EU regions (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised)
Dél-Dunántúl had the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 237 regions in 2020, at 340 per 100,000 people. Guyane had the lowest, at 176.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 238.9 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 242.1 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.
Top 40 regions, 2020
Full ranking
| Rank | Regions | 2020 | Change on 2019 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dél-Dunántúl | 340 | -12.2 pts |
| 2 | Região Autónoma dos Açores | 335.6 | -1.7 pts |
| 3 | Észak-Alföld | 331.7 | -13.1 pts |
| 4 | Észak-Magyarország | 329.7 | -19.9 pts |
| 5 | Közép-Dunántúl | 326 | -2.6 pts |
| 6 | Panonska Hrvatska | 324.4 | |
| 7 | Dél-Alföld | 319.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 8 | Wielkopolskie | 316.7 | +5.9 pts |
| 9 | Pest | 315.3 | -5.7 pts |
| 10 | Nyugat-Dunántúl | 314.1 | -1.8 pts |
| 11 | Sjeverna Hrvatska | 309.8 | |
| 12 | Severozápad | 309.6 | +7.3 pts |
| 13 | Západné Slovensko | 308.6 | +9.7 pts |
| 14 | Kujawsko-pomorskie | 305.8 | +0.9 pts |
| 15 | Dolnośląskie | 304.7 | +2.5 pts |
| 16 | Východné Slovensko | 302.5 | +15.4 pts |
| 17 | Budapest | 299.1 | -4.2 pts |
| 18 | Lubuskie | 298.9 | -6 pts |
| 19 | Latvija | 296.5 | +3.8 pts |
| 20 | Grad Zagreb | 296 | |
| 21 | Stredné Slovensko | 293.6 | +1.7 pts |
| 22 | Sjælland | 292.8 | -1.1 pts |
| 23 | Vzhodna Slovenija | 290 | -2.2 pts |
| 24 | Zahodna Slovenija | 288.5 | +2.9 pts |
| 25 | Jadranska Hrvatska | 288 | -9.4 pts |
| 26 | Drenthe | 287 | +11.8 pts |
| 27 | Bucureşti-Ilfov | 286.8 | +9.2 pts |
| 28 | Bratislavský kraj | 285.6 | +1.6 pts |
| 29 | Śląskie | 285.1 | -4 pts |
| 30 | Warmińsko-mazurskie | 283.8 | -15.1 pts |
| 31 | Zachodniopomorskie | 283 | -16.2 pts |
| 32 | Groningen | 282.8 | -19 pts |
| 33 | Vidurio ir vakarų Lietuvos regionas | 281.7 | +7.1 pts |
| 34 | Região Autónoma da Madeira | 281.2 | +8.4 pts |
| 35 | Pomorskie | 281 | -17.3 pts |
| 36 | Mazowiecki regionalny | 280.9 | -1 pts |
| 37 | Syddanmark | 280.3 | -11.1 pts |
| 38 | Střední Čechy | 278.8 | +4.9 pts |
| 39 | Sud-Est | 278 | -0 pts |
| 40 | Moravskoslezsko | 274.5 | -10.9 pts |
| 41 | Łódzkie | 273.8 | -8.4 pts |
| 42 | Jihozápad | 272.3 | -8 pts |
| 43 | Małopolskie | 272 | -0.2 pts |
| 44 | Nordjylland | 270.3 | -13.4 pts |
| 45 | Vest | 269.7 | -1.8 pts |
| 46 | Severozapaden | 268.9 | +16.2 pts |
| 47 | Friesland (NL) | 268.4 | +0.4 pts |
| 48 | Mecklenburg-Vorpommern | 267.5 | -7.5 pts |
| 49 | Warszawski stołeczny | 267.3 | -2 pts |
| 50 | Sachsen-Anhalt | 267.2 | -10.1 pts |
| 51 | Nord-Pas de Calais | 266.9 | -2.1 pts |
| 52 | Midtjylland | 266.8 | -13.2 pts |
| 53 | Overijssel | 266.4 | -8.9 pts |
| 54 | Nord-Vest | 265.8 | -4.6 pts |
| 55 | Nord-Est | 265.7 | -7.6 pts |
| 56 | Eesti | 265 | -14.6 pts |
| 57 | Centru | 265 | -10.5 pts |
| 58 | Arnsberg | 264.6 | -4.5 pts |
| 59 | Severovýchod | 264.2 | -3.8 pts |
| 60 | Gelderland | 262.5 | -8 pts |
| 61 | Severoiztochen | 262.2 | +5.4 pts |
| 62 | Sostinės regionas | 261.9 | -2.1 pts |
| 63 | Limburg (NL) | 261.8 | -4.5 pts |
| 64 | Podlaskie | 261.7 | -11 pts |
| 65 | Opolskie | 261 | -12.4 pts |
| 66 | Flevoland | 259.8 | -1.8 pts |
| 67 | Düsseldorf | 258.7 | -8.8 pts |
| 68 | Bremen | 258.6 | +0.1 pts |
| 69 | Haute-Normandie | 258.2 | -2.8 pts |
| 70 | Münster | 258.1 | -6.8 pts |
| 71 | Eastern and Midland | 258 | +2.3 pts |
| 72 | Noord-Holland | 257.7 | -3.8 pts |
| 73 | Noord-Brabant | 256.8 | -7.9 pts |
| 74 | Schleswig-Holstein | 256.3 | -6.6 pts |
| 75 | Southern | 256.1 | -8.7 pts |
| 76 | Attiki | 255.6 | +0.8 pts |
| 77 | Střední Morava | 255.2 | +1.8 pts |
| 78 | Trier | 255.1 | +10.5 pts |
| 79 | Saarland | 254.8 | -0.9 pts |
| 80 | Hovedstaden | 254.6 | -15.9 pts |
| 81 | Świętokrzyskie | 252.8 | -2 pts |
| 82 | Jihovýchod | 252.4 | -6.7 pts |
| 83 | Wien | 251.7 | +8.6 pts |
| 84 | Yuzhen tsentralen | 251.5 | -1.2 pts |
| 85 | Algarve | 251.3 | -9.1 pts |
| 86 | Berlin | 251.3 | +0.2 pts |
| 87 | Kentriki Makedonia | 251 | +0.9 pts |
| 88 | Brandenburg | 250.6 | +6.4 pts |
| 89 | Koblenz | 250.5 | +4.8 pts |
| 90 | Anatoliki Makedonia, Thraki | 250.5 | +6.1 pts |
| 91 | Prov. Hainaut | 249.9 | -4.4 pts |
| 92 | Northern and Western | 249.2 | -19.4 pts |
| 93 | Hamburg | 249 | -12 pts |
| 94 | Prov. Luxembourg (BE) | 248.9 | +5.7 pts |
| 95 | Lüneburg | 248.2 | -10.8 pts |
| 96 | Prov. Liège | 247.5 | +3.3 pts |
| 97 | Severen tsentralen | 247.4 | +1.3 pts |
| 98 | Prov. Namur | 247.2 | -10.1 pts |
| 99 | Åland | 246.9 | -13.3 pts |
| 100 | Praha | 246.4 | -17.8 pts |
| 101 | Lubelskie | 246 | +0.8 pts |
| 102 | Braunschweig | 245.9 | -8.4 pts |
| 103 | Gießen | 245.9 | +3.5 pts |
| 104 | Weser-Ems | 245.7 | -0.3 pts |
| 105 | Asturias | 245.1 | -2.9 pts |
| 106 | Köln | 244.9 | -11.3 pts |
| 107 | Sud-Muntenia | 244.4 | -4.8 pts |
| 108 | Campania | 243.9 | -2.6 pts |
| 109 | Leipzig | 243.6 | -5.1 pts |
| 110 | Hannover | 243.6 | +0.5 pts |
| 111 | Picardie | 243.1 | -10.6 pts |
| 112 | Zeeland | 242.8 | -4.6 pts |
| 113 | Auvergne | 241.9 | +1 pts |
| 114 | Basse-Normandie | 241.3 | +1.9 pts |
| 115 | Niederösterreich | 241.3 | -1.1 pts |
| 116 | Lorraine | 241.2 | -8.8 pts |
| 117 | Mellersta Norrland | 239.5 | +9.9 pts |
| 118 | Sardegna | 239.2 | -5.6 pts |
| 119 | Dytiki Elláda | 238.9 | -4.6 pts |
| 120 | Oberpfalz | 238.6 | +9.3 pts |
| 121 | Detmold | 238.5 | -6.3 pts |
| 122 | Mittelfranken | 238.4 | +4.5 pts |
| 123 | Oberfranken | 238.1 | +9.9 pts |
| 124 | Mayotte | 237.8 | +60.2 pts |
| 125 | Centre - Val de Loire | 237.7 | -3.1 pts |
| 126 | Rheinhessen-Pfalz | 237.7 | -4.3 pts |
| 126 | Thüringen | 237.7 | -3.8 pts |
| 128 | Champagne-Ardenne | 237.4 | -7.6 pts |
| 129 | Ionia Nisia | 237.2 | -1.6 pts |
| 130 | Bourgogne | 236.1 | -7 pts |
| 131 | Lombardia | 235.8 | -6.4 pts |
| 132 | Chemnitz | 235.8 | -4.8 pts |
| 133 | Podkarpackie | 235.7 | -4.1 pts |
| 134 | Limousin | 235.3 | +6.2 pts |
| 135 | Extremadura | 234.7 | -3 pts |
| 136 | Poitou-Charentes | 234.6 | -3.7 pts |
| 137 | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 233.5 | +1.8 pts |
| 138 | Kriti | 233.4 | +8.4 pts |
| 139 | Lazio | 232.3 | -5.1 pts |
| 140 | Steiermark | 232 | +1 pts |
| 141 | Pays de la Loire | 231.8 | -1.2 pts |
| 142 | Franche-Comté | 231.4 | +6.4 pts |
| 143 | Bretagne | 231.4 | -10.7 pts |
| 144 | Yugozapaden | 231.3 | +1.6 pts |
| 145 | Kassel | 230.6 | -4.7 pts |
| 146 | Norte | 230.6 | -6 pts |
| 147 | Languedoc-Roussillon | 230.6 | -5.2 pts |
| 148 | Voreio Aigaio | 230.2 | +28.9 pts |
| 149 | Burgenland | 229.8 | -2.7 pts |
| 150 | Alsace | 229.1 | -1.3 pts |
| 151 | Cantabria | 228.5 | -7.8 pts |
| 152 | Toscana | 228.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 153 | Darmstadt | 228 | -5.5 pts |
| 154 | Dresden | 227.7 | +0.4 pts |
| 155 | Niederbayern | 227.3 | -5.2 pts |
| 156 | Aquitaine | 227.2 | -4.7 pts |
| 157 | Sydsverige | 227 | +3.7 pts |
| 158 | Piemonte | 226.5 | -13.3 pts |
| 159 | Yugoiztochen | 226.2 | +3.4 pts |
| 160 | Liguria | 226 | -10.7 pts |
| 161 | Melilla | 225.2 | +0.7 pts |
| 162 | Region of Murcia | 224.7 | +5.5 pts |
| 163 | Valle d’Aosta/Vallée d’Aoste | 224.5 | +2.4 pts |
| 164 | Sicilia | 224.4 | -3.9 pts |
| 165 | Valencian Community | 224.1 | +5.2 pts |
| 166 | Galicia | 223.9 | -0.5 pts |
| 167 | Thessalia | 223.5 | -7.9 pts |
| 168 | Basque Country | 223.4 | -6.6 pts |
| 169 | Aragon | 223.2 | +2.6 pts |
| 170 | Dytiki Makedonia | 223.1 | -21.5 pts |
| 171 | Kärnten | 223 | +2.9 pts |
| 172 | Emilia-Romagna | 222.8 | -1.6 pts |
| 173 | La Rioja | 222.3 | -1.4 pts |
| 174 | Karlsruhe | 221.1 | -9.2 pts |
| 175 | Prov. Brabant wallon | 220.5 | +18.5 pts |
| 176 | Etelä-Suomi | 219.2 | -5.4 pts |
| 177 | Puglia | 218.9 | -2.7 pts |
| 178 | Prov. Oost-Vlaanderen | 218.8 | -12.5 pts |
| 179 | Peloponnisos | 218.4 | -11.1 pts |
| 180 | Oberösterreich | 218.2 | +2.1 pts |
| 181 | Freiburg | 217.8 | -2.4 pts |
| 182 | Provincia Autonoma di Trento | 217.7 | -1.4 pts |
| 183 | Västsverige | 217.4 | +0.6 pts |
| 184 | Castile and León | 217.3 | -0.1 pts |
| 185 | Canary Islands | 217.1 | -0.5 pts |
| 186 | Andalusia | 217 | -3.9 pts |
| 187 | Midi-Pyrénées | 216.6 | +1.7 pts |
| 188 | Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur | 216.4 | -4.2 pts |
| 189 | Notio Aigaio | 215.8 | -1.5 pts |
| 190 | Veneto | 215.8 | -2.1 pts |
| 191 | Schwaben | 215.4 | +1 pts |
| 192 | Östra Mellansverige | 215 | -10.5 pts |
| 193 | Navarre | 214.8 | +1.7 pts |
| 194 | Marche | 213.8 | +1.8 pts |
| 195 | Corse | 213.7 | +5 pts |
| 196 | Unterfranken | 213.6 | -7 pts |
| 197 | Région de Bruxelles-Capitale/ Brussels Hoofdstedelijk Gewest | 213.5 | -22.8 pts |
| 198 | Tirol | 212.9 | -6.3 pts |
| 199 | Oberbayern | 212.7 | +0.8 pts |
| 200 | Övre Norrland | 212.6 | +7.5 pts |
| 201 | Malta | 212.5 | +8.9 pts |
| 202 | Helsinki-Uusimaa | 212 | -0.7 pts |
| 203 | Prov. West-Vlaanderen | 211.8 | -2.4 pts |
| 204 | Ceuta | 211.7 | +10.2 pts |
| 205 | Prov. Antwerpen | 211.5 | -2.5 pts |
| 206 | Småland med öarna | 211.1 | -0.8 pts |
| 207 | Umbria | 211.1 | -1.4 pts |
| 208 | Sterea Elláda | 210.4 | -8.3 pts |
| 209 | Sud-Vest Oltenia | 210 | -6.6 pts |
| 210 | Ipeiros | 210 | +4.1 pts |
| 211 | Rhône-Alpes | 209.6 | -6.9 pts |
| 212 | Stuttgart | 209.5 | -2.6 pts |
| 213 | Prov. Vlaams-Brabant | 208.7 | -13 pts |
| 214 | Norra Mellansverige | 208.5 | -6.1 pts |
| 215 | Balearic Islands | 207.8 | -7.1 pts |
| 216 | Pohjois- ja Itä-Suomi | 207.4 | -0.6 pts |
| 217 | Catalonia | 207.2 | -8.3 pts |
| 218 | Länsi-Suomi | 207.1 | -6 pts |
| 219 | Calabria | 206.2 | 0 pts |
| 220 | Castilla-La Mancha | 206.2 | -9.7 pts |
| 221 | Abruzzo | 205.6 | -2.9 pts |
| 221 | Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano/Bozen | 205.6 | +2.2 pts |
| 223 | Kýpros | 205.5 | +9.9 pts |
| 224 | Tübingen | 205.1 | +1.3 pts |
| 225 | Salzburg | 204.7 | -6.1 pts |
| 226 | Prov. Limburg (BE) | 204.5 | -13.2 pts |
| 227 | La Réunion | 203.5 | +11.3 pts |
| 228 | Luxembourg | 203.1 | -16.2 pts |
| 229 | Martinique | 203 | +1.1 pts |
| 230 | Ile-de-France | 202.9 | -6.7 pts |
| 231 | Vorarlberg | 201.3 | -9.2 pts |
| 232 | Basilicata | 201 | -13.4 pts |
| 233 | Stockholm | 199.4 | -8.7 pts |
| 234 | Molise | 196.1 | -10.7 pts |
| 235 | Community of Madrid | 187.8 | -11.2 pts |
| 236 | Guadeloupe | 187.3 | -14.9 pts |
| 237 | Guyane | 176.5 | -31 pts |
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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 regions are compared on one definition. 7 regions with data in other periods have no value for 2020 and are left out rather than filled from another source. 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.Citation styles
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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 regions (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2020) [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 regions (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2020. 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-regions?period=2020. Accessed 12 Oct. 2026.
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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 regions (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2020. 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-regions?period=2020.
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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 regions (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2020 [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-regions?period=2020 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).
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author = {{Eurostat, European Commission}},
title = {{Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C (hlth\_cd\_asdr2): EU regions (NUTS 2) by cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2020}},
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Which region has the highest cancer death rate (age-standardised)?
Dél-Dunántúl, with 340 per 100,000 people in 2020, according to Eurostat, European Commission.
Which region has the lowest cancer death rate (age-standardised)?
Guyane, with 176.5 per 100,000 people in 2020.
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. 7 regions have no value for 2020 and are not ranked.
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