Liver cancer statistics

Liver cancer is the 6th most common cancer worldwide. It is the 5th most common cancer in men and the 9th most common cancer in women.

Liver cancer is the 6th most common cancer worldwide. It is the 5th most common cancer in men and the 9th most common cancer in women.

Latest liver cancer data

There were more than 866,136 new cases of liver cancer in 2022. The 10 countries with the highest rates of liver cancer and the highest number of deaths from liver cancer in 2022 are shown in the tables below.

ASR = age-standardised rates. These are a summary measure of the rate of disease that a population would have if it had a standard age structure. Standardisation is necessary when comparing populations that differ with respect to age because age has a powerful influence on the risk of dying from cancer.

Liver cancer rates

The following 3 tables show total global liver cancer incidence and rates in 2022, followed by the figures for men and women. Mongolia had the highest overall rate of liver cancer in 2022, followed by Egypt.

RankCountryNumberASR/100,000
World866,1368.6
1China367,65715.0
2United States of America43,4926.8
3Japan41,3889.2
4India38,7032.7
5Egypt27,94632.0
6Thailand27,93622.7
7Viet Nam24,50220.2
8Indonesia23,8058.0
9Korea, Republic of14,79113.7
10Brazil13,5994.5
Rank (men)CountryNumberASR/100,000
World600,67612.7
1China267,89822.7
2United States of America31,03510.3
3Japan28,67814.6
4India27,3343.9
5Thailand19,13934.4
6Viet Nam18,95234.9
7Indonesia18,31412.9
8Egypt17,75943.0
9Korea, Republic of11,28622.3
10Philippines8,79619.1
Rank (women)CountryNumberASR/100,000
World265,4604.8
1China99,7597.4
2Japan12,7104.3
3United States of America12,4573.5
4India11,3691.6
5Egypt10,18722.0
6Thailand8,79712.6
7Brazil5,6603.3
8Viet Nam5,5508.2
9Indonesia5,4913.6
10Russian Federation4,8282.6

Liver cancer deaths

The following 3 tables show total global liver cancer mortality in 2022, followed by the figures for men and women. Mongolia had the highest overall mortality rate from liver cancer in 2022, followed by Egypt.

RankCountryNumberASR/100,000
World758 7257.4
1China316 54412.6
2India36 9532.6
3United States of America30 9314.4
4Thailand27 14322.0
5Egypt26 97130.8
6Japan26 4204.3
7Indonesia23 3837.9
8Viet Nam23 33319.3
9Brazil13 0414.3
10Korea, Republic of12 59510.7
Rank (men)CountryNumberASR/100,000
World521 82610.9
1China229 77719.1
2India26 1373.7
3United States of America20 8626.4
4Thailand18 56233.4
5Viet Nam18 11233.3
6Indonesia18 02212.7
7Japan17 2257.0
8Egypt17 17941.5
9Korea, Republic of9 70418.6
10Philippines8 19417.9
Rank (women)CountryNumberASR/100,000
World236 8994.1
1China86 7676.2
2India10 8161.5
3United States of America10 0692.6
4Egypt9 79221.1
5Japan9 1952.1
6Thailand8 58112.1
7Brazil5 4303.1
8Indonesia5 3613.5
9Viet Nam5 2217.7
10Russian Federation4 6562.5