EU countries by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised)

Hungary had the highest lung cancer death rate (age-standardised) of 27 EU countries in 2021, at 77.9 per 100,000 people. Sweden had the lowest, at 32.5 per 100,000 people. The median was 44.5 per 100,000 people and the figure for the European Union (27) was 47 per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, European Commission.

Highest77.9Hungary

Lowest32.5Sweden

Median44.527 EU countries

European Union (27)47History

All EU countries, 2021

per 100,000 people. Source: Eurostat, Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.

Full ranking

Rank	EU countries	2021 per 100,000 people	Change on 2020
1	Hungary	77.9	-3.1 pts
2	Croatia	63.1	+0.1 pts
3	Greece	57.1	-0.9 pts
4	Denmark	56.5	-0.6 pts
5	Poland	56.4	-4.1 pts
6	Netherlands	56.2	-1 pts
7	Slovenia	51.4	-1.9 pts
8	Belgium	49.3	-0.1 pts
9	Ireland	48.8	-3.3 pts
10	Germany	47	-0.5 pts
11	Latvia	45.8	-0.9 pts
12	Spain	45.2	+0.4 pts
13	Czechia	44.9	-3.9 pts
14	Austria	44.5	-0.2 pts
15	Romania	43.7	-5.4 pts
16	Estonia	43.7	-0.9 pts
17	Italy	43.6	-0.9 pts
18	France	43.1	-1.4 pts
19	Cyprus	42.4	+1.2 pts
20	Bulgaria	42.3	-2.5 pts
21	Slovakia	41.4	-6.2 pts
22	Luxembourg	40.6	+1.4 pts
23	Malta	40	+4.4 pts
24	Finland	37	+0.3 pts
25	Lithuania	36.7	-4.7 pts
26	Portugal	36.5	-0.6 pts
27	Sweden	32.5	-1 pts

Other periods

About this ranking

Deaths from [object Object] (ICD-10 C33 and C34) 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 C33_C34 (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 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2) (EU countries by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2021) [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 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2021. Eurostat, European Commission, 8 June 2026, https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table. Invokely, https://invokely.ai/rankings/lung-cancer-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2021. 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 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2). EU countries by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2021. 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/lung-cancer-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2021.

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Eurostat, European Commission (2026) Causes of death, standardised death rate by NUTS 2 region of residence, [object Object], ICD-10 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2), EU countries by lung cancer death rate (age-standardised), 2021 [Dataset]. Available at: https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/hlth_cd_asdr2/default/table, via Invokely: https://invokely.ai/rankings/lung-cancer-death-rate/eu-countries?period=2021 (Accessed: 12 October 2026).

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

Hungary, with 77.9 per 100,000 people in 2021, according to Eurostat, European Commission.

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

Sweden, with 32.5 per 100,000 people in 2021.

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 C33_C34 (hlth_cd_asdr2). Retrieved 2026-10-12.