Based on a comparison of 36 countries in 2013, New Zealand ranked the highest in deaths by malignant melanoma of skin per 100,000 people with 8.14 followed by Australia and Norway. On the other end of the scale was Mexico with 0.454, Japan with 0.477 and Colombia with 0.483.
Data for more countries are available at Deaths by Malignant Melanoma of Skin Per 100,000 People indicator page.
Deaths by Malignant Melanoma of Skin Per 100,000 People | Unit | 1993 | 1994 | 1995 | 1996 | 1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 |
Australia | ... | 6.02 | 6.63 | 6.28 | 6.48 | 6.80 | ... | ... | ||||||||||||||
Austria | 3.62 | 3.90 | 3.74 | 4.48 | 4.23 | |||||||||||||||||
Denmark | 4.22 | 4.68 | 4.47 | 4.65 | 4.65 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Estonia | ... | 3.81 | 4.36 | 4.99 | 4.62 | 4.56 | ... | |||||||||||||||
Finland | 3.51 | 3.44 | 3.31 | 3.52 | 4.20 | |||||||||||||||||
Germany | 2.95 | 3.00 | 3.19 | 3.27 | 3.53 | |||||||||||||||||
Latvia | ... | ... | ... | 3.55 | 3.79 | 3.50 | 4.59 | 3.67 | ... | |||||||||||||
Lithuania | 3.48 | 2.70 | 3.26 | 3.94 | 3.72 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
Netherlands | 4.02 | 4.15 | 4.79 | 4.71 | 4.69 | |||||||||||||||||
New Zealand | 6.90 | 7.41 | 7.54 | 7.42 | 8.14 | ... | ... | |||||||||||||||
Norway | 5.82 | 5.80 | 6.12 | 6.91 | 6.58 | |||||||||||||||||
Poland | ... | ... | 2.84 | 3.04 | 3.00 | 3.12 | 3.30 | |||||||||||||||
Sweden | 5.19 | 5.38 | 5.36 | 5.01 | 5.15 | |||||||||||||||||
Switzerland | 4.02 | 3.71 | 3.96 | 3.96 | 3.87 | ... | ||||||||||||||||
United Kingdom | ... | 3.35 | 3.38 | 3.38 | 3.55 | 3.56 |