Costa Rica vs Norway: Number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine
Costa Rica
525.6 one-year-olds
in 2023
Norway
550.57 one-year-olds
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
156th
Norway rank
155th
Number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine over time
- Costa Rica
- Norway
How they compare
Norway currently reports 550.57 one-year-olds against 525.6 one-year-olds in Costa Rica, a difference of 24.97 one-year-olds.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 9 shared years of data; in 2015 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 156th and Norway ranks 155th of 194 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Norway | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 2,894 one-year-olds | 591.5 one-year-olds | 2,303 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2,028 one-year-olds | 965.68 one-year-olds | 1,062 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 have not received the inactivated polio vaccine, Costa Rica or Norway?
- Norway, at 550.57 one-year-olds against 525.6 one-year-olds in Costa Rica as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine between Costa Rica and Norway?
- 24.97 one-year-olds, with Norway ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Norway?
- 9 years are reported by both, from 2015 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Norway rank globally for number of one-year-olds who have not received the inactivated polio vaccine?
- Costa Rica ranks 156th and Norway ranks 155th 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.