Bahamas vs Costa Rica: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio
Bahamas
564.59 one-year-olds
in 2023
Costa Rica
525.6 one-year-olds
in 2023
Bahamas rank
160th
Costa Rica rank
161st
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio over time
- Bahamas
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Bahamas currently reports 564.59 one-year-olds against 525.6 one-year-olds in Costa Rica, a difference of 38.99 one-year-olds.
That makes Bahamas's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Bahamas ranks 160th and Costa Rica ranks 161st of 194 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Bahamas | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 1,641 one-year-olds | 9,841 one-year-olds | 8,200 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 778.5 one-year-olds | 8,978 one-year-olds | 8,200 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 336.85 one-year-olds | 8,799 one-year-olds | 8,462 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 254.18 one-year-olds | 5,231 one-year-olds | 4,977 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 621.77 one-year-olds | 2,503 one-year-olds | 1,881 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 are not vaccinated against polio, Bahamas or Costa Rica?
- Bahamas, at 564.59 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 are not vaccinated against polio between Bahamas and Costa Rica?
- 38.99 one-year-olds, with Bahamas ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Bahamas and Costa Rica?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
- How do Bahamas and Costa Rica rank globally for number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio?
- Bahamas ranks 160th and Costa Rica ranks 161st 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 polio. 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 third dose of either the oral or inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.