Kenya vs Papua New Guinea: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio
Kenya
114,051 one-year-olds
in 2023
Papua New Guinea
133,706 one-year-olds
in 2023
Kenya rank
37th
Papua New Guinea rank
35th
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio over time
- Kenya
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 133,706 one-year-olds against 114,051 one-year-olds in Kenya, a difference of 19,655 one-year-olds.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Kenya's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1984 it was Kenya ahead.
Kenya ranks 37th and Papua New Guinea ranks 35th of 194 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Kenya averaged higher in 4 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Kenya | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 217,325 one-year-olds | 68,799 one-year-olds | 148,526 one-year-olds | Kenya |
| 1990s | 136,466 one-year-olds | 63,024 one-year-olds | 73,442 one-year-olds | Kenya |
| 2000s | 265,573 one-year-olds | 73,811 one-year-olds | 191,762 one-year-olds | Kenya |
| 2010s | 175,325 one-year-olds | 114,769 one-year-olds | 60,556 one-year-olds | Kenya |
| 2020s | 105,471 one-year-olds | 146,875 one-year-olds | 41,404 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, Kenya or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 133,706 one-year-olds against 114,051 one-year-olds in Kenya as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio between Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 19,655 one-year-olds, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Papua New Guinea?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1984 to 2023.
- How do Kenya and Papua New Guinea rank globally for number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio?
- Kenya ranks 37th 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.