Maldives vs Palau: Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine
Maldives
99.0%
in 2024
Palau
99.0%
in 2024
Maldives rank
1st
Palau rank
1st
Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine over time
- Maldives
- Palau
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 99.0% against 99.0% in Palau, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 10 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Palau ahead.
Maldives ranks 1st and Palau ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Palau has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Palau | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 95.4% | 98.2% | 2.8% | Palau |
| 2020s | 98.4% | 99.0% | 0.6% | Palau |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine, Maldives or Palau?
- Maldives, at 99.0% against 99.0% in Palau as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine between Maldives and Palau?
- 0.0%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Palau?
- 10 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2024.
- How do Maldives and Palau rank globally for share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine?
- Maldives ranks 1st and Palau ranks 1st of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Share of one-year-olds who have had the first dose of the inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.