Afghanistan vs Yemen: Number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine
Afghanistan
556,070 one-year-olds
in 2023
Yemen
671,638 one-year-olds
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
9th
Yemen rank
7th
Number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine over time
- Afghanistan
- Yemen
How they compare
Yemen currently reports 671,638 one-year-olds against 556,070 one-year-olds in Afghanistan, a difference of 115,568 one-year-olds.
That makes Yemen's figure about 1.2 times Afghanistan's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 8 shared years of data; in 2016 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 9th and Yemen ranks 7th of 194 countries.
Yemen has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Yemen | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 457,342 one-year-olds | 472,355 one-year-olds | 15,013 one-year-olds | Yemen |
| 2020s | 563,175 one-year-olds | 570,438 one-year-olds | 7,262 one-year-olds | Yemen |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine, Afghanistan or Yemen?
- Yemen, at 671,638 one-year-olds against 556,070 one-year-olds in Afghanistan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine between Afghanistan and Yemen?
- 115,568 one-year-olds, with Yemen ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Yemen?
- 8 years are reported by both, from 2016 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Yemen rank globally for number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine?
- Afghanistan ranks 9th and Yemen ranks 7th 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 Number of one-year-olds who have not 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
Number of one-year-olds who have not had the first dose of the inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.