ROSE Data · Maps

Where in Africa do most people die of breast cancer?

North and West Africa: deaths per 100 new cases, or number of cases, in 2024

Zimbabwe: no figure published on ROSEZambia: no figure published on ROSEUganda: no figure published on ROSETunisia: no figure published on ROSETogo: no figure published on ROSETanzania: no figure published on ROSEEswatini: no figure published on ROSESouth Sudan: no figure published on ROSESudan: no figure published on ROSESouth Africa: no figure published on ROSESomalia: no figure published on ROSESierra Leone: no figure published on ROSESeychelles: no figure published on ROSESenegal: 47 deaths per 100 cases · 2,220 cases, 1,041 deaths (2024)São Tomé and Príncipe: no figure published on ROSERwanda: no figure published on ROSENigeria: 48 deaths per 100 cases · 44,196 cases, 21,309 deaths (2024)Niger: no figure published on ROSENamibia: no figure published on ROSEMozambique: no figure published on ROSEMorocco: 38 deaths per 100 cases · 10,410 cases, 3,918 deaths (2024)Mauritius: no figure published on ROSEMauritania: 47 deaths per 100 cases · 844 cases, 399 deaths (2024)Mali: 48 deaths per 100 cases · 2,554 cases, 1,217 deaths (2024)Malawi: no figure published on ROSEMadagascar: no figure published on ROSELibya: no figure published on ROSELiberia: no figure published on ROSELesotho: no figure published on ROSEKenya: no figure published on ROSEGuinea-Bissau: no figure published on ROSEGuinea: no figure published on ROSEGhana: no figure published on ROSEGambia: no figure published on ROSEGabon: no figure published on ROSEEthiopia: no figure published on ROSEEritrea: no figure published on ROSEEquatorial Guinea: no figure published on ROSEEgypt: no figure published on ROSEDjibouti: no figure published on ROSECôte d'Ivoire: 47 deaths per 100 cases · 4,845 cases, 2,284 deaths (2024)Congo (Dem. Rep.): no figure published on ROSECongo: no figure published on ROSEComoros: no figure published on ROSEChad: no figure published on ROSECentral African Republic: no figure published on ROSECape Verde: no figure published on ROSECameroon: no figure published on ROSEBurundi: no figure published on ROSEBurkina Faso: no figure published on ROSEBotswana: no figure published on ROSEBenin: no figure published on ROSEAngola: no figure published on ROSEAlgeria: 36 deaths per 100 cases · 17,110 cases, 6,237 deaths (2024)Western Sahara: no figure published on ROSESenegal47Nigeria48Morocco38Mauritania47Mali48Côte d'Ivoire47Algeria36
Deaths per 100 new cases< 3535-4040-45≥ 45no figure
In short: In West Africa, nearly one person in two with breast cancer dies of it. In the Maghreb, it is fewer than four in ten.
Only countries whose figures ROSE has linked to an IARC fact sheet are coloured.
Source: IARC, GLOBOCAN, 2024 · permanent link
See the dashboard