Lung Cancer Rates by Country 2025

Lung Cancer Rate (ASR, Both Sexes) 2022 (per 100k)

5 Countries with the Greatest Incidence of Lung Cancer

French Polynesia

40 per 100k

Country	Lung Cancer Rate (ASR, Both Sexes) 2022 (per 100k)↓	Lung Cancer Rate (ASR, Males) 2022 (per 100k)	Lung Cancer Rate (ASR, Females) 2022 ( per 100k)	Lung Cancer Rate (ASR) 2020 (per 100k)	Lung Cancer Rate (ASR, M) 2020 (per 100k)	Lung Cancer Rate (ASR, F) 2020 (per 100k)
Hungary	47.6	64.4	35	50.1	66.6	38.1
New Caledonia	41.8	59.3	25.8	42.9	59.9	27.1
China	40.8	52	30.3	34.8	47.8	22.8
Serbia	40.4	59.6	23.8	47.3	68	29.8
French Polynesia	40	57.4	22.6	40.4	55.3	24.5
North Korea	38.4	50.1	29.8	37	48.2	28.7
Turkey	37.9	68	13.5	40	74.8	12
Croatia	37.1	56.4	21.6	34.7	54.2	19
Montenegro	36.7	58.8	17.2	39.7	61.2	21.1
Poland	36.5	52.5	24.1	36.2	51.5	24.6
Bosnia and Herzegovina	36.1	59.5	15.7	37.8	64.7	14.7
France	35.9	49	24.7	34.9	49.1	22.7
Netherlands	34.9	36.5	33.9	33.4	34.3	33.5
Denmark	34.2	34.3	34.4	36.8	36.9	36.8
Slovenia	34.2	43.8	25.7	31.2	41.6	21.9
Samoa	33.3	49.6	18.9	32.9	50.5	17.5
Belgium	32.7	42.3	24.4	38.3	51.7	27
Canada	32.4	34.9	30.4	28.9	30.4	27.7
United States	31.9	33.7	30.4	33.1	36.3	30.4
Guam	31.5	45.5	19.1	36.6	50.9	24.7
Ireland	31.4	32.6	30.4	34.6	36.6	32.9
Greece	31.3	49.6	15.7	34.9	56.3	16.6
North Macedonia	31.1	49.4	14.3	32.4	53	13.4
Japan	30.5	47.2	9.4	32.1	47	19.5
Romania	30.3	49.3	14.6	31.7	53.1	14
United Kingdom	30.1	31.9	28.5	32.3	35.2	29.9
Cuba	29.8	38.3	22.4	28.5	36.9	21.2
Uruguay	29.7	46.6	16.4	30.7	48.3	17.1
Armenia	29	57.4	9.1	27.8	56.8	7.5
Germany	28.1	35.2	22	31.9	39.2	25.7
Norway	28	28.7	27.6	27.2	27.8	27.2
Spain	27.8	41.4	16	29	44.4	15.4
New Zealand	27.3	33.1	22.2	24.8	24.7	25
Austria	27.2	31.2	23.9	26.8	32.4	22
Bulgaria	27.1	43.8	13.3	29	49.7	12
Cyprus	27	41.4	14.6	26.6	43.6	11.3
Iceland	26.9	26.1	27.8	28.8	28.1	29.6
South Korea	26.2	38.6	16.4	25.5	39.1	14.8
Russia	26	52.4	8.6	24	49.1	7.8
Belarus	26	56.5	5.5	24.3	53	4.9
Estonia	25.8	45	12.6	26.7	47.9	12.5
Luxembourg	25.7	31.6	21	29	40.8	18.5
Albania	25.3	41.5	10.3	21.1	35.9	7.4
Italy	24.6	34.5	16.2	25.3	36	16.4
Singapore	24.3	33.2	15.9	26.5	37.3	16.8
Lithuania	24.2	44.9	10.4	23.5	45	9.4
Australia	24.1	27.1	21.5	25.3	28.7	22.3
Switzerland	24.1	27.9	20.6	22.5	26	19.6
Philippines	24	37.7	13	21.1	33.6	11.3
Brunei	24	25.6	22.6	32	36.2	28
Portugal	23.9	36.9	13.3	21.9	35.4	10.8
Czech Republic	23.7	31.3	17.6	26.2	36.7	17.6
Latvia	23.5	45.7	9.2	26.4	51.4	10.7
Israel	22.6	29.9	16.1	20.5	27.6	14.3
Slovakia	22.6	36.5	12.3	31.3	54.3	13.3
Moldova	22.3	42.8	7.1	24.3	46.9	7.8
Georgia	22	45.9	4.4	20.2	41.8	4.6
Reunion	21.8	36.3	9.2	24.8	40.8	11
Ukraine	20.6	41.7	6.3	19.4	39.8	5.9
Morocco	20.4	38.4	4.2	18.3	33.7	4
Palestine	20.4	35.8	6.6
Vietnam	20.3	31.5	11	22.8	36.8	11.8
Tunisia	20.1	37.8	4.5	19.5	37	4.4
Argentina	19.9	30	12.1	19.2	28.1	12.3
Lebanon	19.9	25.7	14.3	18.7	24.4	13.5
Kazakhstan	19.7	41.4	5.1	21.8	43.8	6.5
Azerbaijan	19.4	37.5	5.2	14	26.2	4.2
Finland	19.2	25.1	14.2	19.4	26.2	13.7
Malta	19.2	27.7	11.9	21.5	34.1	11.3
Mongolia	19	35.9	6.4	19.5	37	6.3
Thailand	18.1	25.9	11.7	18.9	27.4	11.9
South Africa	18.1	27.6	11.2	18.3	29.6	10
Syria	17.8	28.7	8.2	15.3	24.9	7.2
Laos	17.6	27.1	9.1	20	30.3	10.8
Sweden	17.4	15.8	19.1	17.7	17.2	18.5
Suriname	16.6	24.1	10.4	18	27.6	10.3
Libya	16.4	32.2	3.2	16.6	32	3.3
Myanmar	16.1	21.6	12.2	15.7	19.9	12.7
Venezuela	15.9	20.4	12.2	16.2	20.2	13
Cambodia	15.7	23.9	9.9	14.9	23	9.4
Malaysia	15.1	23.2	7.1	15.4	23.6	7.3
French Guiana	15	23.8	7.5	16.4	26.8	7.7
Brazil	14.6	18.3	11.7	14.3	18.4	11.1
Jordan	14.3	24.1	15.8	15.6	27.6	4.7
Kyrgyzstan	14.1	26.3	5.7	15.4	27.3	7
Jamaica	14	19	1.4	14.2	21.6	7.3
Indonesia	13.4	21.3	6.4	12.8	20.1	6.2
Dominican Republic	12.8	15.1	10.8	13.5	16.4	10.8
Chile	12.7	17	9.2	12.2	15.9	9.4
Paraguay	12.7	21.4	4.5	14	23.3	5.2
Iraq	12.5	23.5	3.6	12	23.3	3.2
Maldives	12.4	18.1	5.9	13.1	20	5.7
Guadeloupe	12.3	18.7	7.2	11.3	16.5	7.2
Iran	12.1	16.7	7.4	12.6	16.9	8.1
Trinidad and Tobago	11.7	19.2	5.1	11.4	17.9	5.8
Algeria	11.3	19.5	3.2	11.5	20.2	2.9
Papua New Guinea	10.7	13.6	7.9	12.5	16.1	9.1
Puerto Rico	10.2	14.9	6.8	9.4	14.1	5.8
Timor-Leste	10.2	14.7	6	10.3	14.2	6.8
Colombia	10.1	13.1	7.6	10.5	13.3	8.2
Bahrain	10.1	15.1	5.3	11.7	16.2	7.5
Saint Lucia	9.7	16.5	3.4	10.5	18.8	2.8
Turkmenistan	9.5	16.1	4.5	9.8	16.9	4.2
Barbados	9.4	13.2	6	10.9	15.1	7.2
Nepal	9.3	12.9	6.3	10.4	14.7	6.8
Martinique	9	12.7	6.1	10.2	13.8	7.5
Bangladesh	8.8	13.5	4	9.5	14.2	4.6
Egypt	8.8	13.9	4.4	8	12.8	3.8
Belize	8.8	13.6	4	9	14.6	3.1
Bahamas	8.8	13.1	5.3	8	11.6	5.3
Bolivia	8.5	11.6	6	7.6	10.5	5.3
Uzbekistan	8.4	13.6	4.1	8.5	13.1	4.6
Mauritius	8.4	12.2	5.3	9	13.7	5.6
Vanuatu	7.7	11.8	3.4	8.6	15	1.7
Afghanistan	7.2	11	3.6	8.1	12.3	4.1
Bhutan	7	6.5	7.6	7.5	6.9	8.1
Peru	6.8	6.9	6.7	7.2	7.3	7.1
Costa Rica	6.8	9.7	4.1	5.4	6.9	4
Fiji	6.8	9.1	4.9	6.5	8.6	4.7
Sri Lanka	6.7	11.2	3.1	6.8	11.3	3.1
Honduras	6.7	8.8	4.9	5.8	6.8	4.9
Kuwait	6.4	7.7	3.2	8	9.5	5.6
Panama	6.4	8.7	4.3	6.4	8.1	4.9
Ecuador	6.3	6.6	6	6	6.3	5.7
United Arab Emirates	6.2	6.8	5.1	6.6	7.4	5.2
Solomon Islands	6.2	9.4	3.2	7.3	11.1	3.4
Haiti	6.1	5.5	6.6	7.1	6.6	7.6
Pakistan	6	9.5	2.3	7	11.2	2.7
Zimbabwe	5.9	9.2	3.9	5.3	8.1	3.5
India	5.8	8.5	3.2	5.4	7.8	3.1
Qatar	5.8	6.1	4.6	9.2	10.4	5.8
Namibia	5.8	8.3	4.1	5.5	8.3	3.7
Mexico	5.4	7.3	3.8	5.3	7	4
Tajikistan	5.4	7.1	3.8	6.6	8.3	5
Nicaragua	5.4	7.1	4.2	5	6.5	3.8
Oman	5.2	7	2.8	5.4	7.2	2.9
Gambia	5	9.5	0.9	5.1	9.6	0.9
El Salvador	4.7	5.2	4.3	5	5.9	4.4
Saudi Arabia	4.3	5.6	2.5	5.1	6.2	3.4
Guyana	4.3	6.4	2.4	4.1	6.4	2.3
Lesotho	4.2	5	3.7	4.2	5.6	3.3
Yemen	4.1	5	3.2	5.8	6.7	5.1
Eswatini	4.1	7.6	2.4	3.6	6.9	2.2
Burkina Faso	3.8	3	4.5	2	1.2	2.5
Guatemala	3.8	4.5	3.2	3.4	3.9	3
Ethiopia	3.7	3.9	3.5	3.9	4.1	3.7
Botswana	3.6	6.5	1.7	3.5	5.9	1.8
Somalia	3.5	3.9	3.1	3.7	4	3.5
Kenya	3.4	3.6	4.5	3.2	3.5	3
Burundi	3.4	4.2	2.8	3.7	4.1	3.3
Mali	3.2	4.5	2	3.8	6	2
Guinea	3.2	5.2	1.9	2.9	4.6	1.8
Eritrea	3.2	3.7	2.8	3.1	3.7	2.6
Cameroon	3.1	4.4	1.9	3.1	4.3	2
Gabon	3.1	3.5	2.7	3	2.7	3.1
Djibouti	3.1	3.6	2.5	3	3.8	2.3
Uganda	3	3.5	2.6	2.8	3.3	2.5
Zambia	3	4.6	2.2	3.3	3.9	2.7
Rwanda	2.8	4.4	1.5	4.9	5.4	4.5
Senegal	2.7	4.2	1.5	2.6	4.1	1.5
Liberia	2.7	4	1.5	2.8	4.1	1.6
Equatorial Guinea	2.7	2.9	2.5	2.9	3.1	2.6
Tanzania	2.5	2.8	2.3	3.3	3.9	2.9
Sudan	2.5	3.1	1.9	2.5	3.3	1.8
Ghana	2.5	3.1	2	3.3	3.8	2.8
Ivory Coast	2.5	3.5	4.1	2.6	3.8	1.4
Angola	2.4	3.3	1.6	3.1	4.5	1.9
DR Congo	2.2	2.8	1.6	2.2	2.9	1.7
Cape Verde	2.2	1.8	2.5	10.7	17.6	6.9
Madagascar	2.1	2.8	1.5	2.5	3.1	1.9
South Sudan	2.1	2.4	1.8	2	2.4	1.7
Guinea-Bissau	2.1	3.1	1.4	2.4	3.5	1.5
Chad	2	3.5	0.6	2.1	2.8	1.5
Central African Republic	2	2.7	1.5	2.3	3	1.6
Togo	1.9	3.1	0.9	1.9	3.2	0.9
Mauritania	1.9	2.8	1.2	2	2.9	1.2
Comoros	1.8	2.6	1.1	2.3	2.8	1.8
Nigeria	1.7	1.9	1.6	1.9	2	1.9
Malawi	1.6	2.2	1	1.9	2.5	1.2
Benin	1.5	2.1	1.1	1.7	2.5	1.2
Republic of the Congo	1.4	2.1	0.8	1.8	2.7	1
Mozambique	1.3	2.4	0.7	1.4	2.2	0.9
Sierra Leone	1.3	2.7		2.3	3.6	1.3
Niger	1	1.8	0.1	0.9	1.6	0.1

Data represent rates of trachea, bronchus and lung cancer incidence and mortality per 100,000 individuals.
ASR = Age-Standardized Rate

Lung cancer rates by country will vary and are typically high, as lung cancer is the second most common cancer in the world. There are many different factors that increase the risk of this cancer, with developed countries having the highest rates of lung cancer in the world.

It is estimated that approximately 2.2 million people are diagnosed with lung cancer. It is also the second leading cancer in women around the world, although more men than women are cigarette smokers.

Lung Cancer Rates by Country (per 100k people)

Country	Lung Cancer Rate (ASR) 2020 (per 100k)
Hungary	50.1
Serbia	47.3
New Caledonia	42.9
French Polynesia	40.4
Turkey	40
Montenegro	39.7
Belgium	38.3
Bosnia and Herzegovina	37.8
North Korea	37
Denmark	36.8

Hungary and Serbia have the highest rates of lung cancer in the world when examining lung cancer rates by country from data in 2020. These numbers indicate rates per 100,000 people, or the number of diagnoses per 100,000, and not actual diagnoses annually.

Factors Impacting Lung Cancer Rates

Lung cancer is influenced by a number of key factors, with cigarette smoking being a leading cause. Still, countries with a high rate of smokers in their country may not make the top 10 list of high lung cancer rates by country.

The Netherlands, for example, has a very high rate of smokers but is not on the list of high lung cancer rates. Denmark, however, does have a high prevalence of cigarette smoking and is in the tenth position on this reported list of lung cancer rates by country. China additionally has a high rate of smokers, with men being 22 times more likely to smoke than women, and they are not in the top 10 list either.

Outdoor and indoor pollution are the leading causes of lung cancer in a country. It is air pollution that contributes to the incidence of lung cancer and multiple diagnoses in any country. Air pollution can be caused by an industrial setting, with chronic exposure to air pollution, such as in the workplace, being a leading cause of a diagnosis.

Asbestos exposure, for example, is a leading cause of lung cancer and is caused by industrial or home exposures. This kind of exposure would be considered indoor pollution. Asbestos exposure can happen in the home. Some lung cancer rates by country will see increases annually. This may be the result of a diagnosis occurring 20 years after the first exposure to the pollutant, such as with asbestos, where lung cancer may not be diagnosed for a decade after prolonged exposure.

Other factors of indoor pollution include fuel consumption such as kerosene, coal, and wood burning. Where high rates of poverty exist, there are also going to be high rates of lung cancer, regardless of country or region. It is estimated that approximately 3 billion people in the world still use an open fire to cook regularly, and there will be higher lung cancer rates here.