Cases by country

Where cancer is: new cases and deaths for 185 countries and 64 OnCo cancers, from GLOBOCAN 2022. Choose a cancer to rank countries, or one country to rank its cancers. Where the source does not report a cancer the way OnCo defines it, the page says so instead of guessing.

185 countries

All cancers → GLOBOCAN site: All cancers (excluding non-melanoma skin)

World 2022: 19,976,499 new cases, 9,743,832 deaths, incidence ASR 196.9, mortality ASR 91.7 per 100,000.

Incidence rate (ASR per 100k)lowhighno data / filtered out

#		HDI
1	Asia	High	4,824,703	201.6	2,574,176	96.5	0.53	20.5%	1,411.8M
2	Northern America	Very High	2,380,189	367.0	605,761	82.3	0.25	34.3%	334.8M
3	Asia	Medium	1,413,316	98.5	916,827	64.4	0.65	10.6%	1,406.6M
4	Asia	Very High	1,005,157	267.1	426,278	78.6	0.42	26.4%	125.6M
5	Europe	Very High	635,560	248.1	311,729	110.5	0.49	26.1%	145.8M
6	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	627,193	214.4	278,835	91.3	0.44	21.5%	215.4M
7	Europe	Very High	605,805	274.2	253,170	99.7	0.42	27.2%	83.9M
8	Europe	Very High	483,568	339.0	190,612	106.7	0.39	32.7%	65.6M
9	Europe	Very High	454,954	307.8	181,807	98.3	0.40	29.7%	68.5M
10	Europe	Very High	436,242	284.5	193,706	94.2	0.44	27.7%	60.3M
11	Asia	High	408,661	136.9	242,988	82.5	0.59	14.0%	279.1M
12	Northern America	Very High	292,098	345.9	100,465	96.4	0.34	32.2%	38.4M
13	Europe	Very High	278,729	274.6	115,590	88.8	0.41	27.9%	46.7M
14	Asia	Very High	240,013	225.9	129,672	116.1	0.54	22.7%	85.6M
15	Asia	Very High	237,701	234.7	97,615	77.0	0.41	23.4%	51.3M
16	Oceania	Very High	212,332	462.5	51,884	84.6	0.24	41.2%	26.1M
17	Europe	Very High	208,900	262.8	119,992	133.1	0.57	26.9%	37.7M
18	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	207,154	140.9	96,210	63.5	0.46	14.4%	131.6M
19	Asia	Medium	188,976	185.4	113,369	112.9	0.60	19.2%	112.5M
20	Asia	Low	185,748	105.6	118,631	69.8	0.64	11.0%	229.5M
21	Asia	Very High	183,541	154.4	118,829	93.4	0.65	16.1%	70.1M
22	Asia	High	180,480	150.8	120,184	99.0	0.67	16.0%	99.0M
23	Asia	Medium	167,256	105.6	116,598	74.7	0.70	11.3%	167.9M
24	Europe	High	155,239	199.9	84,153	101.1	0.54	21.6%	43.2M
25	Africa	High	150,578	166.1	95,275	107.7	0.63	17.1%	106.2M
26	Asia	High	137,198	149.0	87,247	96.5	0.64	15.5%	86.0M
27	Latin America and the Caribbean	Very High	133,420	215.8	70,251	102.7	0.53	22.1%	46.0M
28	Europe	Very High	132,319	341.4	49,790	103.2	0.38	32.8%	17.2M
29	Africa	Low	127,763	113.6	79,542	74.6	0.62	12.1%	216.7M
30	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	117,620	177.6	56,719	81.4	0.48	17.9%	51.5M
31	Africa	High	111,321	203.4	64,547	122.5	0.58	20.5%	60.8M
32	Europe	Very High	104,661	276.5	56,216	132.5	0.54	28.1%	19.0M
33	Europe	Very High	81,132	324.7	29,005	92.4	0.36	31.4%	11.7M
34	Africa	Low	80,334	104.5	54,698	74.5	0.68	10.9%	120.8M
35	Asia	Medium	77,603	135.5	54,841	97.1	0.71	13.9%	55.2M
36	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	72,827	173.8	35,934	82.4	0.49	16.8%	33.7M
37	Europe	Very High	69,567	294.6	33,762	109.0	0.49	28.6%	10.1M
38	Europe	Very High	69,261	310.0	25,569	85.2	0.37	30.1%	10.2M
39	Europe	Very High	66,340	336.7	32,482	143.7	0.49	33.0%	9.6M
40	Europe	Very High	65,703	258.7	32,385	100.6	0.49	26.1%	10.3M
41	Europe	Very High	65,676	280.9	28,071	103.8	0.43	28.3%	10.7M
42	Africa	High	64,713	141.2	35,778	77.7	0.55	14.6%	45.4M
43	Africa	Medium	63,609	149.8	36,947	85.9	0.58	15.5%	37.8M
44	Latin America and the Caribbean	Medium	62,947	184.8	31,737	91.3	0.50	18.3%	29.3M
45	Asia	—	61,533	166.1	42,789	113.9	0.70	17.7%	26.0M
46	Latin America and the Caribbean	Very High	59,876	188.7	31,440	90.1	0.53	19.1%	19.3M
47	Europe	Very High	58,330	292.7	19,420	78.8	0.33	28.7%	8.8M
48	Africa	Low	52,612	103.0	37,575	76.2	0.71	10.9%	95.2M
49	Asia	Very High	51,650	142.1	31,633	86.3	0.61	14.4%	33.2M
50	Europe	Very High	50,682	258.5	22,381	91.3	0.44	26.0%	9.1M
51	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	49,688	220.8	27,724	110.2	0.56	22.7%	11.3M
52	Europe	Very High	48,840	374.7	17,204	106.5	0.35	34.9%	5.8M
53	Europe	Very High	46,402	273.2	22,644	123.5	0.49	28.6%	9.4M
54	Africa	Low	44,931	140.1	29,743	97.1	0.66	14.6%	63.3M
55	Africa	Medium	44,726	149.1	29,317	104.0	0.66	15.6%	56.2M
56	Europe	Very High	42,039	250.4	23,881	128.4	0.57	25.6%	8.7M
57	Europe	Very High	40,305	357.9	13,393	91.8	0.33	33.6%	5.5M
58	Oceania	Very High	38,157	427.3	11,301	100.2	0.30	38.9%	4.9M
59	Europe	Very High	37,660	276.9	13,445	79.8	0.36	27.0%	5.6M
60	Asia	Medium	37,382	136.6	21,536	84.4	0.58	14.1%	42.2M
61	Asia	Very High	36,225	162.3	20,686	92.1	0.57	17.9%	19.2M
62	Africa	Low	35,968	154.4	24,629	113.9	0.68	15.8%	48.4M
63	Asia	High	35,900	112.7	22,071	71.5	0.61	12.3%	34.4M
64	Asia	High	33,243	106.9	19,145	59.0	0.58	11.4%	21.6M
65	Europe	High	32,812	222.0	18,794	114.2	0.57	23.1%	6.8M
66	Europe	Very High	31,242	344.7	10,438	98.7	0.33	32.3%	5.0M
67	Europe	Very High	30,913	283.3	15,166	125.7	0.49	28.8%	5.5M
68	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	30,888	152.7	16,158	76.0	0.52	15.0%	18.1M
69	Asia	Very High	30,438	245.8	12,855	83.2	0.42	24.4%	8.9M
70	Europe	Very High	28,809	313.4	13,854	125.7	0.48	30.7%	4.1M
71	Africa	Low	28,586	95.6	18,504	64.4	0.65	9.9%	46.0M
72	Asia	Very High	28,113	87.1	13,399	46.2	0.48	9.1%	35.8M
73	Africa	Medium	27,385	120.4	17,944	82.6	0.66	12.2%	32.4M
74	Africa	Low	26,578	128.8	19,020	96.3	0.72	12.3%	33.1M
75	Asia	Very High	25,250	231.1	13,277	110.8	0.53	22.9%	5.9M
76	Africa	Medium	24,607	133.5	15,541	90.0	0.63	14.0%	35.0M
77	Asia	Low	24,275	106.2	16,923	78.7	0.70	11.2%	40.8M
78	Asia	Medium	22,008	81.6	14,704	55.3	0.67	8.7%	30.2M
79	Asia	Medium	21,926	138.6	13,848	91.0	0.63	13.7%	19.4M
80	Africa	Medium	21,352	137.0	14,143	93.6	0.66	14.5%	27.7M
81	Africa	Low	21,297	117.4	14,270	83.6	0.67	11.9%	29.2M
82	Africa	High	20,551	135.4	12,580	80.2	0.61	14.2%	12.0M
83	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	20,171	167.0	11,744	92.0	0.58	17.2%	11.1M
84	Africa	Low	19,846	159.5	13,979	117.9	0.70	15.5%	20.2M
85	Asia	Medium	19,795	138.3	13,799	99.3	0.70	14.0%	17.2M
86	Africa	Medium	19,564	126.0	12,798	87.3	0.65	13.1%	27.9M
87	Asia	High	18,503	152.3	11,314	93.2	0.61	15.9%	10.3M
88	Latin America and the Caribbean	Medium	17,801	121.8	10,369	71.1	0.58	12.5%	18.6M
89	Africa	Medium	17,725	208.0	11,739	144.0	0.66	21.2%	15.3M
90	Latin America and the Caribbean	Medium	17,579	143.8	11,015	85.1	0.63	14.7%	12.0M
91	Latin America and the Caribbean	Very High	16,817	279.9	8,980	128.3	0.53	27.8%	3.5M
92	Asia	Low	16,525	83.1	11,854	63.7	0.72	8.4%	31.2M
93	Europe	Very High	16,413	287.9	8,349	125.0	0.51	29.3%	2.7M
94	Africa	Medium	15,296	159.5	9,770	109.2	0.64	16.2%	19.5M
95	Africa	Low	15,151	139.9	10,678	102.4	0.70	14.5%	21.5M
96	Europe	High	14,816	232.2	8,148	122.8	0.55	25.1%	4.0M
97	Africa	Low	14,538	125.2	10,998	98.5	0.76	13.9%	22.1M
98	Europe	Very High	14,402	305.1	6,898	116.7	0.48	30.2%	2.1M
99	Europe	High	14,265	218.6	8,590	116.1	0.60	22.9%	3.2M
100	Latin America and the Caribbean	Low	13,860	141.1	9,014	92.2	0.65	12.7%	11.7M
101	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	13,783	192.2	6,581	89.9	0.48	19.1%	7.3M
102	Latin America and the Caribbean	—	13,778	226.6	5,796	75.0	0.42	23.0%	2.8M
103	Asia	Very High	13,689	197.5	8,459	111.7	0.62	20.8%	4.0M
104	Latin America and the Caribbean	Very High	13,325	177.7	6,072	75.3	0.46	17.8%	5.2M
105	Asia	High	13,034	168.8	7,307	92.3	0.56	17.3%	6.7M
106	Asia	High	12,328	152.6	6,458	84.3	0.52	15.7%	10.3M
107	Oceania	Medium	12,190	188.7	7,200	119.8	0.59	18.7%	9.3M
108	Africa	Low	11,841	113.9	8,134	81.6	0.69	11.8%	17.7M
109	Africa	Low	11,593	83.7	8,806	66.1	0.76	8.5%	26.1M
110	Europe	Very High	11,458	288.9	5,872	122.9	0.51	29.7%	1.8M
111	Latin America and the Caribbean	Medium	10,815	128.0	7,011	83.3	0.65	13.4%	10.2M
112	Africa	—	10,681	121.0	8,038	95.5	0.75	12.4%	16.8M
113	Africa	Low	10,185	118.1	7,257	86.2	0.71	13.1%	17.4M
114	Latin America and the Caribbean	Medium	9,799	127.1	5,292	64.7	0.54	12.5%	6.6M
115	Asia	High	9,520	201.6	5,861	116.7	0.62	21.4%	3.0M
116	Asia	Medium	9,101	154.5	6,215	109.9	0.68	15.9%	7.5M
117	Africa	Low	8,777	116.3	6,363	87.5	0.72	11.8%	13.9M
118	Latin America and the Caribbean	Medium	8,409	133.5	4,822	76.8	0.57	13.4%	6.8M
119	Latin America and the Caribbean	Very High	8,353	154.9	3,770	65.7	0.45	15.7%	4.4M
120	Africa	High	8,171	132.3	5,316	91.1	0.65	13.3%	7.0M
121	Europe	Very High	8,050	282.5	4,086	114.4	0.51	29.1%	1.3M
122	Europe	High	8,019	160.8	4,955	90.5	0.62	16.0%	2.9M
123	Africa	Low	7,997	128.2	5,760	98.7	0.72	13.4%	12.6M
124	Europe	High	7,563	206.9	4,364	112.5	0.58	22.2%	2.1M
125	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	7,500	199.6	4,632	116.6	0.62	20.3%	3.0M
126	Africa	Low	7,496	102.6	5,069	71.6	0.68	11.0%	12.8M
127	Asia	Medium	7,266	125.8	4,672	82.8	0.64	13.7%	6.7M
128	Africa	Low	7,122	83.2	4,887	59.4	0.69	9.0%	13.6M
129	Africa	Low	6,874	99.4	5,081	76.3	0.74	10.4%	11.6M
130	Asia	High	6,807	122.7	4,456	82.5	0.65	12.9%	6.2M
131	Asia	High	6,699	235.8	4,929	181.5	0.74	24.7%	3.4M
132	Asia	Medium	6,467	91.7	4,225	63.9	0.65	9.4%	10.0M
133	Europe	Very High	6,198	292.3	2,837	111.5	0.46	27.5%	1.2M
134	Asia	Very High	5,526	105.1	2,283	54.4	0.41	11.6%	10.1M
135	Africa	Low	5,491	107.5	3,605	74.0	0.66	11.3%	8.7M
136	Asia	High	5,030	152.3	3,011	98.0	0.60	15.9%	5.3M
137	Asia	Very High	4,347	111.4	1,968	60.2	0.45	11.8%	4.4M
138	Asia	Very High	4,045	105.3	2,261	66.3	0.56	11.2%	5.3M
139	Latin America and the Caribbean	Very High	3,931	186.7	2,221	96.8	0.56	18.5%	1.4M
140	Africa	Low	3,873	115.2	2,730	84.0	0.70	11.9%	5.3M
141	Africa	Medium	3,453	193.5	1,940	113.0	0.56	18.8%	2.6M
142	Europe	Very High	3,440	273.3	1,093	77.3	0.32	25.7%	0.6M
143	Africa	Medium	3,274	105.3	2,234	74.8	0.68	11.1%	4.9M
144	Africa	—	3,015	203.1	1,580	95.2	0.52	21.1%	0.9M
145	Africa	Very High	2,888	140.0	1,469	66.6	0.51	14.9%	1.3M
146	Europe	Very High	2,855	282.5	1,036	81.6	0.36	27.2%	0.4M
147	Europe	Very High	2,739	238.0	1,535	121.4	0.56	24.7%	0.6M
148	Africa	Medium	2,727	80.7	1,732	52.9	0.64	8.9%	5.8M
149	Africa	Low	2,690	101.8	2,023	79.9	0.75	10.8%	5.0M
150	Africa	Low	2,463	99.8	1,724	72.5	0.70	10.4%	3.7M
151	Africa	Medium	2,317	115.4	1,277	66.1	0.55	11.8%	2.4M
152	Latin America and the Caribbean	—	2,123	253.9	952	93.0	0.45	26.3%	0.4M
153	Latin America and the Caribbean	—	2,057	224.2	886	79.3	0.43	23.7%	0.4M
154	Africa	Low	2,027	115.5	1,411	82.0	0.70	11.2%	2.2M
155	Africa	Low	1,918	35.9	1,334	25.5	0.70	4.0%	8.3M
156	Africa	High	1,875	114.4	1,094	69.5	0.58	11.8%	2.3M
157	Europe	Very High	1,777	268.3	669	83.2	0.38	26.6%	0.3M
158	Asia	Very High	1,733	82.4	782	46.2	0.45	9.2%	3.0M
159	Oceania	High	1,601	174.8	865	98.5	0.54	17.2%	0.9M
160	Asia	Very High	1,383	113.8	607	58.6	0.44	11.9%	1.8M
161	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	1,225	142.5	612	70.2	0.50	14.9%	0.8M
162	Africa	Low	1,196	79.2	899	62.7	0.75	7.9%	2.6M
163	Africa	Low	1,170	100.3	849	76.5	0.73	10.9%	2.1M
164	Oceania	—	1,149	287.6	467	113.2	0.41	29.0%	0.3M
165	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	1,120	205.3	738	113.3	0.66	21.1%	0.3M
166	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	1,119	169.5	626	91.5	0.56	17.4%	0.6M
167	Africa	Medium	1,108	135.3	697	88.8	0.63	13.1%	1.2M
168	Latin America and the Caribbean	Very High	955	192.7	552	109.2	0.58	19.6%	0.4M
169	Africa	Medium	926	107.7	589	72.1	0.64	11.4%	1.5M
170	Asia	Very High	925	192.2	464	104.6	0.50	19.7%	0.4M
171	Oceania	—	877	228.1	481	122.3	0.55	23.8%	0.3M
172	Asia	Medium	828	84.5	517	55.4	0.62	9.0%	1.4M
173	Africa	Low	805	90.7	572	66.7	0.71	9.8%	1.0M
174	Oceania	Medium	684	134.8	365	74.6	0.53	13.1%	0.7M
175	Asia	Medium	638	87.6	480	67.2	0.75	10.0%	0.8M
176	Africa	Medium	619	106.8	418	75.3	0.68	11.5%	0.9M
177	Latin America and the Caribbean	—	589	204.3	233	82.6	0.40	21.7%	0.3M
178	Asia	High	479	105.3	241	58.8	0.50	10.9%	0.5M
179	Latin America and the Caribbean	High	448	166.8	223	76.1	0.50	18.0%	0.2M
180	Africa	Medium	435	87.0	285	58.3	0.66	9.8%	0.6M
181	Oceania	—	412	167.2	267	101.1	0.65	17.7%	0.2M
182	Latin America and the Caribbean	Medium	409	114.7	211	59.9	0.52	11.6%	0.4M
183	Oceania	High	400	240.0	208	126.3	0.52	25.5%	0.2M
184	Oceania	Medium	250	108.2	151	67.8	0.60	11.6%	0.3M
185	Africa	Medium	144	104.9	90	68.0	0.63	11.9%	0.2M

What we lack, and why

No direct estimate for 4 OnCo cancers (Biliary tract cancer (cholangiocarcinoma), Sarcomas (soft tissue, bone, GIST), Neuroendocrine tumours, Neuroblastoma (paediatric)): GLOBOCAN reports by anatomical site, and these are histologies or subtypes it does not separate.
Shared site totals for 11 cancers (Triple-negative breast cancer, HR-positive / HER2-negative breast cancer, HER2-positive breast cancer, Non-small-cell lung cancer, Small-cell lung cancer, Hepatocellular carcinoma, Glioma & glioblastoma, Acute myeloid leukaemia, Acute lymphoblastic leukaemia, Chronic lymphocytic leukaemia, Diffuse large B-cell lymphoma): breast subtypes, lung histologies, leukaemia types, and lymphoma subtypes share one number each.
Estimates, not counts. GLOBOCAN combines registry data where it exists with modelled estimates elsewhere; quality varies by country (IARC grades each country's method). Age-standardised rates use the World standard population.
Both sexes, all ages, 2022 only. No sex split, age split, stage, or trend is shown here.
Data fetched 2026-09-08 from IARC Global Cancer Observatory.

Methodology

Numbers are GLOBOCAN 2022 estimates produced by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC). For countries with high-quality population-based cancer registries they are close to observed counts; for many others they are modelled from regional registries, mortality data, or neighbouring countries, and IARC grades the method used per country. They are the best comparable global figures available, not a census.

Incidence and mortality age-standardised rates (ASR) use the World standard population and are expressed per 100,000 person-years, both sexes, all ages. The mortality-to-incidence ratio is deaths divided by new cases in the same year and is a rough proxy for lethality and access to care. Cumulative risk is the chance of being diagnosed before age 75 in the absence of competing causes.

Mapping to OnCo cancers is by anatomical site (ICD-10). Subtypes that OnCo treats separately (triple-negative, HR+, and HER2+ breast cancer; non-small-cell and small-cell lung cancer; AML, ALL, CLL; DLBCL) share one site total, and four OnCo cancers (biliary tract, sarcoma, neuroendocrine, neuroblastoma) have no country-level estimate at all. These gaps are shown as “no data” rather than filled in.

Source: Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today (IARC, WHO), fetched 2026-09-08 via the observatory's public API. Citation: Ferlay J, Ervik M, Lam F, et al. Global Cancer Observatory: Cancer Today (version 1.1). Lyon: IARC; 2024.