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
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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

Indicator
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio
Unit
one-year-olds
Source
WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 7,911 data points, 1980–2023
Last refreshed

Number of one-year-olds who have not had the third dose of either the oral or inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.