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).
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.
Data
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|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Iraq | 1.4 per 100k | 2.2 per 100k | 0.3% |
| 2 | Yemen | 1.5 per 100k | 2.5 per 100k | 0.3% |
| 3 | Jordan | 2.3 per 100k | 2.9 per 100k | 0.3% |
| 4 | Saudi Arabia | 2.4 per 100k | 2.8 per 100k | 0.3% |
| 5 | Iran | 2.5 per 100k | 2.3 per 100k | 0.3% |
| 5 | Syria | 2.5 per 100k | 2.8 per 100k | 0.3% |
| 7 | Egypt | 2.6 per 100k | 2.9 per 100k | 0.3% |
| 8 | Kuwait | 3.2 per 100k | 2.8 per 100k | 0.3% |
| 8 | Qatar | 3.2 per 100k | 4.1 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 10 | Bahrain | 3.5 per 100k | 3.9 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 11 | Lebanon | 3.7 per 100k | 3.4 per 100k | 0.4% |
| 12 | United Arab Emirates | 4 per 100k | 6.2 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 13 | Pakistan | 4.7 per 100k | 6.1 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 14 | Oman | 5.1 per 100k | 6.5 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 15 | Niger | 5.2 per 100k | 10.4 per 100k | 1.2% |
| 16 | Switzerland | 5.4 per 100k | 3.4 per 100k | 0.3% |
| 17 | Sudan | 5.6 per 100k | 8.7 per 100k | 1% |
| 17 | Israel | 5.6 per 100k | 4.9 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 19 | Tunisia | 5.7 per 100k | 4.6 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 20 | Turkey | 5.9 per 100k | 4.8 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 20 | Malta | 5.9 per 100k | 3.7 per 100k | 0.4% |
| 22 | Afghanistan | 6.3 per 100k | 10.4 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 23 | Finland | 6.6 per 100k | 5.2 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 24 | Tajikistan | 6.8 per 100k | 8.2 per 100k | 0.8% |
| 25 | Libya | 7.1 per 100k | 7.7 per 100k | 0.9% |
| 25 | New Zealand | 7.1 per 100k | 5.6 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 27 | Australia | 7.2 per 100k | 5.6 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 28 | Canada | 7.5 per 100k | 5.5 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 29 | Cyprus | 7.6 per 100k | 5.6 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 30 | Algeria | 7.7 per 100k | 7.9 per 100k | 0.9% |
| 31 | Luxembourg | 7.8 per 100k | 5.2 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 32 | United States | 8.1 per 100k | 6.2 per 100k | 0.6% |
| 33 | Spain | 8.2 per 100k | 5.4 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 34 | Azerbaijan | 8.4 per 100k | 6.7 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 34 | Austria | 8.4 per 100k | 5.3 per 100k | 0.5% |
| 36 | Vietnam | 8.5 per 100k | 6.6 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 37 | Netherlands | 9 per 100k | 6.9 per 100k | 0.6% |
| 38 | Benin | 9.2 per 100k | 15.1 per 100k | 1.8% |
| 39 | Albania | 9.4 per 100k | 6.6 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 39 | Iceland | 9.4 per 100k | 8.3 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 41 | France | 10 per 100k | 7 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 41 | Slovenia | 10 per 100k | 6.7 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 41 | Timor-Leste | 10 per 100k | 14 per 100k | 1.5% |
| 44 | Eritrea | 10.1 per 100k | 15.3 per 100k | 1.8% |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 10.2 per 100k | 10.6 per 100k | 1.2% |
| 45 | Italy | 10.2 per 100k | 6.9 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 45 | Haiti | 10.2 per 100k | 11.6 per 100k | 1.2% |
| 45 | Laos | 10.2 per 100k | 12 per 100k | 1.3% |
| 49 | Samoa | 10.5 per 100k | 12.4 per 100k | 1.5% |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 10.8 per 100k | 18.2 per 100k | 2% |
| 50 | Chad | 10.8 per 100k | 20.2 per 100k | 2.2% |
| 52 | Belgium | 10.9 per 100k | 7.7 per 100k | 0.8% |
| 52 | Togo | 10.9 per 100k | 19.1 per 100k | 2.2% |
| 52 | North Macedonia | 10.9 per 100k | 7.5 per 100k | 0.8% |
| 55 | Germany | 11 per 100k | 7.6 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 55 | United Kingdom | 11 per 100k | 9.9 per 100k | 0.8% |
| 57 | Malaysia | 11.1 per 100k | 10.2 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 57 | Singapore | 11.1 per 100k | 6.9 per 100k | 0.7% |
| 59 | Uzbekistan | 11.3 per 100k | 11 per 100k | 1.2% |
| 59 | Armenia | 11.3 per 100k | 7.8 per 100k | 0.8% |
| 61 | Morocco | 11.6 per 100k | 10.4 per 100k | 1.2% |
| 62 | Nigeria | 11.9 per 100k | 18.4 per 100k | 1.9% |
| 62 | Sao Tome and Principe | 11.9 per 100k | 16 per 100k | 0.9% |
| 64 | Central African Republic | 12.2 per 100k | 21.8 per 100k | 2.5% |
| 65 | South Korea | 12.6 per 100k | 8.1 per 100k | 0.8% |
| 65 | Sri Lanka | 12.6 per 100k | 9.2 per 100k | 1% |
| 65 | Sierra Leone | 12.6 per 100k | 21.2 per 100k | 2.5% |
| 68 | South Sudan | 12.7 per 100k | 20.5 per 100k | 2.3% |
| 68 | Republic of the Congo | 12.7 per 100k | 22.4 per 100k | 2.6% |
| 70 | Ethiopia | 13 per 100k | 21.5 per 100k | 2.5% |
| 70 | Sweden | 13 per 100k | 10.4 per 100k | 0.9% |
| 70 | Bhutan | 13 per 100k | 14.2 per 100k | 1.5% |
| 73 | Greece | 13.1 per 100k | 8.1 per 100k | 0.8% |
| 74 | Somalia | 13.2 per 100k | 25.1 per 100k | 2.8% |
| 74 | Denmark | 13.2 per 100k | 10.2 per 100k | 0.9% |
| 76 | Cambodia | 13.3 per 100k | 14 per 100k | 1.5% |
| 77 | Djibouti | 13.4 per 100k | 15.3 per 100k | 1.8% |
| 78 | Ireland | 13.8 per 100k | 10.7 per 100k | 1% |
| 79 | Nepal | 14.2 per 100k | 16.4 per 100k | 1.8% |
| 79 | Czechia | 14.2 per 100k | 9.3 per 100k | 0.9% |
| 81 | Mexico | 14.3 per 100k | 12.6 per 100k | 1.3% |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 14.4 per 100k | 11.7 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 83 | Philippines | 14.5 per 100k | 15.2 per 100k | 1.6% |
| 83 | Vanuatu | 14.5 per 100k | 17.1 per 100k | 1.7% |
| 85 | Norway | 14.8 per 100k | 12 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 86 | North Korea | 15 per 100k | 11.2 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 87 | Turkmenistan | 15.1 per 100k | 15 per 100k | 1.5% |
| 87 | Kyrgyzstan | 15.1 per 100k | 15.4 per 100k | 1.6% |
| 89 | Uruguay | 15.2 per 100k | 11.7 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 90 | El Salvador | 15.4 per 100k | 13.1 per 100k | 1.3% |
| 91 | Chile | 15.5 per 100k | 11.1 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 92 | China | 15.6 per 100k | 10.7 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 93 | Georgia | 15.7 per 100k | 10.6 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 94 | Ivory Coast | 15.8 per 100k | 31.2 per 100k | 3.6% |
| 94 | Croatia | 15.8 per 100k | 10.1 per 100k | 1% |
| 96 | Portugal | 16.1 per 100k | 10.8 per 100k | 1% |
| 96 | Panama | 16.1 per 100k | 14 per 100k | 1.4% |
| 98 | Brazil | 16.4 per 100k | 12.7 per 100k | 1.3% |
| 99 | Belarus | 16.5 per 100k | 11.4 per 100k | 1.1% |
| 100 | Cape Verde | 16.6 per 100k | 17 per 100k | 1.8% |
| 101 | Belize | 17 per 100k | 19.1 per 100k | 1.8% |
| 102 | Guatemala | 17.1 per 100k | 20.3 per 100k | 2.1% |
| 103 | DR Congo | 17.3 per 100k | 31.9 per 100k | 3.7% |
| 103 | Honduras | 17.3 per 100k | 19.5 per 100k | 2% |
| 105 | Ecuador | 17.4 per 100k | 16 per 100k | 1.7% |
| 106 | Colombia | 18.3 per 100k | 14.9 per 100k | 1.5% |
| 106 | Ghana | 18.3 per 100k | 27.4 per 100k | 3% |
| 108 | Kazakhstan | 18.4 per 100k | 15.7 per 100k | 1.6% |
| 109 | Mauritania | 18.5 per 100k | 28.9 per 100k | 3.4% |
| 110 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 18.6 per 100k | 14.3 per 100k | 1.3% |
| 111 | India | 18.7 per 100k | 18 per 100k | 2% |
| 111 | Rwanda | 18.7 per 100k | 28.2 per 100k | 3% |
| 113 | Mali | 19.1 per 100k | 36.4 per 100k | 4.2% |
| 113 | Mauritius | 19.1 per 100k | 12.6 per 100k | 1.3% |
| 115 | Angola | 19.2 per 100k | 37.6 per 100k | 4.2% |
| 116 | Solomon Islands | 19.3 per 100k | 25.4 per 100k | 2.5% |
| 116 | Bahamas | 19.3 per 100k | 14.9 per 100k | 1.7% |
| 118 | Kenya | 19.4 per 100k | 31.3 per 100k | 3.6% |
| 119 | Russia | 19.6 per 100k | 14.1 per 100k | 1.4% |
| 120 | Japan | 19.8 per 100k | 15.2 per 100k | 1.4% |
| 120 | Argentina | 19.8 per 100k | 16.7 per 100k | 1.7% |
| 120 | Poland | 19.8 per 100k | 12.3 per 100k | 1.3% |
| 120 | Dominican Republic | 19.8 per 100k | 17.9 per 100k | 1.8% |
| 120 | Equatorial Guinea | 19.8 per 100k | 32.8 per 100k | 3.6% |
| 125 | Mongolia | 20.1 per 100k | 19.7 per 100k | 2.1% |
| 126 | Ukraine | 20.3 per 100k | 14.3 per 100k | 1.4% |
| 127 | Cuba | 20.8 per 100k | 13.9 per 100k | 1.4% |
| 128 | Cameroon | 20.9 per 100k | 33.7 per 100k | 3.6% |
| 129 | Nicaragua | 21.4 per 100k | 21.3 per 100k | 2.2% |
| 130 | Saint Lucia | 21.5 per 100k | 16.6 per 100k | 2.2% |
| 131 | Gabon | 21.6 per 100k | 30.8 per 100k | 3.4% |
| 132 | Senegal | 22.6 per 100k | 36.3 per 100k | 4.1% |
| 133 | Moldova | 22.8 per 100k | 16.3 per 100k | 1.6% |
| 134 | Maldives | 23.3 per 100k | 24.5 per 100k | 2.8% |
| 135 | Gambia | 23.5 per 100k | 42.9 per 100k | 3.9% |
| 136 | Guinea-Bissau | 23.8 per 100k | 39.6 per 100k | 4.4% |
| 137 | Papua New Guinea | 24.6 per 100k | 29.2 per 100k | 2.7% |
| 138 | Hungary | 24.7 per 100k | 17.2 per 100k | 1.6% |
| 139 | Slovakia | 24.9 per 100k | 16.6 per 100k | 1.7% |
| 140 | Myanmar | 25.3 per 100k | 22.6 per 100k | 2.3% |
| 141 | Thailand | 25.6 per 100k | 16.4 per 100k | 1.7% |
| 142 | Peru | 25.7 per 100k | 22.2 per 100k | 2.3% |
| 142 | Venezuela | 25.7 per 100k | 22.2 per 100k | 2.3% |
| 142 | Brunei | 25.7 per 100k | 20.8 per 100k | 2.1% |
| 145 | Jamaica | 25.9 per 100k | 21.6 per 100k | 2.2% |
| 146 | Liberia | 26.1 per 100k | 40.8 per 100k | 4.5% |
| 147 | Latvia | 26.3 per 100k | 18.4 per 100k | 1.8% |
| 147 | Barbados | 26.3 per 100k | 15.2 per 100k | 1.4% |
| 149 | Burundi | 26.4 per 100k | 49.3 per 100k | 5.5% |
| 150 | Suriname | 26.7 per 100k | 23.7 per 100k | 2.5% |
| 151 | Indonesia | 27 per 100k | 24.4 per 100k | 2.7% |
| 151 | Serbia | 27 per 100k | 18.7 per 100k | 1.9% |
| 153 | Madagascar | 27.1 per 100k | 41.2 per 100k | 4.6% |
| 154 | Estonia | 28.1 per 100k | 18.5 per 100k | 1.9% |
| 155 | Bulgaria | 28.2 per 100k | 18 per 100k | 1.9% |
| 155 | Lithuania | 28.2 per 100k | 18.7 per 100k | 1.8% |
| 157 | Trinidad and Tobago | 28.5 per 100k | 19.8 per 100k | 2% |
| 158 | Namibia | 28.6 per 100k | 37.4 per 100k | 3.8% |
| 159 | Uganda | 30 per 100k | 56.2 per 100k | 6% |
| 160 | Guinea | 30.5 per 100k | 50.1 per 100k | 5.5% |
| 161 | Fiji | 30.7 per 100k | 29.8 per 100k | 2.9% |
| 162 | Botswana | 30.8 per 100k | 34.4 per 100k | 3.5% |
| 163 | Guyana | 31 per 100k | 29.5 per 100k | 3.2% |
| 164 | Mozambique | 33.1 per 100k | 50.2 per 100k | 5% |
| 165 | Paraguay | 33.5 per 100k | 34.1 per 100k | 3.3% |
| 166 | Zambia | 34.1 per 100k | 65.5 per 100k | 7.4% |
| 166 | Bolivia | 34.1 per 100k | 36.6 per 100k | 3.7% |
| 168 | Romania | 34.2 per 100k | 22.6 per 100k | 2.3% |
| 169 | Tanzania | 34.3 per 100k | 62.5 per 100k | 7.4% |
| 170 | South Africa | 35.6 per 100k | 35.3 per 100k | 3.6% |
| 170 | Montenegro | 35.6 per 100k | 26.2 per 100k | 2.7% |
| 172 | Comoros | 38.8 per 100k | 56 per 100k | 6.1% |
| 173 | Zimbabwe | 39.2 per 100k | 61.8 per 100k | 6.7% |
| 174 | Malawi | 42.8 per 100k | 67.9 per 100k | 7% |
| 175 | Lesotho | 49.9 per 100k | 56.8 per 100k | 5.7% |
| 176 | Eswatini | 57.8 per 100k | 84.6 per 100k | 8.6% |
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)
Opposite directions
Places that have a higher Crude Incidence tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)
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.















































































































































































