Costa Rica vs Japan: Vaccination coverage vs. share in extreme poverty
Costa Rica
99.0%
in 2024
Japan
99.0%
in 2024
Costa Rica rank
1st
Japan rank
1st
Vaccination coverage vs. share in extreme poverty over time
- Costa Rica
- Japan
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 99.0% against 99.0% in Japan, a difference of 0.0%.
The two have swapped places 13 times across 45 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Costa Rica ranks 1st and Japan ranks 1st of 194 countries.
Across the 5 decades both report, Costa Rica averaged higher in 2 and Japan in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Costa Rica | Japan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 87.7% | 80.3% | 7.4% | Costa Rica |
| 1990s | 88.6% | 83.2% | 5.4% | Costa Rica |
| 2000s | 89.6% | 96.1% | 6.5% | Japan |
| 2010s | 92.4% | 97.3% | 4.9% | Japan |
| 2020s | 96.6% | 98.2% | 1.6% | Japan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher vaccination coverage vs. share in extreme poverty, Costa Rica or Japan?
- Costa Rica, at 99.0% against 99.0% in Japan as of 2024.
- What is the difference in vaccination coverage vs. share in extreme poverty between Costa Rica and Japan?
- 0.0%, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Costa Rica and Japan?
- 45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
- How do Costa Rica and Japan rank globally for vaccination coverage vs. share in extreme poverty?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st and Japan 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 Vaccination coverage vs. share in extreme poverty. 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 three doses of the combined diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine in a given year.