Lesotho vs New Zealand: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio

Lesotho
6,822 one-year-olds
in 2023
New Zealand
7,075 one-year-olds
in 2023
Lesotho rank
108th
New Zealand rank
106th

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

  • Lesotho
  • New Zealand
05.0k10.0k15.0k20.0k25.0k198020012023

How they compare

New Zealand currently reports 7,075 one-year-olds against 6,822 one-year-olds in Lesotho, a difference of 253 one-year-olds.

The two have swapped places 13 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Lesotho ahead.

Lesotho ranks 108th and New Zealand ranks 106th of 194 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Lesotho averaged higher in 3 and New Zealand in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Lesotho New Zealand Difference Ahead
1980s 13,336 one-year-olds 10,606 one-year-olds 2,729 one-year-olds Lesotho
1990s 8,191 one-year-olds 9,789 one-year-olds 1,598 one-year-olds New Zealand
2000s 7,140 one-year-olds 7,583 one-year-olds 443.57 one-year-olds New Zealand
2010s 5,518 one-year-olds 4,337 one-year-olds 1,181 one-year-olds Lesotho
2020s 7,179 one-year-olds 6,094 one-year-olds 1,085 one-year-olds Lesotho

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, Lesotho or New Zealand?
New Zealand, at 7,075 one-year-olds against 6,822 one-year-olds in Lesotho as of 2023.
What is the difference in number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio between Lesotho and New Zealand?
253 one-year-olds, with New Zealand ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Lesotho and New Zealand?
41 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2023.
How do Lesotho and New Zealand rank globally for number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio?
Lesotho ranks 108th and New Zealand ranks 106th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Lesotho vs New Zealand: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio. Statizoid, drawing on WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Retrieved 01 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/polio-number-unvaccinated/lesotho/new-zealand/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/polio-number-unvaccinated/lesotho/new-zealand/">Lesotho vs New Zealand: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against polio</a> — Statizoid

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.