Breast cancer statistics

Breast cancer is the 2nd most common cancer worldwide.

Age-standardised rates (ASR) 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 developing/dying from cancer.

It is important to note that some countries have a high ASR but a low total number of cases, while other have a low ASR but a high number of cases. This is because ASRs are reported per 100,000 people. So, for example, an ASR of 10 in a population of 100,000 = 10 cases of cancer, but an ASR of 1 in a population of 10 million = 100 cases.

Breast cancer rates

The following table shows global breast cancer rates in 2022 for women.

Rank	Country	New cases in women	ASR/100,000
	World	2,296,840	46.8
1	China	357,161	33.0
2	United States of America	274,375	95.9
3	India	192,020	26.6
4	Brazil	94,728	63.1
5	Japan	91,916	74.4
6	Russian Federation	78,839	57.7
7	Germany	74,016	77.0
8	Indonesia	66,271	41.8
9	France (metropolitan)	65,659	105.4
10	United Kingdom	58,756	94.0

Breast cancer deaths

The following table shows total global breast cancer mortality in 2022 for women. Fiji had the highest overall mortality rate from breast cancer in 2022, followed by Jamaica.

Rank	Country	Number of women	ASR/100,000
	World	666,103	12.7
1	India	98,337	13.7
2	China	74,986	6.1
3	United States of America	42,900	12.2
4	Indonesia	22,598	14.4
5	Brazil	22,189	13.9
6	Russian Federation	22,115	13.6
7	Germany	20,601	15.8
8	Japan	17,638	9.7
9	Nigeria	16,332	26.8
10	Pakistan	15,552	18.6