5 Countries with Lowest Rates of Cancer

3. Nepal

Cancer Incidence Rate Per 100K: 80.0

According to WCRF data, the age-standardized cancer incidence and death rates in Nepal, a landlocked country in South Asia, are 80.0 and 54.4 per 100,000, respectively. Lung cancer is the most prevalent cancer among men in the country, whereas cervical cancer is the most common among women.

Although it is among the nations with lowest rates of cancer on our list, it has a cervical cancer incidence rate of 16.4 per 100,000 women, compared to the WHO’s target of 4 per 100,000. Nepal has a high burden of this cancer mainly because of a limited screening program, like many other low and middle-income countries.