Country rankings

Liver Cancer Rates by Country

Mongolia has the highest ASR in 2022 (96.1 per 100k), followed by Egypt (32 per 100k) and Cambodia (25.1 per 100k). Cape Verde has the lowest (1.1 per 100k).

Year 2022185 of 235 countries

ASR, 2022

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Ranking

Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 185 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
5.1 per 100k
Middle half 4.1 per 100k – 7.8 per 100k
Average
7.14 per 100k
185 countries
Lowest (best)
1.1 per 100k
Cape Verde
Highest (worst)
96.1 per 100k
Mongolia

Data

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185 countries · # = rank by ASR
#
1Cape Verde1.1 per 100k1.1 per 100k60.13%
2Sri Lanka1.2 per 100k1.9 per 100k4020.14%
2Saint Lucia1.2 per 100k2.2 per 100k40.14%
4Botswana1.6 per 100k1.2 per 100k290.19%
5Algeria1.7 per 100k1.7 per 100k7550.19%
6Bangladesh2.1 per 100k1.9 per 100k3,2280.24%
6Nepal2.1 per 100k1.9 per 100k5580.26%
8Lebanon2.3 per 100k2.7 per 100k1830.28%
9Barbados2.4 per 100k5.2 per 100k150.27%
10Ukraine2.6 per 100k4.9 per 100k2,1240.31%
10Morocco2.6 per 100k2.9 per 100k1,1120.3%
10Jordan2.6 per 100k1.9 per 100k1970.3%
13India2.7 per 100k2.8 per 100k38,7030.33%
13United Arab Emirates2.7 per 100k0.9 per 100k890.28%
13Bahrain2.7 per 100k1.9 per 100k330.28%
16Syria2.8 per 100k2.1 per 100k4080.29%
16Israel2.8 per 100k4.2 per 100k3760.31%
16Trinidad and Tobago2.8 per 100k4.6 per 100k650.35%
19Kenya2.9 per 100k1.6 per 100k8830.34%
19Jamaica2.9 per 100k3.7 per 100k1100.31%
21Paraguay3 per 100k2.9 per 100k2120.33%
21Uruguay3 per 100k5.4 per 100k1870.38%
21Lesotho3 per 100k2.4 per 100k520.28%
24Albania3.2 per 100k6.3 per 100k1810.38%
25Poland3.3 per 100k7 per 100k2,6470.38%
26Tanzania3.4 per 100k1.8 per 100k1,1330.38%
26Iraq3.4 per 100k1.9 per 100k8070.39%
26Netherlands3.4 per 100k9.3 per 100k1,5940.38%
26Belarus3.4 per 100k6.4 per 100k6070.42%
30Djibouti3.5 per 100k3 per 100k300.41%
30Guyana3.5 per 100k3.8 per 100k300.43%
32Colombia3.6 per 100k5 per 100k2,5910.41%
32Mauritius3.6 per 100k5.9 per 100k750.43%
32Martinique3.6 per 100k10.2 per 100k380.41%
35Argentina3.7 per 100k5.4 per 100k2,5040.45%
35Somalia3.7 per 100k1.8 per 100k3010.43%
37Pakistan3.8 per 100k2.7 per 100k6,1210.44%
37Namibia3.8 per 100k2.5 per 100k670.4%
37Iceland3.8 per 100k9.3 per 100k320.44%
37French Guiana3.8 per 100k3.5 per 100k110.48%
41Malawi3.9 per 100k2.3 per 100k4630.38%
41Czechia3.9 per 100k9.8 per 100k1,0530.48%
43Venezuela4 per 100k4.8 per 100k1,4020.44%
43New Zealand4 per 100k7.8 per 100k3820.47%
43Eswatini4 per 100k2.6 per 100k310.36%
46Ethiopia4.1 per 100k2.3 per 100k2,7980.49%
46Tunisia4.1 per 100k5.2 per 100k6270.48%
46Cuba4.1 per 100k8.8 per 100k9940.47%
46Norway4.1 per 100k9 per 100k4940.48%
46Finland4.1 per 100k12.2 per 100k6800.49%
46Qatar4.1 per 100k2 per 100k600.59%
46Bahamas4.1 per 100k5.2 per 100k210.48%
53Nigeria4.2 per 100k2 per 100k4,3820.45%
54Russia4.3 per 100k8.1 per 100k11,7480.51%
54Togo4.3 per 100k2.5 per 100k2200.46%
54Hungary4.3 per 100k10 per 100k9590.55%
54Kuwait4.3 per 100k3.2 per 100k1380.48%
54Panama4.3 per 100k5.4 per 100k2420.47%
54Eritrea4.3 per 100k2.7 per 100k970.5%
54Latvia4.3 per 100k10.2 per 100k1880.53%
54Malta4.3 per 100k11.5 per 100k510.48%
54Guadeloupe4.3 per 100k10 per 100k400.53%
63Sudan4.4 per 100k2.7 per 100k1,2280.5%
63Yemen4.4 per 100k2.3 per 100k7260.51%
63Bulgaria4.4 per 100k10.4 per 100k7130.52%
63Slovakia4.4 per 100k9.7 per 100k5290.55%
67Brazil4.5 per 100k6.3 per 100k13,5990.52%
67Germany4.5 per 100k11.9 per 100k9,9590.57%
67Serbia4.5 per 100k9.7 per 100k8390.53%
67Estonia4.5 per 100k10.4 per 100k1380.57%
67Bhutan4.5 per 100k4.2 per 100k330.54%
67Luxembourg4.5 per 100k9.8 per 100k630.53%
73Afghanistan4.6 per 100k2.2 per 100k9000.54%
73Tajikistan4.6 per 100k2.8 per 100k2810.49%
73Sweden4.6 per 100k9.9 per 100k1,0150.57%
73Denmark4.6 per 100k11.5 per 100k6720.55%
73Oman4.6 per 100k2.8 per 100k1480.55%
78Turkey4.7 per 100k5.9 per 100k5,0390.56%
78Saudi Arabia4.7 per 100k3.5 per 100k1,2540.57%
78Zambia4.7 per 100k2.2 per 100k4220.53%
78Chile4.7 per 100k8.4 per 100k1,6230.56%
78Libya4.7 per 100k3.8 per 100k2660.55%
78Montenegro4.7 per 100k10.5 per 100k660.54%
84United Kingdom4.8 per 100k12 per 100k8,2230.54%
84Belgium4.8 per 100k11.4 per 100k1,3300.59%
86South Africa4.9 per 100k4.4 per 100k2,6500.54%
86Peru4.9 per 100k6.1 per 100k2,0680.54%
86Rwanda4.9 per 100k2.9 per 100k3990.56%
86Austria4.9 per 100k11.8 per 100k1,0720.63%
86Lithuania4.9 per 100k11 per 100k2920.58%
91Costa Rica5 per 100k8.2 per 100k4250.56%
91Comoros5 per 100k3.5 per 100k320.55%
93Palestine5.1 per 100k2.8 per 100k1520.61%
94Ecuador5.2 per 100k6.1 per 100k1,1000.56%
94South Sudan5.2 per 100k3.1 per 100k3540.58%
94Croatia5.2 per 100k13.6 per 100k5510.66%
97Kazakhstan5.3 per 100k6.2 per 100k1,1990.68%
98Uzbekistan5.4 per 100k4.7 per 100k1,6120.68%
98Honduras5.4 per 100k4.3 per 100k4360.62%
98Azerbaijan5.4 per 100k6.5 per 100k6650.64%
98Greece5.4 per 100k16.2 per 100k1,6690.61%
98Switzerland5.4 per 100k12.7 per 100k1,1130.66%
98North Macedonia5.4 per 100k10.2 per 100k2130.67%
98Timor-Leste5.4 per 100k3.6 per 100k490.63%
105Madagascar5.5 per 100k3.7 per 100k1,0720.58%
105Samoa5.5 per 100k4.5 per 100k90.69%
107El Salvador5.6 per 100k7.2 per 100k4710.58%
107Cyprus5.6 per 100k10.6 per 100k1300.66%
109Mexico5.7 per 100k6.5 per 100k8,6030.66%
109Ireland5.7 per 100k11.2 per 100k5640.62%
111Cameroon5.8 per 100k3.5 per 100k9720.61%
111Burundi5.8 per 100k2.8 per 100k3470.68%
113Canada5.9 per 100k13 per 100k4,9740.72%
113Sierra Leone5.9 per 100k4.5 per 100k3750.56%
115Spain6 per 100k13.8 per 100k6,4280.74%
116DR Congo6.1 per 100k3.4 per 100k3,1910.68%
117Turkmenistan6.2 per 100k5.2 per 100k3220.72%
118Puerto Rico6.3 per 100k15.7 per 100k4450.78%
119Iran6.4 per 100k6.8 per 100k5,8420.73%
119Central African Republic6.4 per 100k3.4 per 100k1710.69%
119Slovenia6.4 per 100k18 per 100k3740.77%
122Malaysia6.5 per 100k7.1 per 100k2,3630.74%
123Angola6.6 per 100k3.3 per 100k1,1370.74%
123Bosnia and Herzegovina6.6 per 100k15.1 per 100k4920.82%
123Reunion6.6 per 100k11.8 per 100k1070.8%
126Bolivia6.7 per 100k7.4 per 100k8840.72%
126Portugal6.7 per 100k17.2 per 100k1,7400.78%
126Georgia6.7 per 100k12 per 100k4760.8%
129United States6.8 per 100k13 per 100k43,4920.88%
129Italy6.8 per 100k19.7 per 100k11,8860.8%
129Dominican Republic6.8 per 100k7.7 per 100k8490.73%
132Republic of the Congo6.9 per 100k4.6 per 100k2680.73%
132Suriname6.9 per 100k7.7 per 100k460.7%
134Belize7 per 100k5.8 per 100k240.78%
135Australia7.2 per 100k12.8 per 100k3,3330.88%
136Equatorial Guinea7.4 per 100k4.9 per 100k740.81%
137Maldives7.6 per 100k5.7 per 100k310.9%
138Zimbabwe7.7 per 100k4.2 per 100k6400.88%
139France7.8 per 100k18.6 per 100k12,1720.99%
139Kyrgyzstan7.8 per 100k6.4 per 100k4310.98%
141Indonesia8 per 100k8.5 per 100k23,8050.92%
141Mozambique8 per 100k5 per 100k1,6560.81%
141Ivory Coast8 per 100k4.7 per 100k1,2900.86%
141Sao Tome and Principe8 per 100k5.3 per 100k120.88%
145Benin8.2 per 100k4.9 per 100k6220.8%
146French Polynesia8.5 per 100k11.6 per 100k330.95%
147Mali8.6 per 100k4.2 per 100k9030.95%
148Brunei8.7 per 100k9 per 100k401%
149Uganda8.9 per 100k4.1 per 100k1,9630.99%
149Romania8.9 per 100k19.4 per 100k3,6821.1%
149Gabon8.9 per 100k6.6 per 100k1530.94%
152New Caledonia9 per 100k12.7 per 100k371%
153Japan9.2 per 100k33 per 100k41,3881.1%
154Haiti9.3 per 100k7.8 per 100k9090.92%
154Mauritania9.3 per 100k5.9 per 100k2911%
156Fiji9.7 per 100k9.7 per 100k881.1%
157Niger9.8 per 100k4.6 per 100k1,2071.1%
157Nicaragua9.8 per 100k8.8 per 100k5981.1%
159Moldova10.1 per 100k16.4 per 100k6571.2%
160Myanmar10.7 per 100k11 per 100k6,0721.2%
160Armenia10.7 per 100k18.1 per 100k5391.2%
162Solomon Islands10.9 per 100k7.2 per 100k521.2%
163Senegal11.1 per 100k6.5 per 100k1,1431.2%
164Papua New Guinea12 per 100k8 per 100k7451.4%
165Singapore12.1 per 100k24.3 per 100k1,4421.4%
165Vanuatu12.1 per 100k8.1 per 100k261.5%
167Philippines12.4 per 100k11.2 per 100k12,5441.5%
168Guinea-Bissau13.3 per 100k7.4 per 100k1521.4%
169South Korea13.7 per 100k28.8 per 100k14,7911.6%
170Liberia14.8 per 100k9.4 per 100k5011.6%
171China15 per 100k26 per 100k367,6571.7%
172Guam15.1 per 100k20.4 per 100k351.7%
173Guatemala15.5 per 100k11.4 per 100k2,1181.9%
174Ghana16.1 per 100k11.5 per 100k3,7311.6%
175North Korea16.4 per 100k23.8 per 100k6,1802%
176Burkina Faso17.1 per 100k8.7 per 100k1,9301.9%
177Gambia17.9 per 100k10.9 per 100k2781.8%
178Chad19.1 per 100k9.4 per 100k1,6402.2%
179Vietnam20.2 per 100k24.8 per 100k24,5022.4%
180Guinea21.3 per 100k11.4 per 100k1,5752.4%
181Thailand22.7 per 100k39.9 per 100k27,9362.7%
182Laos24.9 per 100k18.4 per 100k1,3792.9%
183Cambodia25.1 per 100k20.4 per 100k3,4972.8%
184Egypt32 per 100k26.3 per 100k27,9463.7%
185Mongolia96.1 per 100k79 per 100k2,66811.3%

What correlates with ASR (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,421 other country metrics sharing at least 111 countries. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher ASR tend to score higher on these

  1. Mutton and Goat Meat Consumption per CapitaLamb Consumption by Country
    r = +0.61 · strong · n = 173
    Plot
  2. Goat & Lamb ConsumptionMeat Consumption by Country
    r = +0.60 · strong · n = 173
    Plot
  3. Stomach Cancer Mortality ASRStomach Cancer Rates by Country
    r = +0.46 · moderate · n = 185
    Plot
  4. % Stomach Cancer Mortality at 74Stomach Cancer Rates by Country
    r = +0.46 · moderate · n = 184
    Plot
  5. % BuddhistsBuddhist Countries
    r = +0.40 · moderate · n = 185
    Plot
  6. Stomach Cancer ASRStomach Cancer Rates by Country
    r = +0.39 · moderate · n = 185
    Plot

Opposite directions

Places that have a higher ASR tend to score lower on these

  1. Oldest Park Founding YearNational Parks by Country
    r = −0.38 · moderate · n = 112
    Plot
  2. AB- Blood TypeBlood Type by Country
    r = −0.27 · weak · n = 120
    Plot
  3. Order of New Year ArrivalWhich Country Celebrates the New Year First?
    r = −0.26 · weak · n = 182
    Plot
  4. Environmental Sustainability ScoreEnergy Trilemma Energy Performance Index
    r = −0.25 · weak · n = 125
    Plot
  5. Depressive Disorder RateDepression Rates by Country
    r = −0.23 · weak · n = 177
    Plot
  6. Standard VAT Tax RatesVAT Tax by Country
    r = −0.23 · weak · n = 139
    Plot

Quick answers

Which country has the highest ASR?
Mongolia has the highest ASR in 2022, at 96.1 per 100k, followed by Egypt (32 per 100k) and Cambodia (25.1 per 100k).
Which country has the lowest ASR?
Cape Verde has the lowest ASR in 2022, at 1.1 per 100k.
What is the median ASR across countries?
The median is 5.1 per 100k across the 185 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this liver cancer rates by country data come from?
Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Cancer Today - World Health Organization; About Cancer Today - World Health Organization.