Brazil vs Tanzania: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio

Brazil
392,271 one-year-olds
in 2023
Tanzania
441,878 one-year-olds
in 2023
Brazil rank
13th
Tanzania rank
11th

Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio over time

  • Brazil
  • Tanzania
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How they compare

Tanzania currently reports 441,878 one-year-olds against 392,271 one-year-olds in Brazil, a difference of 49,607 one-year-olds.

That makes Tanzania's figure about 1.1 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 13th and Tanzania ranks 11th of 194 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 4 and Tanzania in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade Brazil Tanzania Difference Ahead
1980s 1.69 million one-year-olds 331,003 one-year-olds 1.36 million one-year-olds Brazil
1990s 813,970 one-year-olds 223,192 one-year-olds 590,778 one-year-olds Brazil
2000s 31,880 one-year-olds 192,798 one-year-olds 160,918 one-year-olds Tanzania
2010s 262,079 one-year-olds 182,477 one-year-olds 79,602 one-year-olds Brazil
2020s 663,949 one-year-olds 602,182 one-year-olds 61,767 one-year-olds Brazil

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, Brazil or Tanzania?
Tanzania, at 441,878 one-year-olds against 392,271 one-year-olds in Brazil as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio between Brazil and Tanzania?
49,607 one-year-olds, with Tanzania ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Tanzania?
44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do Brazil and Tanzania rank globally for number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio?
Brazil ranks 13th and Tanzania ranks 11th 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
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Number of one-year-olds who have not had the third dose of either the oral or inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.