A 2011 World Health Organization comparison of five-year relative survival rates for all cancers in 9 countries found that the U.S. has a 66% overall survival rate. This is highest of any nation, and it is 10 percentage points (or 18%) higher than the next closest nation, which is Austria at 56%. For comparison, the rate in Switzerland is 55%, Belgium 54%, Germany 52%, Spain 49%, England 46%, Slovenia 42%, and Poland 39%.