Costa Rica vs Uruguay: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against hepatitis B
Costa Rica
1,051 one-year-olds
in 2023
Uruguay
1,686 one-year-olds
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
146th
Uruguay rank
143rd
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against hepatitis B over time
- Costa Rica
- Uruguay
How they compare
Uruguay currently reports 1,686 one-year-olds against 1,051 one-year-olds in Costa Rica, a difference of 635 one-year-olds.
That makes Uruguay's figure about 1.6 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 25 shared years of data; in 1999 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 146th and Uruguay ranks 143rd of 189 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Uruguay | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 13,457 one-year-olds | 3,724 one-year-olds | 9,733 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 8,892 one-year-olds | 2,981 one-year-olds | 5,912 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 5,178 one-year-olds | 2,614 one-year-olds | 2,564 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 4,494 one-year-olds | 2,507 one-year-olds | 1,987 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against hepatitis b, Costa Rica or Uruguay?
- Uruguay, at 1,686 one-year-olds against 1,051 one-year-olds in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against hepatitis b between Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 635 one-year-olds, with Uruguay ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Uruguay?
- 25 years are reported by both, from 1999 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Uruguay rank globally for number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against hepatitis b?
- Costa Rica ranks 146th and Uruguay ranks 143rd of 189 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against hepatitis B. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of one-year-olds who have not had three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in a given year.