5 Countries With Highest Rates of Cancer

3. Belgium

Cancer Incidence Rate: 322.8

In 2021, Belgium recorded 74,998 new cancer diagnoses, excluding non-melanoma skin cancer. This disease impacts approximately one in three men and one in four women before they reach the age of 75. As per the Belgian Foundation Against Breast Cancer, approximately 11,000 individuals receive a breast cancer diagnosis each year in Belgium, accounting for 188 cases per 100,000 women. These figures position Belgium with the highest rate of breast cancer among its population worldwide.