Japan vs Upper middle income: Immunization, Pol3
Japan
98.0%
in 2024
Upper middle income
88.8%
in 2024
Japan rank
18th
Upper middle income rank
15th
Immunization, Pol3 over time
- Japan
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Japan currently reports 98.0% against 88.8% in Upper middle income, a difference of 9.2%.
That makes Japan's figure about 1.1 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1982 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 15th of 193 countries.
Japan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 94.6% | 69.3% | 25.3% | Japan |
| 1990s | 95.1% | 85.5% | 9.6% | Japan |
| 2000s | 94.6% | 89.7% | 4.9% | Japan |
| 2010s | 98.2% | 93.0% | 5.2% | Japan |
| 2020s | 98.0% | 88.0% | 10.0% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher immunization, pol3, Japan or Upper middle income?
- Japan, at 98.0% against 88.8% in Upper middle income as of 2024.
- What is the difference in immunization, pol3 between Japan and Upper middle income?
- 9.2%, with Japan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Upper middle income?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1982 to 2024.
- How do Japan and Upper middle income rank globally for immunization, pol3?
- Japan ranks 18th and Upper middle income ranks 15th of 193 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/), published as Immunization, Pol3 (% of one-year-old children). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Child immunization rate, polio, is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received polio vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized after three doses.