5 Countries with the Highest Rates of Lung Cancer

02. Hungary

Value: 49.8 

Depending on their methodology, different sources will cite either Hungary or Serbia as the country with the highest rate of lung cancer in the world. Whatever the exact ranking may be, it can be said that these two countries rank significantly higher than others on this list. Within Hungary, the prevalence of smoking is relatively high in women in urbanized areas, which is a significant reason for this massive rate. Even though lung cancer rates in men have decreased over the past few years in the country, the prevalence in women has increased, which means there has been almost no change in the overall rate of lung cancer in the population. Other studies have cited low education and income rates as another reason behind the increasing number of lung cancer cases.