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EU countries by cancer death rate (age-standardised)

Hungary had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2013, at 349.4 per 100,000 people. Cyprus had the lowest, at 202.3 per 100,000 people. The median was 259.6 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 261.2 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest349.4Hungary
Lowest202.3Cyprus
Median259.627 EU countries
European Union (27)261.2History

All EU countries, 2013

Hungary: 349.4 per 100,000 peopleHungary349.4Croatia: 333.8 per 100,000 peopleCroatia333.8Slovakia: 327.1 per 100,000 peopleSlovakia327.1Slovenia: 314.7 per 100,000 peopleSlovenia314.7Denmark: 301.6 per 100,000 peopleDenmark301.6Latvia: 300.6 per 100,000 peopleLatvia300.6Poland: 292.4 per 100,000 peoplePoland292.4Estonia: 291.1 per 100,000 peopleEstonia291.1Czechia: 289.7 per 100,000 peopleCzechia289.7Ireland: 286.5 per 100,000 peopleIreland286.5Netherlands: 284.4 per 100,000 peopleNetherlands284.4Lithuania: 272.6 per 100,000 peopleLithuania272.6Romania: 269.8 per 100,000 peopleRomania269.8Belgium: 259.6 per 100,000 peopleBelgium259.6Germany: 257.9 per 100,000 peopleGermany257.9Greece: 250.9 per 100,000 peopleGreece250.9Italy: 250.6 per 100,000 peopleItaly250.6Austria: 249.7 per 100,000 peopleAustria249.7Bulgaria: 246.2 per 100,000 peopleBulgaria246.2France: 246.2 per 100,000 peopleFrance246.2Luxembourg: 243.8 per 100,000 peopleLuxembourg243.8Portugal: 243 per 100,000 peoplePortugal243Spain: 238.9 per 100,000 peopleSpain238.9Sweden: 236.9 per 100,000 peopleSweden236.9Malta: 230.1 per 100,000 peopleMalta230.1Finland: 223 per 100,000 peopleFinland223Cyprus: 202.3 per 100,000 peopleCyprus202.3
per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

RankEU countries2013
per 100,000 people		Change on 2012
1Hungary349.4+7.2 pts
2Croatia333.8+49.8 pts
3Slovakia327.1+7.2 pts
4Slovenia314.7+8.9 pts
5Denmark301.6-14.1 pts
6Latvia300.6-5 pts
7Poland292.4-7.8 pts
8Estonia291.1-1 pts
9Czechia289.7-8.9 pts
10Ireland286.5-1.4 pts
11Netherlands284.4-13.4 pts
12Lithuania272.6-5.8 pts
13Romania269.8+1.1 pts
14Belgium259.6-0.8 pts
15Germany257.9-1.4 pts
16Greece250.9+2.2 pts
17Italy250.6-7.8 pts
18Austria249.7-6.2 pts
19Bulgaria246.2-2.6 pts
20France246.2-4.7 pts
21Luxembourg243.8-22.2 pts
22Portugal243-1.8 pts
23Spain238.9-4 pts
24Sweden236.9-2.7 pts
25Malta230.1-25 pts
26Finland223-0.9 pts
27Cyprus202.3-3.7 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 C00 to C97) per 100,000 inhabitants, age-standardised to the revised European Standard Population of 2013. Both sexes, all ages, by place of residence (Eurostat causes of death statistics).

Age standardisation removes the effect of different age structures, so EU countries and regions can be compared with each other. US age-adjusted rates use the 2000 US standard population and are not comparable with these. Death certification and cause coding differ between countries, and Eurostat flags some values as following a different definition. Eurostat publishes these rates about two and a half years after the reference year.

Every value in the ranking comes from the same publisher and the same period, so the EU countries are compared on one definition. Equal values share a rank.

How to cite

Eurostat. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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Eurostat, European Commission. (2026). Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2) (EU countries by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2013) [Data set]. Retrieved October 12, 2026, from https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table

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Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2013. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/cancer-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2013. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.

Chicago (author-date)

Eurostat, European Commission. 2026. Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2). EU countries by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2013. Dataset. Accessed October 12, 2026. https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Also distributed by Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/cancer-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2013.

Harvard

Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2013 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/cancer-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2013 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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Which EU country has the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised)?

Hungary, with 349.4 per 100,000 people in 2013, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

Which EU country has the lowest cancer death rate (age-standardised)?

Cyprus, with 202.3 per 100,000 people in 2013.

Where does this ranking come from?

Every value comes from one source and one period, so the places are comparable: Eurostat, European Commission, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

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