Suriname	1,119	548	571
20	Barbados	1,120	542	578
21	New Caledonia	1,149	518	631
22	Guinea-Bissau	1,170	742	428
23	Gambia	1,196	676	520
24	Guyana	1,225	688	537
25	Bahrain	1,383	729	654
26	Fiji	1,601	947	654
27	Qatar	1,733	640	1,093
28	Iceland	1,777	868	909
29	Gabon	1,875	1,133	742
30	Sierra Leone	1,918	1,044	874
31	Lesotho	2,027	1,302	725
32	Martinique	2,057	882	1,175
33	Guadeloupe	2,123	811	1,312
34	Botswana	2,317	1,376	941
35	Eritrea	2,463	1,553	910
36	Central African Republic	2,690	1,615	1,075
37	Republic of the Congo	2,727	1,556	1,171
38	Montenegro	2,739	1,324	1,415
39	Malta	2,855	1,326	1,529
40	Mauritius	2,888	1,619	1,269
41	Reunion	3,015	1,245	1,770
42	Mauritania	3,274	2,008	1,266
43	Luxembourg	3,440	1,698	1,742
44	Namibia	3,453	1,913	1,540
45	Liberia	3,873	2,325	1,548
46	Trinidad and Tobago	3,931	1,962	1,969
47	Oman	4,045	1,572	2,473
48	Kuwait	4,347	2,227	2,120
49	Palestine	5,030	2,524	2,506
50	Togo	5,491	3,095	2,396
51	United Arab Emirates	5,526	2,919	2,607
52	Cyprus	6,198	3,128	3,070
53	Tajikistan	6,467	3,518	2,949
54	Mongolia	6,699	3,200	3,499
55	Turkmenistan	6,807	3,760	3,047
56	South Sudan	6,874	4,017	2,857
57	Rwanda	7,122	3,835	3,287
58	Kyrgyzstan	7,266	3,895	3,371
59	Benin	7,496	4,028	3,468
60	Jamaica	7,500	3,787	3,713
61	North Macedonia	7,563	3,304	4,259
62	Burundi	7,997	4,627	3,370
63	Albania	8,019	3,432	4,587
64	Estonia	8,050	3,836	4,214
65	Libya	8,171	4,101	4,070
66	Panama	8,353	4,197	4,156
67	Nicaragua	8,409	4,646	3,763
68	Guinea	8,777	5,622	3,155
69	Laos	9,101	4,522	4,579
70	Armenia	9,520	4,474	5,046
71	El Salvador	9,799	5,594	4,205
72	Somalia	10,681	6,683	3,998
73	Honduras	10,815	5,764	5,051
74	Chad	11,276	5,136	6,140
75	Latvia	11,458	5,550	5,908
76	Niger	11,593	6,683	4,910
77	Senegal	11,841	7,571	4,270
78	Papua New Guinea	12,190	6,801	5,389
79	Burkina Faso	12,250	7,847	4,403
80	Jordan	12,328	6,634	5,694
81	Lebanon	13,034	6,441	6,593
82	Costa Rica	13,325	6,517	6,808
83	Georgia	13,689	6,436	7,253
84	Puerto Rico	13,778	6,292	7,486
85	Paraguay	13,783	6,817	6,966
86	Haiti	13,860	6,832	7,028
87	Angola	14,359	8,093	6,266
88	Slovenia	14,402	6,564	7,838
89	Moldova	14,816	6,831	7,985
90	Mali	15,151	9,597	5,554
91	Zambia	15,296	8,863	6,433
92	Lithuania	16,413	7,168	9,245
93	Yemen	16,525	9,312	7,213
94	Uruguay	16,817	8,238	8,579
95	Bolivia	17,579	9,887	7,692
96	Zimbabwe	17,725	11,220	6,505
97	Guatemala	17,801	10,018	7,783
98	Azerbaijan	18,503	8,602	9,901
99	Cameroon	19,564	11,578	7,986
100	Cambodia	19,795	10,624	9,171
101	Malawi	19,846	12,431	7,415
102	Dominican Republic	20,171	9,436	10,735
103	Tunisia	20,551	9,110	11,441
104	Madagascar	21,297	12,797	8,500
105	Ivory Coast	21,352	11,557	9,795
106	Syria	21,926	11,747	10,179
107	Nepal	22,008	12,216	9,792
108	Afghanistan	24,275	13,036	11,239
109	Singapore	25,250	11,908	13,342
110	Mozambique	26,578	16,359	10,219
111	Ghana	27,385	15,987	11,398
112	Saudi Arabia	28,113	13,368	14,745
113	Sudan	28,586	17,260	11,326
114	Croatia	28,809	13,202	15,607
115	Israel	30,438	15,692	14,746
116	Ecuador	30,888	16,998	13,890
117	Slovakia	30,913	14,215	16,698
118	Ireland	31,242	13,990	17,252
119	Bulgaria	32,812	15,297	17,515
120	Sri Lanka	33,243	17,510	15,733
121	Uzbekistan	35,900	19,865	16,035
122	Uganda	35,968	20,509	15,459
123	Kazakhstan	36,225	19,278	16,947
124	Iraq	37,382	21,558	15,824
125	Finland	37,660	17,923	19,737
126	New Zealand	38,157	17,595	20,562
127	Norway	40,305	18,572	21,733
128	Serbia	42,039	19,129	22,910
129	Kenya	44,726	28,377	16,349
130	Tanzania	44,931	26,716	18,215
131	Belarus	46,402	21,469	24,933
132	Denmark	48,840	23,014	25,826
133	Cuba	49,688	22,796	26,892
134	Austria	50,682	23,361	27,321
135	Malaysia	51,650	26,758	24,892
136	DR Congo	52,612	29,579	23,033
137	Switzerland	58,330	26,334	31,996
138	Chile	59,876	27,076	32,800
139	North Korea	61,533	32,135	29,398
140	Venezuela	62,947	31,573	31,374
141	Morocco	63,609	32,872	30,737
142	Algeria	64,713	35,326	29,387
143	Czechia	65,676	30,643	35,033
144	Greece	65,703	29,139	36,564
145	Hungary	66,340	32,090	34,250
146	Sweden	69,261	31,392	37,869
147	Portugal	69,567	31,702	37,865
148	Peru	72,827	39,103	33,724
149	Myanmar	77,603	41,781	35,822
150	Ethiopia	80,334	52,621	27,713
151	Belgium	81,132	37,487	43,645
152	Romania	104,661	47,350	57,311
153	South Africa	111,321	58,942	52,379
154	Colombia	117,620	61,396	56,224
155	Nigeria	127,763	79,667	48,096
156	Netherlands	132,319	62,749	69,570
157	Argentina	133,420	68,380	65,040
158	Iran	137,198	60,757	76,441
159	Egypt	150,578	76,967	73,611
160	Ukraine	155,239	79,414	75,825
161	Bangladesh	167,256	72,334	94,922
162	Vietnam	180,480	85,122	95,358
163	Thailand	183,541	93,208	90,333
164	Pakistan	185,748	98,180	87,568
165	Philippines	188,976	105,912	83,064
166	Mexico	207,154	111,200	95,954
167	Poland	208,900	99,535	109,365
168	Australia	212,332	95,969	116,363
169	South Korea	237,701	109,656	128,045
170	Turkey	240,013	107,537	132,476
171	Spain	278,729	120,319	158,410
172	Canada	292,098	138,438	153,660
173	Indonesia	408,661	220,266	188,395
174	Italy	436,242	204,092	232,150
175	United Kingdom	454,954	212,709	242,245
176	France	483,568	220,229	263,339
177	Germany	605,805	282,260	323,545
178	Brazil	627,193	307,482	319,711
179	Russia	635,560	334,064	301,496
180	Japan	1,005,157	424,622	580,535
181	India	1,413,316	722,138	691,178
182	United States	2,380,189	1,096,291	1,283,898
183	China	4,824,703	2,290,797	2,533,906

What correlates with Total Cancer Cases (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,409 other country metrics sharing at least 110 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Total Cancer Cases tend to score higher on these

Total Ecological FootprintEcological Footprint by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 123
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Composite Index x100kComposite Index of National Capability by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 171
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Composite IndexComposite Index of National Capability by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 169
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Colon Cancer CasesColon Cancer Rate by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 177
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Total Plastic ConsumptionPlastic Pollution by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 179
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Wind Power GenerationWind Power by Country
r = +0.98 · very strong · n = 166
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Total Cancer Cases tend to score lower on these

US Trade BalanceUS Trade Deficit by Country
r = −0.58 · strong · n = 179
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Global FirePower IndexMilitary Strength Index by Country
r = −0.33 · moderate · n = 142
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Oldest Park Founding YearNational Parks by Country
r = −0.29 · weak · n = 111
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LI Users Aged 18-24LinkedIn Users by Country
r = −0.28 · weak · n = 176
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Chlamydial Infection RateSTD Rates by Country
r = −0.26 · weak · n = 175
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Net International Investment PositionNet International Investment Position by Country
r = −0.24 · weak · n = 112
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Total Cancer Cases?: China has the highest Total Cancer Cases in 2022, at 4,824,703, followed by United States (2,380,189) and India (1,413,316).
Which country has the lowest Total Cancer Cases?: Sao Tome and Principe has the lowest Total Cancer Cases in 2022, at 144.
What is the median Total Cancer Cases across countries?: The median is 16,413 across the 183 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this cancer rates by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Incidence, Both sexes, in 2022 - Cancer Today; Incidence, Males, in 2022 - Cancer Today; Incidence, Females, in 2022 - Cancer Today; Mortality, Both sexes, in 2022 - Cancer Today.

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