EU countries by cancer death rate (age-standardised)

Hungary had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2018, at 335.7 per 100,000 people. Cyprus had the lowest, at 204.6 per 100,000 people. The median was 246 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 249.6 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest335.7Hungary

Lowest204.6Cyprus

Median24627 EU countries

European Union (27)249.6History

All EU countries, 2018

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

Rank	EU countries	2018 per 100,000 people	Change on 2017
1	Hungary	335.7	-5.4 pts
2	Croatia	323.9	+0.1 pts
3	Slovakia	310.6	-0.7 pts
4	Slovenia	309.3	+4.6 pts
5	Latvia	293.9	-4 pts
6	Estonia	292.4	+5.7 pts
7	Poland	291.2	+0.7 pts
8	Denmark	279.8	-4.9 pts
9	Romania	273.2	-2.4 pts
10	Lithuania	272.8	-0.9 pts
11	Czechia	272.1	-0.8 pts
12	Netherlands	269.8	-6.9 pts
13	Ireland	262.1	-4.5 pts
14	Germany	246	-0.6 pts
15	Portugal	243.4	-0.1 pts
16	Greece	241.7	-3.7 pts
17	Malta	237.3	+16.1 pts
18	Italy	235.5	-2.3 pts
19	Austria	234	-0.3 pts
20	France	233.4	-5.5 pts
21	Bulgaria	232.5	+0.1 pts
22	Belgium	231	-7.5 pts
23	Luxembourg	225.8	-9.6 pts
24	Spain	221.9	-4.7 pts
25	Sweden	221.3	-8.2 pts
26	Finland	212.8	-4.1 pts
27	Cyprus	204.6	-3.9 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), 2018) [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), 2018. 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=2018. 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), 2018. 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=2018.

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), 2018 [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=2018 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

BibTeX

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

Hungary, with 335.7 per 100,000 people in 2018, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Cyprus, with 204.6 per 100,000 people in 2018.

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.