Costa Rica vs Qatar: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio
Costa Rica
525.6 one-year-olds
in 2023
Qatar
600.62 one-year-olds
in 2023
Costa Rica rank
161st
Qatar rank
159th
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio over time
- Costa Rica
- Qatar
How they compare
Qatar currently reports 600.62 one-year-olds against 525.6 one-year-olds in Costa Rica, a difference of 75.02 one-year-olds.
That makes Qatar's figure about 1.1 times Costa Rica's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 161st and Qatar ranks 159th of 194 countries.
Costa Rica has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Qatar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 9,841 one-year-olds | 2,989 one-year-olds | 6,852 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 8,978 one-year-olds | 996.04 one-year-olds | 7,982 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 8,799 one-year-olds | 578.67 one-year-olds | 8,220 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 5,231 one-year-olds | 653.3 one-year-olds | 4,578 one-year-olds | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 2,503 one-year-olds | 1,223 one-year-olds | 1,280 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, Costa Rica or Qatar?
- Qatar, at 600.62 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 Costa Rica and Qatar?
- 75.02 one-year-olds, with Qatar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Qatar?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
- How do Costa Rica and Qatar rank globally for number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio?
- Costa Rica ranks 161st and Qatar ranks 159th 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.