list of countries by cancer rate list of countries by cancer rate this is a list of countries by cancer rate, as measured variously by the number of new cancer cases (frequency), or death rate (mortality), per 100,000 population among countries (and dependencies). cancer frequency this is a list of countries by cancer frequency, as measured by the number of new cancer cases per 100,000 population among countries, based on the 2018 globocan statistics and including all cancer types (some earlier statistics excluded non-melanoma skin cancer). the numbers are age standardized and data is only available for 50 countries and territories, the majority in europe, north america and oceania. in some cases, there are significant differences between the sexes; for example, while canada is 11th highest overall, it is 21st in men and 5th in women. rank country cancerrate 1 mongolia969.420 2 new zealand438.100 3 ireland373.700 4 hungary368.100 5 united states352.200 6 belgium345.800 7 france344.100 8 denmark340.400 9 norway337.800 10 netherlands334.100 11 canada334.000 12 france (new caledonia)324.200 13 united kingdom319.200 14 south korea313.500 15 germany313.100 16 switzerland311.000 17 luxembourg309.300 18 serbia307.900 19 slovenia304.900 20 latvia302.200 21 slovakia297.500 22 czech republic296.700 23 sweden294.700 24 italy290.600 25 croatia287.269 26 lithuania285.869 27 estonia283.369 28 greece279.800 29 spain272.369 30 finland266.200 31 uruguay263.469 32 belarus260.700 33 portugal259.569 34 iceland257.800 35 france (guadeloupe)254.600 36 united states (puerto rico)254.569 37 moldova254.200 38 poland253.800 39 cyprus250.800 40 france (martinique)250.800 41 malta249.400 42 singapore248.900 43 japan248.000 44 austria247.700 45 barbados247.500 46 france (french guiana)247.000 47 bulgaria242.800 48 lebanon242.800 49 france (french polynesia)240.600 50 israel233.600