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Prostate Cancer Rates by Country

Guadeloupe has the highest Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate in 2022 (157.5 per 100k), followed by Lithuania (135.0 per 100k) and Martinique (134.3 per 100k). Bhutan has the lowest (1.1 per 100k).

Year 2022185 of 235 countries
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Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate, 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
38.0 per 100k
Middle half 17.6 per 100k – 62.0 per 100k
Average
42.6 per 100k
185 countries
Lowest (best)
1.1 per 100k
Bhutan
Highest (worst)
157.5 per 100k
Guadeloupe

Data

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185 countries · # = rank by Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate
#
1Bhutan1.1 per 100k1.2 per 100k
2Yemen2.6 per 100k1.0 per 100k
3Nepal3.0 per 100k2.5 per 100k
4Bangladesh3.2 per 100k2.8 per 100k
5Mongolia3.3 per 100k1.9 per 100k
6North Korea3.7 per 100k4.1 per 100k
7Tajikistan3.9 per 100k2.2 per 100k
8Laos4.1 per 100k2.4 per 100k
9Myanmar4.2 per 100k3.4 per 100k
10Cambodia5.2 per 100k3.0 per 100k
11Niger5.5 per 100k2.0 per 100k
12India5.6 per 100k5.2 per 100k
13Saudi Arabia5.9 per 100k3.6 per 100k
14Turkmenistan6.1 per 100k4.0 per 100k
15Afghanistan6.5 per 100k2.5 per 100k
15Sri Lanka6.5 per 100k9.9 per 100k
17Pakistan6.7 per 100k4.4 per 100k
18Kyrgyzstan7.4 per 100k4.0 per 100k
19Timor-Leste7.8 per 100k4.6 per 100k
20Ethiopia8.0 per 100k3.8 per 100k
21China9.7 per 100k18.6 per 100k
22Uzbekistan10.3 per 100k7.1 per 100k
22Gambia10.3 per 100k3.8 per 100k
24Indonesia10.5 per 100k9.3 per 100k
24Maldives10.5 per 100k5.6 per 100k
26Azerbaijan10.8 per 100k11.0 per 100k
27Eritrea10.9 per 100k6.1 per 100k
28Qatar11.0 per 100k5.0 per 100k
29Djibouti11.1 per 100k7.7 per 100k
30Vietnam11.5 per 100k11.9 per 100k
31Sudan11.9 per 100k6.1 per 100k
32Albania12.2 per 100k28.7 per 100k
33Thailand12.5 per 100k23.0 per 100k
34Iraq12.7 per 100k5.6 per 100k
35Malaysia12.9 per 100k13.9 per 100k
36Bahrain13.4 per 100k6.4 per 100k
37Egypt13.5 per 100k9.7 per 100k
38United Arab Emirates13.8 per 100k4.5 per 100k
39Jordan15.1 per 100k9.0 per 100k
39Oman15.1 per 100k6.2 per 100k
41Algeria15.5 per 100k15.3 per 100k
41Kazakhstan15.5 per 100k14.6 per 100k
43Libya16.2 per 100k10.4 per 100k
44Kuwait16.6 per 100k10.2 per 100k
45Tunisia16.8 per 100k21.0 per 100k
46Palestine17.5 per 100k8.0 per 100k
47Syria17.6 per 100k11.5 per 100k
48Somalia18.5 per 100k7.4 per 100k
49Vanuatu19.4 per 100k12.3 per 100k
50Mali21.0 per 100k6.6 per 100k
51Sierra Leone21.2 per 100k9.0 per 100k
52Brunei21.4 per 100k18.6 per 100k
53Iran21.8 per 100k22.6 per 100k
54South Sudan22.0 per 100k10.2 per 100k
55Morocco23.6 per 100k26.3 per 100k
56Botswana23.9 per 100k13.4 per 100k
57Philippines24.1 per 100k17.3 per 100k
58Bosnia and Herzegovina24.5 per 100k58.0 per 100k
59Mauritius24.8 per 100k41.6 per 100k
60Gabon26.1 per 100k12.8 per 100k
61Ukraine26.4 per 100k46.2 per 100k
62Mauritania26.5 per 100k11.6 per 100k
63Senegal27.1 per 100k10.6 per 100k
64Lebanon27.9 per 100k32.1 per 100k
65Malawi28.0 per 100k9.3 per 100k
66Mozambique28.3 per 100k9.7 per 100k
66Papua New Guinea28.3 per 100k16.8 per 100k
68Honduras28.5 per 100k19.9 per 100k
69Guinea-Bissau28.8 per 100k10.3 per 100k
70South Korea29.3 per 100k63.8 per 100k
71Ghana30.4 per 100k14.6 per 100k
72Togo31.3 per 100k13.4 per 100k
72Central African Republic31.3 per 100k10.3 per 100k
74Equatorial Guinea31.9 per 100k10.8 per 100k
75Lesotho32.1 per 100k16.8 per 100k
76Singapore32.8 per 100k64.9 per 100k
77Comoros33.2 per 100k14.9 per 100k
78Madagascar33.4 per 100k14.8 per 100k
79Guinea34.0 per 100k11.1 per 100k
80Bolivia34.2 per 100k32.2 per 100k
81Georgia34.6 per 100k57.7 per 100k
81Moldova34.6 per 100k51.3 per 100k
83Ecuador35.0 per 100k38.2 per 100k
84Turkey35.3 per 100k40.9 per 100k
84Burkina Faso35.3 per 100k10.4 per 100k
86Montenegro36.1 per 100k70.8 per 100k
87Rwanda36.4 per 100k15.2 per 100k
88Nicaragua36.8 per 100k29.2 per 100k
89Serbia37.0 per 100k80.2 per 100k
90Armenia37.2 per 100k54.6 per 100k
91Solomon Islands37.9 per 100k22.6 per 100k
92Benin38.0 per 100k16.4 per 100k
92Burundi38.0 per 100k13.1 per 100k
94Bulgaria38.2 per 100k94.0 per 100k
95Cameroon38.6 per 100k14.7 per 100k
95Liberia38.6 per 100k17.6 per 100k
97Mexico39.1 per 100k41.3 per 100k
98Belize39.5 per 100k32.2 per 100k
99Kenya39.7 per 100k12.8 per 100k
100DR Congo40.1 per 100k16.4 per 100k
100Peru40.1 per 100k51.1 per 100k
102Eswatini41.0 per 100k17.3 per 100k
103Nigeria41.2 per 100k16.4 per 100k
104North Macedonia41.4 per 100k75.9 per 100k
105El Salvador41.9 per 100k45.5 per 100k
106Republic of the Congo42.3 per 100k15.2 per 100k
107Uganda43.1 per 100k11.3 per 100k
108Guatemala43.6 per 100k29.4 per 100k
108Cape Verde43.6 per 100k27.0 per 100k
110Guam43.7 per 100k62.5 per 100k
111Israel44.6 per 100k59.7 per 100k
112Argentina44.7 per 100k57.2 per 100k
113Sao Tome and Principe44.8 per 100k19.3 per 100k
114Tanzania45.4 per 100k15.2 per 100k
115Costa Rica45.6 per 100k69.4 per 100k
116Russia47.4 per 100k78.0 per 100k
117Angola47.9 per 100k15.1 per 100k
118Samoa49.1 per 100k33.4 per 100k
119Italy49.5 per 100k130.0 per 100k
120Japan50.1 per 100k170.2 per 100k
121Fiji50.2 per 100k47.4 per 100k
122Malta50.4 per 100k127.5 per 100k
123Greece51.4 per 100k138.9 per 100k
123Paraguay51.4 per 100k48.5 per 100k
125Venezuela52.3 per 100k57.1 per 100k
126Colombia52.6 per 100k65.2 per 100k
127Romania53.9 per 100k112.9 per 100k
128Germany54.2 per 100k157.2 per 100k
129Poland56.0 per 100k123.0 per 100k
130Panama56.2 per 100k66.4 per 100k
131Netherlands57.0 per 100k139.3 per 100k
132Cuba58.1 per 100k119.4 per 100k
133Uruguay59.0 per 100k98.5 per 100k
134Reunion59.6 per 100k104.5 per 100k
135Canada60.1 per 100k134.1 per 100k
136Cyprus60.9 per 100k113.0 per 100k
137Austria61.0 per 100k132.6 per 100k
138Guyana61.9 per 100k64.8 per 100k
139South Africa62.0 per 100k43.2 per 100k
140Chile62.3 per 100k101.9 per 100k
140French Polynesia62.3 per 100k84.2 per 100k
142Portugal62.6 per 100k156.8 per 100k
143Ivory Coast63.8 per 100k28.9 per 100k
143Namibia63.8 per 100k27.2 per 100k
145Zambia65.4 per 100k17.0 per 100k
146Iceland65.6 per 100k127.3 per 100k
147Spain66.5 per 100k143.5 per 100k
148Belarus68.2 per 100k113.1 per 100k
149Zimbabwe68.3 per 100k23.3 per 100k
150Hungary68.5 per 100k145.5 per 100k
151Switzerland69.1 per 100k157.7 per 100k
152Slovakia69.2 per 100k135.6 per 100k
153Croatia69.5 per 100k165.7 per 100k
154Haiti69.8 per 100k50.4 per 100k
155Czechia70.0 per 100k150.4 per 100k
156Slovenia72.6 per 100k170.5 per 100k
157Trinidad and Tobago73.6 per 100k111.7 per 100k
158United Kingdom74.0 per 100k163.8 per 100k
159Luxembourg74.7 per 100k136.3 per 100k
160United States75.2 per 100k138.9 per 100k
160Suriname75.2 per 100k71.1 per 100k
162Brazil76.3 per 100k97.0 per 100k
163Denmark76.7 per 100k181.0 per 100k
164Australia77.2 per 100k140.3 per 100k
165Belgium81.7 per 100k181.7 per 100k
166Chad82.2 per 100k29.7 per 100k
166Finland82.2 per 100k216.3 per 100k
168France82.3 per 100k180.7 per 100k
169New Zealand82.9 per 100k156.6 per 100k
170New Caledonia84.3 per 100k114.3 per 100k
171Jamaica85.7 per 100k108.0 per 100k
172Dominican Republic86.1 per 100k89.1 per 100k
173Bahamas89.1 per 100k102.2 per 100k
174Saint Lucia93.9 per 100k142.7 per 100k
175French Guiana94.1 per 100k80.4 per 100k
176Puerto Rico95.2 per 100k212.2 per 100k
177Latvia97.3 per 100k194.8 per 100k
178Estonia98.8 per 100k186.9 per 100k
179Ireland99.8 per 100k169.1 per 100k
180Barbados100.5 per 100k188.4 per 100k
181Sweden104.3 per 100k229.0 per 100k
182Norway109.9 per 100k225.0 per 100k
183Martinique134.3 per 100k355.2 per 100k
184Lithuania135.0 per 100k260.5 per 100k
185Guadeloupe157.5 per 100k358.4 per 100k

What correlates with Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate (2022)?

Pearson r against 1,421 other country metrics sharing at least 111 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 Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate tend to score higher on these (or rank better)

  1. 1 Member HouseholdsNumber of Households by Country
    r = +0.72 · very strong · n = 172
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  2. LP Natural EnvironmentLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = +0.71 · very strong · n = 164
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  3. Press Freedom Index Score (RSF)Freedom Index by Country
    r = +0.70 · strong · n = 170
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  4. Male Cancer Rate ASRCancer Rates by Country
    r = +0.69 · strong · n = 183
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  5. LP Personal FreedomLegatum Prosperity IndexA rank: rank 1 is the best
    r = +0.69 · strong · n = 164
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  6. Environmental QualitySocial Progress Index by Country
    r = +0.67 · strong · n = 168
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate tend to score lower on these (or rank worse)

  1. Teetotalers FemaleTeetotalism by Country
    r = −0.68 · strong · n = 172
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  2. TeetotalersTeetotalism by Country
    r = −0.66 · strong · n = 172
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  3. Teetotalers MaleTeetotalism by Country
    r = −0.64 · strong · n = 172
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  4. Human RightsFailed States
    r = −0.64 · strong · n = 174
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  5. Civil Liberties Freedom RatingVoting Rights by Country
    r = −0.63 · strong · n = 168
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  6. ObjectiveLists Conservative Country ScoreMost Conservative Countries
    r = −0.62 · strong · n = 157
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate?
Guadeloupe has the highest Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate in 2022, at 157.5 per 100k, followed by Lithuania (135.0 per 100k) and Martinique (134.3 per 100k).
Which country has the lowest Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate?
Bhutan has the lowest Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate in 2022, at 1.1 per 100k.
What is the median Prostate Cancer Age-Standardized Rate across countries?
The median is 38.0 per 100k across the 185 countries with data in 2022.
Where does this prostate 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; Prostate Cancer in Elderly Men - National Library of Medicine.

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