Country rankings
Hysterectomy Rates by Country
India has the highest Hysterectomy Rates (1,700 per 100k), followed by Nigeria (480 per 100k) and New Zealand (365 per 100k). United Kingdom has the lowest (42 per 100k).
Health18 countries · 3 metricsUpdated Jul 26, 2025Original page
15 sources
- Historical and projected hysterectomy rates in the USA: Implications for future observed cervical cancer rates and evaluating prevention interventions - NIH
- The hysterectomy story in the United Kingdom - NIH
- Hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease - Science Direct
- Hysterectomy in Germany: a DRG-based nationwide analysis - NIH
- Number of hysterectomies conducted in France from 2010 to 2020 - Statista
- The number of overall hysterectomies per population with the perimenopausal status is increasing in Japan: A national representative cohort study - ResearchGate
- Brazil Hysterectomy Procedures Count by Segments and Forecast to 2030 - GlobalData
- China Hysterectomy Procedures Count by Segments and Forecast to 2030 - GlobalData
- Prevalence and determinants of hysterectomy in India - NIH
- Regional variation of hysterectomy for benign uterine diseases in Switzerland - NIH
- Hysterectomy for nonmalignant conditions: cost to New Zealand society - NIH
- Trends in Hysterectomy Incidence Rates During 2000–2015 in Denmark: Shifting from Abdominal to Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures - NIH
- Hysterectomy trends in Australia, 2000-2001 to 2013-2014: joinpoint regression analysis - NIH
- Peripartum hysterectomy in a Nigerian - NIH
- Hysterectomy rates - Research Gate
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Hysterectomy Rates
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Median
255 per 100k
Middle half 172 per 100k – 357 per 100k
Average
347 per 100k
15 countries
Highest
1,700 per 100k
India
Lowest
42 per 100k
United Kingdom
Data
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18 countries · # = rank by Hysterectomy Rates
| # | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  India | 1,700 per 100k | — | 2018 |
| 2 |  Nigeria | 480 per 100k | 30,553 | 2016 |
| 3 |  New Zealand | 365 per 100k | — | 2021 |
| 4 |  Germany | 362 per 100k | — | 2006 |
| 5 |  Denmark | 351 per 100k | 98,484 | 2021 |
| 6 |  Japan | 344 per 100k | — | 2017 |
| 7 |  Switzerland | 298 per 100k | — | 2020 |
| 8 |  Australia | 255 per 100k | 30,797 | 2014 |
| 9 |  Sweden | 210 per 100k | — | 2003 |
| 10 |  Austria | 206 per 100k | — | 2014 |
| 11 |  Netherlands | 172 per 100k | — | 2005 |
| 12 |  Portugal | 171 per 100k | — | 2014 |
| 13 |  United States | 143 per 100k | 600,000 | 2020 |
| 14 |  Canada | 108 per 100k | 41,000 | 2019 |
| 15 |  United Kingdom | 42 per 100k | 40,000 | 2017 |
| — |  China | — | 1,603,899 | 2022 |
| — |  Brazil | — | 224,014 | 2022 |
| — |  France | — | 50,958 | 2020 |
What correlates with Hysterectomy Rates?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest Hysterectomy Rates?
- India has the highest Hysterectomy Rates, at 1,700 per 100k, followed by Nigeria (480 per 100k) and New Zealand (365 per 100k).
- Which country has the lowest Hysterectomy Rates?
- United Kingdom has the lowest Hysterectomy Rates, at 42 per 100k.
- What is the median Hysterectomy Rates across countries?
- The median is 255 per 100k across the 15 countries with data.
- Where does this hysterectomy rates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Historical and projected hysterectomy rates in the USA: Implications for future observed cervical cancer rates and evaluating prevention interventions - NIH; The hysterectomy story in the United Kingdom - NIH; Hysterectomy for benign gynaecological disease - Science Direct; Hysterectomy in Germany: a DRG-based nationwide analysis - NIH.