Which country has the highest New Cases?

United States has the highest New Cases in 2023, at 78.1K, followed by Germany (22.9K) and United Kingdom (17K).

Which country has the lowest New Cases?

Niue has the lowest New Cases in 2023, at 0.01.

What is the median New Cases across countries?

The median is 96.33 across the 201 countries with data in 2023.

Where does this skin cancer rates by country data come from?

Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Global Burden of Disease - IHME; Ranking (Melanoma of skin), estimated number of new cases in 2020, both sexes, ages 0-74 (excl. NMSC) - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).

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United States has the highest New Cases in 2023 (78.1K), followed by Germany (22.9K) and United Kingdom (17K). Niue has the lowest (0.01).

Health204 countries · 12 metricsUpdated May 21, 2026Original page

2 sources

Global Burden of Disease - IHME
Ranking (Melanoma of skin), estimated number of new cases in 2020, both sexes, ages 0-74 (excl. NMSC) - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC)

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Ranking

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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

96.33

Middle half 14.2 – 733.3

Average

1,513

201 countries

Lowest (best)

0.01

Niue

Highest (worst)

78.1K

United States

Over time · 2020–2023

The top 5 in 2023, against the median.

Median of all countries
Niue
Nauru
Tuvalu
Sao Tome and Principe
Kiribati

Data

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204 countries · # = rank by New Cases

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1	Niue	0.01	0.5 per 100k	0.21	12.39 per 100k
2	Nauru	0.04	0.34 per 100k	0.53	4.33 per 100k
3	Tuvalu	0.05	0.45 per 100k	0.74	6.74 per 100k
4	Sao Tome and Principe	0.06	0.03 per 100k	10.79	4.86 per 100k
5	Kiribati	0.07	0.06 per 100k	6.38	4.99 per 100k
6	Marshall Islands	0.14	0.33 per 100k	2.21	5.3 per 100k
7	Micronesia	0.17	0.15 per 100k	6.25	6.04 per 100k
7	Northern Mariana Islands	0.17	0.35 per 100k	4.24	8.94 per 100k
9	Cook Islands	0.23	1.55 per 100k	1.66	11.28 per 100k
10	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.3	0.65 per 100k	5.74	11.94 per 100k
11	Tonga	0.32	0.32 per 100k	10.5	10.05 per 100k
12	Guam	0.36	0.76 per 100k	17.47	11.09 per 100k
13	Palau	0.39	2.13 per 100k	2.3	12.83 per 100k
14	Vanuatu	0.48	0.16 per 100k	16.85	5.11 per 100k
15	American Samoa	0.49	0.95 per 100k	4.26	8.7 per 100k
16	Dominica	0.69	1.05 per 100k	8.25	11.92 per 100k
17	Maldives	0.8	0.17 per 100k	10.6	1.95 per 100k
18	Grenada	1.52	1.37 per 100k	12.96	11.37 per 100k
19	Seychelles	1.82	2 per 100k	14.6	13.74 per 100k
20	Cape Verde	1.86	0.52 per 100k	32.94	6.66 per 100k
21	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.94	1.87 per 100k	16.07	13.84 per 100k
22	Solomon Islands	2.04	0.27 per 100k	39.24	4.56 per 100k
23	Greenland	2.17	3.4 per 100k	56.25	99.36 per 100k
24	Bhutan	2.22	0.33 per 100k	14.44	1.93 per 100k
25	Antigua and Barbuda	2.31	2.87 per 100k	10.17	11.2 per 100k
26	Fiji	2.81	0.34 per 100k	66.16	7.05 per 100k
27	Belize	3.03	0.77 per 100k	29.22	7.06 per 100k
28	Samoa	3.12	1.56 per 100k	13.77	6.28 per 100k
29	Timor-Leste	3.35	0.27 per 100k	26.06	1.82 per 100k
30	Comoros	3.83	0.45 per 100k	59.97	6.8 per 100k
31	Guinea-Bissau	4.13	0.26 per 100k	68.31	3.15 per 100k
32	Saint Lucia	4.19	2.45 per 100k	21.24	11.87 per 100k
33	Bahrain	4.42	0.35 per 100k	58.12	3.71 per 100k
34	United States Virgin Islands	4.86	6.44 per 100k	14.6	17.37 per 100k
35	Guyana	4.9	0.77 per 100k	54.49	6.68 per 100k
36	Gambia	4.98	0.25 per 100k	70.23	2.78 per 100k
37	Brunei	5.1	1.24 per 100k	25.41	5.53 per 100k
38	Suriname	5.39	0.86 per 100k	51.45	8.66 per 100k
39	Mauritius	5.99	0.63 per 100k	46.3	3.63 per 100k
40	Barbados	6.82	2.43 per 100k	41.02	13.63 per 100k
41	Benin	7.17	0.06 per 100k	475.2	3.34 per 100k
42	San Marino	7.95	26.18 per 100k	31.82	90.5 per 100k
43	Kuwait	9.34	0.24 per 100k	191.0	4.08 per 100k
44	Qatar	10.28	0.41 per 100k	89.62	2.89 per 100k
45	Monaco	10.62	29.37 per 100k	39.72	102.12 per 100k
46	Andorra	12.43	15.29 per 100k	67.77	74.98 per 100k
47	Bermuda	12.86	22.01 per 100k	25.21	40.01 per 100k
48	Trinidad and Tobago	13.53	0.98 per 100k	96.81	6.98 per 100k
49	Bahamas	13.61	2.7 per 100k	34.82	8.43 per 100k
50	Palestine	13.63	0.3 per 100k	194.8	3.6 per 100k
51	Mauritania	14.15	0.42 per 100k	181.8	3.95 per 100k
52	Ghana	14.24	0.06 per 100k	1,400	4.21 per 100k
53	Papua New Guinea	15.48	0.17 per 100k	688.6	6.2 per 100k
54	Djibouti	16.75	1.47 per 100k	76.06	5.47 per 100k
55	Eswatini	17.84	1.62 per 100k	161.8	13.64 per 100k
56	Lesotho	18.14	1.1 per 100k	277.8	14.48 per 100k
57	Mongolia	18.23	0.57 per 100k	729.4	21.07 per 100k
58	Liberia	20.14	0.42 per 100k	207.3	3.62 per 100k
59	Laos	20.67	0.34 per 100k	145.3	1.93 per 100k
60	Togo	21.17	0.31 per 100k	343.1	4.01 per 100k
61	Sierra Leone	23.59	0.36 per 100k	290.5	3.62 per 100k
62	United Arab Emirates	25.95	0.35 per 100k	533.1	5.26 per 100k
63	Chad	26.23	0.18 per 100k	501.5	2.6 per 100k
64	Burkina Faso	28.23	0.17 per 100k	826.7	3.41 per 100k
65	Senegal	31.19	0.26 per 100k	1,106	5.9 per 100k
66	Cambodia	31.45	0.23 per 100k	414.2	2.41 per 100k
67	Honduras	31.77	0.31 per 100k	2,320	21.65 per 100k
68	Afghanistan	34.08	0.1 per 100k	773.0	2.13 per 100k
69	Libya	34.29	0.45 per 100k	272.4	3.68 per 100k
70	Oman	35.33	0.75 per 100k	191.6	3.73 per 100k
71	Equatorial Guinea	35.71	3.13 per 100k	63.41	3.9 per 100k
72	Armenia	38.62	1.4 per 100k	1,513	49.92 per 100k
73	Gabon	43.89	3.06 per 100k	146.4	7.65 per 100k
74	Nepal	46.01	0.17 per 100k	513.6	1.65 per 100k
75	Jamaica	47.18	1.57 per 100k	223.5	7.85 per 100k
76	Kyrgyzstan	48.14	0.77 per 100k	1,600	22.07 per 100k
77	Turkmenistan	49.16	0.91 per 100k	1,307	23.31 per 100k
78	El Salvador	49.87	0.87 per 100k	1,945	31.44 per 100k
79	Central African Republic	49.97	0.96 per 100k	290.7	4.43 per 100k
80	Tajikistan	51.21	0.64 per 100k	1,754	16.42 per 100k
81	Jordan	51.73	0.42 per 100k	713.5	5.41 per 100k
82	Botswana	51.79	2.34 per 100k	384.4	15.72 per 100k
83	Syria	53	0.35 per 100k	946.6	5.32 per 100k
84	Yemen	56.16	0.19 per 100k	985.6	2.77 per 100k
85	Egypt	61.87	0.08 per 100k	4,077	3.71 per 100k
86	Nicaragua	62.46	0.86 per 100k	1,617	23.73 per 100k
87	Tunisia	68.49	0.79 per 100k	996.2	8.32 per 100k
88	Malta	69.06	12.58 per 100k	467.7	84 per 100k
89	Haiti	69.63	0.61 per 100k	584.0	4.33 per 100k
90	Somalia	70.18	0.35 per 100k	842.9	3.85 per 100k
91	Montenegro	70.83	11.96 per 100k	329.3	50.34 per 100k
92	Dominican Republic	78.1	0.79 per 100k	945.6	8.43 per 100k
93	Panama	80.74	2.2 per 100k	1,215	28.92 per 100k
94	Saudi Arabia	84.54	0.28 per 100k	912.1	2.76 per 100k
95	Guatemala	85.82	0.6 per 100k	3,991	24.23 per 100k
96	Guinea	86.28	0.8 per 100k	445.9	3.15 per 100k
97	Cameroon	86.78	0.34 per 100k	1,119	3.3 per 100k
98	Iceland	89.06	27.73 per 100k	242.9	62.83 per 100k
99	Lebanon	92.11	2.02 per 100k	647.8	11.36 per 100k
100	Eritrea	94.43	1.67 per 100k	351.7	5.01 per 100k
101	Republic of the Congo	96.33	—	310.9	5.08 per 100k
102	Puerto Rico	106.0	3.73 per 100k	658.9	19.99 per 100k
103	Namibia	108.2	3.77 per 100k	385.9	12.81 per 100k
104	Niger	108.9	0.5 per 100k	679.9	2.55 per 100k
105	Mozambique	110.6	0.39 per 100k	1,272	3.82 per 100k
106	Azerbaijan	110.6	1.03 per 100k	3,274	31.12 per 100k
107	South Sudan	115.6	1.45 per 100k	414	4.2 per 100k
108	Luxembourg	118.7	20.19 per 100k	451.3	68.49 per 100k
109	Ivory Coast	119	0.49 per 100k	8,264	2.44 per 100k
110	Zimbabwe	125.8	0.68 per 100k	1,482	9.3 per 100k
111	Burundi	126.9	1.08 per 100k	517	3.62 per 100k
112	Paraguay	129.0	1.97 per 100k	499.4	7.9 per 100k
113	Singapore	141.8	2.8 per 100k	752.6	13.22 per 100k
114	Sri Lanka	146.1	0.93 per 100k	753.9	3.33 per 100k
115	Albania	147.2	5.38 per 100k	1,332	54.94 per 100k
116	Mali	149.8	0.78 per 100k	767.5	3.17 per 100k
117	Georgia	151.0	4.1 per 100k	2,238	62.51 per 100k
118	Zambia	170.5	0.96 per 100k	679.6	3.24 per 100k
119	Costa Rica	171.3	4.19 per 100k	2,365	45.42 per 100k
120	Sudan	171.9	0.51 per 100k	1,483	3.96 per 100k
121	Rwanda	179.6	1.88 per 100k	697	5 per 100k
122	Uzbekistan	203.2	0.64 per 100k	7,900	22.35 per 100k
123	Bolivia	207.9	1.63 per 100k	1,884	15.61 per 100k
124	Myanmar	213.5	0.4 per 100k	1,338	2.33 per 100k
125	Malaysia	221.5	0.76 per 100k	1,430	4.19 per 100k
126	Estonia	226.1	17.7 per 100k	663.3	49.01 per 100k
127	Iraq	230.6	0.62 per 100k	1,423	3.22 per 100k
128	Cyprus	239.5	17.66 per 100k	745.1	54.46 per 100k
129	Latvia	240.8	12.45 per 100k	872.4	46.06 per 100k
130	Uruguay	246.7	8.01 per 100k	1,968	57.86 per 100k
131	Ecuador	295.4	1.7 per 100k	4,852	27.32 per 100k
132	Madagascar	308.0	1.34 per 100k	1,217	3.95 per 100k
133	North Macedonia	319.4	17.58 per 100k	1,008	54.43 per 100k
134	Thailand	330.1	0.56 per 100k	5,320	8.09 per 100k
135	Bosnia and Herzegovina	334.0	10.6 per 100k	1,869	58.54 per 100k
136	Kazakhstan	368.2	1.72 per 100k	6,100	29.9 per 100k
137	North Korea	374.2	1.55 per 100k	1,754	6.64 per 100k
138	Lithuania	377.8	14.41 per 100k	1,472	51.85 per 100k
139	Morocco	389.2	1.15 per 100k	1,527	4.14 per 100k
140	Kenya	395.6	0.86 per 100k	2,391	4.59 per 100k
141	Cuba	396.6	3.11 per 100k	3,169	28 per 100k
142	Algeria	397.1	1 per 100k	2,597	5.84 per 100k
143	Angola	437.9	1.57 per 100k	1,573	4.36 per 100k
144	Philippines	455.4	0.41 per 100k	3,052	2.67 per 100k
145	Vietnam	459.4	0.52 per 100k	3,478	3.37 per 100k
146	Venezuela	494.4	1.87 per 100k	10.2K	39.81 per 100k
147	Bangladesh	523.1	0.4 per 100k	2,660	1.53 per 100k
148	Malawi	537.6	2.89 per 100k	872.6	4.21 per 100k
149	Ethiopia	686.8	0.87 per 100k	5,271	4.65 per 100k
150	Tanzania	717.3	1.17 per 100k	2,964	4.53 per 100k
151	Pakistan	733.3	0.32 per 100k	7,215	2.96 per 100k
152	Slovenia	762.2	36.97 per 100k	1,515	71.59 per 100k
153	Peru	767.3	2.13 per 100k	5,980	16.55 per 100k
154	Slovakia	779.1	14.31 per 100k	3,221	59.44 per 100k
155	Croatia	853.6	21.82 per 100k	2,133	54.85 per 100k
156	Bulgaria	859.0	11.49 per 100k	5,919	85.45 per 100k
157	Chile	900.4	5.14 per 100k	10.3K	54 per 100k
158	Uganda	954.3	2.58 per 100k	1,748	3.83 per 100k
159	Taiwan	962.4	4.48 per 100k	1,956	8.43 per 100k
160	South Africa	978.2	1.84 per 100k	16.1K	25.19 per 100k
161	Serbia	1,011	11.61 per 100k	4,712	52.51 per 100k
162	Nigeria	1,057	0.56 per 100k	13.3K	5.45 per 100k
163	Indonesia	1,077	0.38 per 100k	8,707	3.03 per 100k
164	Colombia	1,173	2.57 per 100k	19K	36.51 per 100k
165	Ireland	1,197	25.99 per 100k	4,997	93.83 per 100k
166	Hungary	1,288	13.18 per 100k	6,010	62.43 per 100k
167	Belarus	1,309	15.32 per 100k	3,931	41.39 per 100k
168	Romania	1,424	7.58 per 100k	9,047	46.82 per 100k
169	Greece	1,459	14.01 per 100k	10.2K	95.64 per 100k
170	Iran	1,599	1.97 per 100k	7,839	8.92 per 100k
171	DR Congo	1,615	2.23 per 100k	4,401	4.67 per 100k
172	Portugal	1,635	16.6 per 100k	6,651	63.11 per 100k
173	Israel	1,658	17.64 per 100k	5,558	55.64 per 100k
174	Argentina	1,792	4.06 per 100k	20.5K	43.11 per 100k
175	Norway	1,874	39.45 per 100k	4,382	80.1 per 100k
176	Mexico	2,020	1.57 per 100k	47.4K	35.93 per 100k
177	Denmark	2,180	37.71 per 100k	5,448	92.19 per 100k
178	Belgium	2,415	21.31 per 100k	9,008	77.58 per 100k
179	Switzerland	2,454	27.4 per 100k	9,603	106.8 per 100k
180	Finland	2,574	30.1 per 100k	4,991	89.87 per 100k
181	Czechia	2,664	23.6 per 100k	9,490	87.13 per 100k
182	Austria	2,680	30.95 per 100k	6,335	69.9 per 100k
183	Turkey	2,862	3.57 per 100k	12.9K	15 per 100k
184	New Zealand	2,871	63.48 per 100k	83K	1,620.68 per 100k
185	Ukraine	3,362	8.39 per 100k	18.4K	46.85 per 100k
186	India	3,372	0.25 per 100k	26.4K	1.83 per 100k
187	Sweden	3,550	35.96 per 100k	8,614	81.25 per 100k
188	Poland	3,680	9.85 per 100k	16.2K	41.52 per 100k
189	Japan	4,804	4.46 per 100k	21.8K	17.45 per 100k
190	Brazil	5,437	2.8 per 100k	59.8K	28.21 per 100k
191	Netherlands	6,361	37.01 per 100k	12.4K	69.51 per 100k
192	Canada	7,216	20.04 per 100k	307.8K	801.51 per 100k
193	Spain	7,849	17.5 per 100k	44.7K	93.7 per 100k
194	Russia	12.8K	8.82 per 100k	52.9K	35.6 per 100k
195	Italy	13.4K	22.51 per 100k	65.1K	110.58 per 100k
196	Australia	13.9K	53.34 per 100k	444.9K	1,650.72 per 100k
197	China	15.1K	1.16 per 100k	211.8K	14.81 per 100k
198	France	16.8K	27.54 per 100k	66.6K	95.36 per 100k
199	United Kingdom	17K	27.68 per 100k	50.6K	73.13 per 100k
200	Germany	22.9K	28.79 per 100k	63.8K	75.55 per 100k
201	United States	78.1K	23.75 per 100k	5.2M	1,539.44 per 100k
—	South Korea	—	4.25 per 100k	6,016	11.64 per 100k
—	Moldova	—	5.21 per 100k	1,458	40.4 per 100k
—	Tokelau	—	0.28 per 100k	0.15	9.43 per 100k

What correlates with New Cases (2023)?

Pearson r against 1,361 other country metrics sharing at least 121 countries, 1 near-identical series hidden. Correlation is not causation.

Higher together

Places that have a higher New Cases tend to score higher on these

Melanoma Prevalence - MaleMale Skin Cancer Rates by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 201
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Melanoma Prevalence - FemaleFemale Skin Cancer Rates by Country
r = +0.99 · very strong · n = 201
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Melanoma Deaths - MaleMale Skin Cancer Rates by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 200
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Decaffeinated or Roasted Coffee Total ConsumptionCoffee Consumption by Country
r = +0.96 · very strong · n = 159
Plot
Annual Reddit UsersReddit Users by Country
r = +0.95 · very strong · n = 162
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IPv4 AllocatedIP Address by Country
r = +0.94 · very strong · n = 201
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Opposite directions

Places that have a higher New Cases tend to score lower on these

ZeroPark 2020Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.55 · strong · n = 201
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% of Children Ever BreastfedBreastfeeding Rates by Country
r = −0.50 · moderate · n = 121
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CyberCash 2019Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.44 · moderate · n = 201
Plot
Year of First Oscar SubmissionOscar Winners by Country
r = −0.42 · moderate · n = 124
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RichAds 2024Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.40 · moderate · n = 133
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Marketing Experts 2023Tier 1 Countries
r = −0.39 · moderate · n = 140
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Quick answers

Which country has the highest New Cases?: United States has the highest New Cases in 2023, at 78.1K, followed by Germany (22.9K) and United Kingdom (17K).
Which country has the lowest New Cases?: Niue has the lowest New Cases in 2023, at 0.01.
What is the median New Cases across countries?: The median is 96.33 across the 201 countries with data in 2023.
Where does this skin cancer rates by country data come from?: Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Global Burden of Disease - IHME; Ranking (Melanoma of skin), estimated number of new cases in 2020, both sexes, ages 0-74 (excl. NMSC) - International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC).