list of countries mostly affected by cancer

World cancer statistics: Overall

This section lists the 50 countries with the highest overall cancer rates in the world.

Denmark has the highest rate in the world. The UK has the 22nd highest cancer rate and every year 267 out of every 100,000 people in the UK develop the disease.

Scientists estimate about a third of the most common cancers in the UK could be prevented though diet, physical activity and weight.

Rank	Country	Cases per 100,000 people
1	Denmark	326
2	Ireland	317
3	Australia	314
4	New Zealand	309
5	Belgium	307
6	France (metropolitan)	300
6	USA	300
8	Norway	299
9	Canada	297
10	Czech Republic	295
11	Israel	288
12	The Netherlands	287
13	Luxembourg	284
14	Hungary	283
15	Iceland	282
15	Germany	282
17	Uruguay	280
18	Italy	274
19	French Polynesia	270
20	Switzerland	269
21	Slovenia	268
22	UK	267
23	Croatia	263
24	Republic of Korea	262
25	Slovakia	261
26	Sweden	252
27	Finland	250
28	Lithuania	244
28	Chinese Taipei	244
30	Mongolia	242
31	Spain	241
32	France (Martinique)	235
33	Austria	233
34	Estonia	230
34	Latvia	230
36	FYR Macedonia	225
36	Bulgaria	225
38	Portugal	223
38	Poland	223
40	Serbia	219
40	New Caledonia	219
42	Belarus	213
43	Malta	211
44	Barbados	208
44	Armenia	208
46	Argentina	206
47	Romania	205
48	Montenegro	204
49	Albania	203
50	South African Republic	202