Japan vs Laos: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles
Japan
48,037 one-year-olds
in 2023
Laos
49,157 one-year-olds
in 2023
Japan rank
57th
Laos rank
56th
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles over time
- Japan
- Laos
How they compare
Laos currently reports 49,157 one-year-olds against 48,037 one-year-olds in Japan, a difference of 1,120 one-year-olds.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1981 it was Japan ahead.
Japan ranks 57th and Laos ranks 56th of 194 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Japan averaged higher in 3 and Laos in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Japan | Laos | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 399,019 one-year-olds | 119,751 one-year-olds | 279,268 one-year-olds | Japan |
| 1990s | 197,573 one-year-olds | 67,161 one-year-olds | 130,411 one-year-olds | Japan |
| 2000s | 35,977 one-year-olds | 85,873 one-year-olds | 49,896 one-year-olds | Laos |
| 2010s | 41,869 one-year-olds | 41,752 one-year-olds | 117.56 one-year-olds | Japan |
| 2020s | 31,227 one-year-olds | 56,386 one-year-olds | 25,158 one-year-olds | Laos |
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 measles, Japan or Laos?
- Laos, at 49,157 one-year-olds against 48,037 one-year-olds in Japan as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles between Japan and Laos?
- 1,120 one-year-olds, with Laos ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Laos?
- 43 years are reported by both, from 1981 to 2023.
- How do Japan and Laos rank globally for number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles?
- Japan ranks 57th and Laos ranks 56th 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 are not vaccinated against measles. 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 measles vaccine in a given year.