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Cervical Cancer Rates by Country

Eswatini has the highest Crude Incidence in 2020 (57.8 per 100k), followed by Lesotho (49.9 per 100k) and Malawi (42.8 per 100k). Iraq has the lowest (1.4 per 100k).

Year 2020176 of 235 countries
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Crude Incidence, 2020

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Ranking

Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 176 countries.

Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →

Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.

Median
15.15 per 100k
Middle half 10.17 per 100k – 22.65 per 100k
Average
16.83 per 100k
176 countries
Lowest (best)
1.4 per 100k
Iraq
Highest (worst)
57.8 per 100k
Eswatini

Data

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176 countries · # = rank by Crude Incidence
#
1Iraq1.4 per 100k2.2 per 100k0.3%
2Yemen1.5 per 100k2.5 per 100k0.3%
3Jordan2.3 per 100k2.9 per 100k0.3%
4Saudi Arabia2.4 per 100k2.8 per 100k0.3%
5Iran2.5 per 100k2.3 per 100k0.3%
5Syria2.5 per 100k2.8 per 100k0.3%
7Egypt2.6 per 100k2.9 per 100k0.3%
8Kuwait3.2 per 100k2.8 per 100k0.3%
8Qatar3.2 per 100k4.1 per 100k0.5%
10Bahrain3.5 per 100k3.9 per 100k0.5%
11Lebanon3.7 per 100k3.4 per 100k0.4%
12United Arab Emirates4 per 100k6.2 per 100k0.7%
13Pakistan4.7 per 100k6.1 per 100k0.7%
14Oman5.1 per 100k6.5 per 100k0.7%
15Niger5.2 per 100k10.4 per 100k1.2%
16Switzerland5.4 per 100k3.4 per 100k0.3%
17Sudan5.6 per 100k8.7 per 100k1%
17Israel5.6 per 100k4.9 per 100k0.5%
19Tunisia5.7 per 100k4.6 per 100k0.5%
20Turkey5.9 per 100k4.8 per 100k0.5%
20Malta5.9 per 100k3.7 per 100k0.4%
22Afghanistan6.3 per 100k10.4 per 100k1.1%
23Finland6.6 per 100k5.2 per 100k0.5%
24Tajikistan6.8 per 100k8.2 per 100k0.8%
25Libya7.1 per 100k7.7 per 100k0.9%
25New Zealand7.1 per 100k5.6 per 100k0.5%
27Australia7.2 per 100k5.6 per 100k0.5%
28Canada7.5 per 100k5.5 per 100k0.5%
29Cyprus7.6 per 100k5.6 per 100k0.5%
30Algeria7.7 per 100k7.9 per 100k0.9%
31Luxembourg7.8 per 100k5.2 per 100k0.5%
32United States8.1 per 100k6.2 per 100k0.6%
33Spain8.2 per 100k5.4 per 100k0.5%
34Azerbaijan8.4 per 100k6.7 per 100k0.7%
34Austria8.4 per 100k5.3 per 100k0.5%
36Vietnam8.5 per 100k6.6 per 100k0.7%
37Netherlands9 per 100k6.9 per 100k0.6%
38Benin9.2 per 100k15.1 per 100k1.8%
39Albania9.4 per 100k6.6 per 100k0.7%
39Iceland9.4 per 100k8.3 per 100k0.7%
41France10 per 100k7 per 100k0.7%
41Slovenia10 per 100k6.7 per 100k0.7%
41Timor-Leste10 per 100k14 per 100k1.5%
44Eritrea10.1 per 100k15.3 per 100k1.8%
45Bangladesh10.2 per 100k10.6 per 100k1.2%
45Italy10.2 per 100k6.9 per 100k0.7%
45Haiti10.2 per 100k11.6 per 100k1.2%
45Laos10.2 per 100k12 per 100k1.3%
49Samoa10.5 per 100k12.4 per 100k1.5%
50Burkina Faso10.8 per 100k18.2 per 100k2%
50Chad10.8 per 100k20.2 per 100k2.2%
52Belgium10.9 per 100k7.7 per 100k0.8%
52Togo10.9 per 100k19.1 per 100k2.2%
52North Macedonia10.9 per 100k7.5 per 100k0.8%
55Germany11 per 100k7.6 per 100k0.7%
55United Kingdom11 per 100k9.9 per 100k0.8%
57Malaysia11.1 per 100k10.2 per 100k1.1%
57Singapore11.1 per 100k6.9 per 100k0.7%
59Uzbekistan11.3 per 100k11 per 100k1.2%
59Armenia11.3 per 100k7.8 per 100k0.8%
61Morocco11.6 per 100k10.4 per 100k1.2%
62Nigeria11.9 per 100k18.4 per 100k1.9%
62Sao Tome and Principe11.9 per 100k16 per 100k0.9%
64Central African Republic12.2 per 100k21.8 per 100k2.5%
65South Korea12.6 per 100k8.1 per 100k0.8%
65Sri Lanka12.6 per 100k9.2 per 100k1%
65Sierra Leone12.6 per 100k21.2 per 100k2.5%
68South Sudan12.7 per 100k20.5 per 100k2.3%
68Republic of the Congo12.7 per 100k22.4 per 100k2.6%
70Ethiopia13 per 100k21.5 per 100k2.5%
70Sweden13 per 100k10.4 per 100k0.9%
70Bhutan13 per 100k14.2 per 100k1.5%
73Greece13.1 per 100k8.1 per 100k0.8%
74Somalia13.2 per 100k25.1 per 100k2.8%
74Denmark13.2 per 100k10.2 per 100k0.9%
76Cambodia13.3 per 100k14 per 100k1.5%
77Djibouti13.4 per 100k15.3 per 100k1.8%
78Ireland13.8 per 100k10.7 per 100k1%
79Nepal14.2 per 100k16.4 per 100k1.8%
79Czechia14.2 per 100k9.3 per 100k0.9%
81Mexico14.3 per 100k12.6 per 100k1.3%
82Costa Rica14.4 per 100k11.7 per 100k1.1%
83Philippines14.5 per 100k15.2 per 100k1.6%
83Vanuatu14.5 per 100k17.1 per 100k1.7%
85Norway14.8 per 100k12 per 100k1.1%
86North Korea15 per 100k11.2 per 100k1.1%
87Turkmenistan15.1 per 100k15 per 100k1.5%
87Kyrgyzstan15.1 per 100k15.4 per 100k1.6%
89Uruguay15.2 per 100k11.7 per 100k1.1%
90El Salvador15.4 per 100k13.1 per 100k1.3%
91Chile15.5 per 100k11.1 per 100k1.1%
92China15.6 per 100k10.7 per 100k1.1%
93Georgia15.7 per 100k10.6 per 100k1.1%
94Ivory Coast15.8 per 100k31.2 per 100k3.6%
94Croatia15.8 per 100k10.1 per 100k1%
96Portugal16.1 per 100k10.8 per 100k1%
96Panama16.1 per 100k14 per 100k1.4%
98Brazil16.4 per 100k12.7 per 100k1.3%
99Belarus16.5 per 100k11.4 per 100k1.1%
100Cape Verde16.6 per 100k17 per 100k1.8%
101Belize17 per 100k19.1 per 100k1.8%
102Guatemala17.1 per 100k20.3 per 100k2.1%
103DR Congo17.3 per 100k31.9 per 100k3.7%
103Honduras17.3 per 100k19.5 per 100k2%
105Ecuador17.4 per 100k16 per 100k1.7%
106Colombia18.3 per 100k14.9 per 100k1.5%
106Ghana18.3 per 100k27.4 per 100k3%
108Kazakhstan18.4 per 100k15.7 per 100k1.6%
109Mauritania18.5 per 100k28.9 per 100k3.4%
110Bosnia and Herzegovina18.6 per 100k14.3 per 100k1.3%
111India18.7 per 100k18 per 100k2%
111Rwanda18.7 per 100k28.2 per 100k3%
113Mali19.1 per 100k36.4 per 100k4.2%
113Mauritius19.1 per 100k12.6 per 100k1.3%
115Angola19.2 per 100k37.6 per 100k4.2%
116Solomon Islands19.3 per 100k25.4 per 100k2.5%
116Bahamas19.3 per 100k14.9 per 100k1.7%
118Kenya19.4 per 100k31.3 per 100k3.6%
119Russia19.6 per 100k14.1 per 100k1.4%
120Japan19.8 per 100k15.2 per 100k1.4%
120Argentina19.8 per 100k16.7 per 100k1.7%
120Poland19.8 per 100k12.3 per 100k1.3%
120Dominican Republic19.8 per 100k17.9 per 100k1.8%
120Equatorial Guinea19.8 per 100k32.8 per 100k3.6%
125Mongolia20.1 per 100k19.7 per 100k2.1%
126Ukraine20.3 per 100k14.3 per 100k1.4%
127Cuba20.8 per 100k13.9 per 100k1.4%
128Cameroon20.9 per 100k33.7 per 100k3.6%
129Nicaragua21.4 per 100k21.3 per 100k2.2%
130Saint Lucia21.5 per 100k16.6 per 100k2.2%
131Gabon21.6 per 100k30.8 per 100k3.4%
132Senegal22.6 per 100k36.3 per 100k4.1%
133Moldova22.8 per 100k16.3 per 100k1.6%
134Maldives23.3 per 100k24.5 per 100k2.8%
135Gambia23.5 per 100k42.9 per 100k3.9%
136Guinea-Bissau23.8 per 100k39.6 per 100k4.4%
137Papua New Guinea24.6 per 100k29.2 per 100k2.7%
138Hungary24.7 per 100k17.2 per 100k1.6%
139Slovakia24.9 per 100k16.6 per 100k1.7%
140Myanmar25.3 per 100k22.6 per 100k2.3%
141Thailand25.6 per 100k16.4 per 100k1.7%
142Peru25.7 per 100k22.2 per 100k2.3%
142Venezuela25.7 per 100k22.2 per 100k2.3%
142Brunei25.7 per 100k20.8 per 100k2.1%
145Jamaica25.9 per 100k21.6 per 100k2.2%
146Liberia26.1 per 100k40.8 per 100k4.5%
147Latvia26.3 per 100k18.4 per 100k1.8%
147Barbados26.3 per 100k15.2 per 100k1.4%
149Burundi26.4 per 100k49.3 per 100k5.5%
150Suriname26.7 per 100k23.7 per 100k2.5%
151Indonesia27 per 100k24.4 per 100k2.7%
151Serbia27 per 100k18.7 per 100k1.9%
153Madagascar27.1 per 100k41.2 per 100k4.6%
154Estonia28.1 per 100k18.5 per 100k1.9%
155Bulgaria28.2 per 100k18 per 100k1.9%
155Lithuania28.2 per 100k18.7 per 100k1.8%
157Trinidad and Tobago28.5 per 100k19.8 per 100k2%
158Namibia28.6 per 100k37.4 per 100k3.8%
159Uganda30 per 100k56.2 per 100k6%
160Guinea30.5 per 100k50.1 per 100k5.5%
161Fiji30.7 per 100k29.8 per 100k2.9%
162Botswana30.8 per 100k34.4 per 100k3.5%
163Guyana31 per 100k29.5 per 100k3.2%
164Mozambique33.1 per 100k50.2 per 100k5%
165Paraguay33.5 per 100k34.1 per 100k3.3%
166Zambia34.1 per 100k65.5 per 100k7.4%
166Bolivia34.1 per 100k36.6 per 100k3.7%
168Romania34.2 per 100k22.6 per 100k2.3%
169Tanzania34.3 per 100k62.5 per 100k7.4%
170South Africa35.6 per 100k35.3 per 100k3.6%
170Montenegro35.6 per 100k26.2 per 100k2.7%
172Comoros38.8 per 100k56 per 100k6.1%
173Zimbabwe39.2 per 100k61.8 per 100k6.7%
174Malawi42.8 per 100k67.9 per 100k7%
175Lesotho49.9 per 100k56.8 per 100k5.7%
176Eswatini57.8 per 100k84.6 per 100k8.6%

What correlates with Crude Incidence (2020)?

Pearson r against 1,444 other country metrics sharing at least 106 countries. Ranks are read by standing: a better rank counts as higher, whether rank 1 is the best place on a list or the worst. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher Crude Incidence tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

  1. Cervical Cancers Due to HPVHPV Rates by Country
    r = +0.84 · very strong · n = 176
    Plot
  2. STD Rate MaleSTD Rates by Country
    r = +0.65 · strong · n = 173
    Plot
  3. Total STD RateSTD Rates by Country
    r = +0.64 · strong · n = 173
    Plot
  4. HIV Prevalence Among AdultsHIV Rates by Country
    r = +0.61 · strong · n = 138
    Plot
  5. STD Rate FemaleSTD Rates by Country
    r = +0.60 · strong · n = 173
    Plot
  6. HIV Rates MaleHIV Rates by Country
    r = +0.58 · strong · n = 173
    Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Crude Incidence tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

  1. Domestic ScoreWater Stress by Country
    r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 146
    Plot
  2. RankNorthernmost Point by CountryA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = −0.41 · moderate · n = 175
    Plot
  3. Cost of a Beer - FinderCountries with the Most Expensive Beer
    r = −0.41 · moderate · n = 155
    Plot
  4. Life ExpectancyHappy Planet Index by Country
    r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 147
    Plot
  5. Energy Equity ScoreEnergy Trilemma Energy Performance Index
    r = −0.39 · moderate · n = 125
    Plot
  6. Tomatoes & Tomato Products Consumption per CapitaVegetable Consumption by Country
    r = −0.39 · moderate · n = 166
    Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest Crude Incidence?
Eswatini has the highest Crude Incidence in 2020, at 57.8 per 100k, followed by Lesotho (49.9 per 100k) and Malawi (42.8 per 100k).
Which country has the lowest Crude Incidence?
Iraq has the lowest Crude Incidence in 2020, at 1.4 per 100k.
What is the median Crude Incidence across countries?
The median is 15.15 per 100k across the 176 countries with data in 2020.
Where does this cervical cancer rates by country data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Cervical cancer country profiles - World Health Organization; Cervical cancer statistics - World Cancer Research Fund International; Global estimates of incidence and mortality of cervical cancer in 2020 - The Lancet Global Health.

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