Ecuador vs Papua New Guinea: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio
Ecuador
112,440 one-year-olds
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
133,706 one-year-olds
in 2023
Ecuador rank
38th
Papua New Guinea rank
35th
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio over time
- Ecuador
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 133,706 one-year-olds against 112,440 one-year-olds in Ecuador, a difference of 21,266 one-year-olds.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Ecuador's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Ecuador ahead.
Ecuador ranks 38th and Papua New Guinea ranks 35th of 194 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Ecuador averaged higher in 2 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ecuador | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 160,299 one-year-olds | 72,164 one-year-olds | 88,135 one-year-olds | Ecuador |
| 1990s | 64,540 one-year-olds | 63,024 one-year-olds | 1,516 one-year-olds | Ecuador |
| 2000s | 28,798 one-year-olds | 73,811 one-year-olds | 45,013 one-year-olds | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 47,781 one-year-olds | 114,769 one-year-olds | 66,987 one-year-olds | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 104,752 one-year-olds | 146,875 one-year-olds | 42,123 one-year-olds | Papua New Guinea |
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, Ecuador or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 133,706 one-year-olds against 112,440 one-year-olds in Ecuador as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio between Ecuador and Papua New Guinea?
- 21,266 one-year-olds, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Papua New Guinea?
- 44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
- How do Ecuador and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio?
- Ecuador ranks 38th and Papua New Guinea ranks 35th 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.