Costa Rica vs Kuwait: Share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio
Costa Rica
99.0%
in 2024
Kuwait
99.0%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
1st
Kuwait rank
1st
Share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio over time
- Costa Rica
- Kuwait
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 99.0% against 99.0% in Kuwait, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Kuwait ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Kuwait has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Kuwait | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 87.1% | 87.5% | 0.4% | Kuwait |
| 1990s | 88.9% | 92.1% | 3.2% | Kuwait |
| 2000s | 88.2% | 98.4% | 10.2% | Kuwait |
| 2010s | 92.6% | 98.0% | 5.4% | Kuwait |
| 2020s | 96.4% | 96.4% | 0.0% | — |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio, Costa Rica or Kuwait?
- Costa Rica, at 99.0% against 99.0% in Kuwait as of 2024.
- What is the difference in share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio between Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 0.0%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Kuwait?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Kuwait rank globally for share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Kuwait ranks 1st 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 Share of one-year-olds who are 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
Share of one-year-olds who have had the third dose of either the oral or inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.