Immunization, Pol3 (% of one-year-old children) by country
Child immunization rate, polio, is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received polio vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized after three doses.
Countries reporting
193
Highest
99.0%
Antigua and Barbuda
Lowest
0.0%
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Median
90.0%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
9,949
What the numbers show
Immunization, Pol3 (% of one-year-old children) is currently reported for 193 countries. The highest value is 99.0% in Antigua and Barbuda; the lowest is 0.0% in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of.
The median across all reporting countries is 90.0%, and the mean is 85.5%.
Over the past decade 67 countries rose and 107 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 95.6%), and the largest decrease in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of (down 100.0%).
Immunization, Pol3: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Antigua and Barbuda | 99.0% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 1 | Brunei Darussalam | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bhutan | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 99.0% | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 1 | Cuba | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guyana | 99.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 1 | Hungary | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 99.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 1 | Luxembourg | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Monaco | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Oman | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Portugal | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Tonga | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Türkiye | 99.0% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 18 | Andorra | 98.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Belgium | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 18 | Bahrain | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Belarus | 98.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Israel | 98.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 18 | Jamaica | 98.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 18 | Japan | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Kazakhstan | 98.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 18 | Qatar | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 18 | Rwanda | 98.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 18 | Turkmenistan | 98.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Albania | 97.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Bangladesh | 97.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | China | 97.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 29 | Egypt | 97.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 29 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 97.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Republic of Korea | 97.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 29 | Sri Lanka | 97.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 29 | Latvia | 97.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | flat |
| 29 | Malta | 97.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 29 | Norway | 97.0% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 29 | Nepal | 97.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | rising |
| 29 | Naoero | 97.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 29 | Palau | 97.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 29 | Russian Federation | 97.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Saudi Arabia | 97.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Singapore | 97.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 29 | Tajikistan | 97.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 46 | Botswana | 96.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 46 | Switzerland | 96.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Denmark | 96.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 46 | France | 96.0% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 46 | Morocco | 96.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 46 | Mongolia | 96.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 46 | Slovakia | 96.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 46 | Tunisia | 96.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 54 | United Arab Emirates | 95.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 54 | Chile | 95.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 54 | Eritrea | 95.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 54 | Greece | 95.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 54 | Mauritius | 95.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 54 | El Salvador | 95.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 54 | Serbia | 95.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 54 | Sweden | 95.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 62 | Armenia | 94.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 62 | Australia | 94.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 62 | Bulgaria | 94.0% | 2024 | up 6.8% | falling |
| 62 | Barbados | 94.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 62 | Cape Verde | 94.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 62 | Cyprus | 94.0% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 62 | Spain | 94.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 62 | Iceland | 94.0% | 2024 | up 4.4% | falling |
| 62 | Italy | 94.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 62 | Jordan | 94.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 62 | Seychelles | 94.0% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 62 | Tuvalu | 94.0% | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 62 | Uruguay | 94.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 75 | Fiji | 93.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 75 | Grenada | 93.0% | 2024 | up 14.8% | rising |
| 75 | India | 93.0% | 2024 | up 10.7% | rising |
| 75 | Malaysia | 93.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 75 | Thailand | 93.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | rising |
| 75 | United States of America | 93.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 81 | Canada | 92.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 81 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 92.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 81 | Croatia | 92.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 81 | Ireland | 92.0% | 2024 | down 4.2% | rising |
| 81 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 81 | Trinidad and Tobago | 92.0% | 2024 | down 2.1% | rising |
| 87 | Burkina Faso | 91.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 87 | Finland | 91.0% | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 87 | Ghana | 91.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 87 | Iraq | 91.0% | 2024 | up 19.7% | rising |
| 87 | Kiribati | 91.0% | 2024 | up 15.2% | rising |
| 87 | Netherlands | 91.0% | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 87 | Senegal | 91.0% | 2024 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 87 | Sierra Leone | 91.0% | 2024 | up 9.6% | rising |
| 87 | Zimbabwe | 91.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 96 | Bahamas | 90.0% | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 96 | Dominica | 90.0% | 2024 | down 7.2% | flat |
| 96 | Malawi | 90.0% | 2024 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 96 | Nicaragua | 90.0% | 2023 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 96 | Slovenia | 90.0% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 96 | Zambia | 90.0% | 2024 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 102 | Burundi | 89.0% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 102 | Colombia | 89.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 102 | Algeria | 89.0% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 102 | Lithuania | 89.0% | 2024 | down 4.3% | flat |
| 102 | Republic of Moldova | 89.0% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 102 | North Macedonia | 89.0% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 102 | New Zealand | 89.0% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 102 | Palestine, State of | 89.0% | 2024 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 102 | Togo | 89.0% | 2024 | up 8.5% | rising |
| 102 | Uganda | 89.0% | 2024 | up 14.1% | rising |
| 112 | Belize | 88.0% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 112 | Germany | 88.0% | 2024 | down 5.4% | rising |
| 112 | Dominican Republic | 88.0% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 112 | Philippines | 88.0% | 2024 | up 7.3% | rising |
| 112 | San Marino | 88.0% | 2024 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 112 | Ukraine | 88.0% | 2024 | up 95.6% | falling |
| 118 | Indonesia | 87.0% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 118 | Saint Lucia | 87.0% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 118 | Pakistan | 87.0% | 2024 | up 26.1% | rising |
| 118 | Uzbekistan | 87.0% | 2024 | down 12.1% | rising |
| 122 | Czechia | 86.0% | 2024 | down 13.1% | falling |
| 122 | Georgia | 86.0% | 2024 | down 5.5% | rising |
| 122 | Libya | 86.0% | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 122 | Lesotho | 86.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 122 | Niger | 86.0% | 2024 | up 8.9% | volatile |
| 122 | Poland | 86.0% | 2024 | down 8.5% | falling |
| 128 | Austria | 85.0% | 2024 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 128 | Kenya | 85.0% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 128 | Mauritania | 85.0% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 128 | Solomon Islands | 85.0% | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 128 | Sao Tome and Principe | 85.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 128 | Samoa | 85.0% | 2024 | up 11.8% | falling |
| 134 | Cambodia | 84.0% | 2024 | down 7.7% | rising |
| 134 | Marshall Islands | 84.0% | 2024 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 136 | Timor-Leste | 83.0% | 2024 | up 9.2% | rising |
| 137 | Brazil | 82.0% | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 138 | Estonia | 81.0% | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 138 | Guatemala | 81.0% | 2024 | up 22.7% | rising |
| 138 | Montenegro | 81.0% | 2024 | down 11.0% | falling |
| 141 | Gambia | 80.0% | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 141 | Peru | 80.0% | 2024 | up 2.6% | rising |
| 141 | Paraguay | 80.0% | 2024 | down 14.9% | rising |
| 141 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 80.0% | 2024 | down 17.5% | rising |
| 145 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 79.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 145 | Romania | 79.0% | 2024 | down 16.0% | falling |
| 147 | Mexico | 78.0% | 2024 | down 10.3% | falling |
| 147 | Mozambique | 78.0% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 149 | Djibouti | 77.0% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 150 | Cameroon | 76.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 150 | Congo | 76.0% | 2024 | down 1.3% | rising |
| 150 | Micronesia, Federated States of | 76.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 153 | Honduras | 75.0% | 2024 | down 24.2% | rising |
| 153 | Namibia | 75.0% | 2024 | down 14.8% | rising |
| 153 | Syrian Arab Republic | 75.0% | 2024 | up 21.0% | rising |
| 156 | Argentina | 74.0% | 2024 | down 19.6% | rising |
| 156 | Côte d'Ivoire | 74.0% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 156 | South Africa | 74.0% | 2024 | down 12.9% | rising |
| 159 | Ethiopia | 73.0% | 2024 | up 7.4% | volatile |
| 159 | Viet Nam | 73.0% | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 161 | Liberia | 72.0% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 161 | Mali | 72.0% | 2024 | up 16.1% | rising |
| 161 | Panama | 72.0% | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 161 | South Sudan | 72.0% | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 161 | Suriname | 72.0% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 166 | Myanmar | 71.0% | 2024 | down 19.3% | rising |
| 166 | Somalia | 71.0% | 2024 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 168 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 70.0% | 2024 | down 15.7% | volatile |
| 168 | Eswatini | 70.0% | 2024 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 170 | Nigeria | 69.0% | 2024 | up 64.3% | rising |
| 171 | Guinea-Bissau | 68.0% | 2024 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 172 | Azerbaijan | 67.0% | 2024 | down 19.3% | flat |
| 172 | Equatorial Guinea | 67.0% | 2024 | up 21.8% | rising |
| 172 | Chad | 67.0% | 2024 | up 52.3% | rising |
| 175 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 65.0% | 2024 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 175 | Vanuatu | 65.0% | 2024 | down 18.8% | rising |
| 177 | Benin | 63.0% | 2024 | down 11.3% | rising |
| 178 | Comoros | 62.0% | 2024 | down 21.5% | rising |
| 178 | Madagascar | 62.0% | 2024 | down 12.7% | rising |
| 178 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 62.0% | 2024 | down 21.5% | falling |
| 181 | Gabon | 60.0% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 182 | Afghanistan | 59.0% | 2024 | down 6.3% | volatile |
| 182 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 59.0% | 2024 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 182 | Ecuador | 59.0% | 2024 | down 29.8% | rising |
| 185 | Angola | 56.0% | 2024 | up 1.8% | rising |
| 186 | Guinea | 55.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 187 | Central African Republic | 48.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 188 | Haiti | 47.0% | 2024 | down 25.4% | rising |
| 188 | Lebanon | 47.0% | 2024 | down 42.0% | rising |
| 190 | Papua New Guinea | 42.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 190 | Yemen | 42.0% | 2024 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 192 | Sudan | 40.0% | 2024 | down 57.4% | rising |
| 193 | Korea, Democratic People's Republic of | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- South Asia 93.6%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 93.6%
- Euro area 92.7%
- European Union 91.6%
- High income 93.6%
- Post-demographic dividend 93.3%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 93.1%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 93.0%
- Europe & Central Asia 93.0%
- North America 92.9%
- OECD members 91.3%
- Late-demographic dividend 90.3%
- Caribbean Small States 90.1%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 89.6%
- Upper middle income 88.8%
- East Asia & Pacific 88.7%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 88.1%
- Central Europe and the Baltics 87.5%
- Early-demographic dividend 87.2%
- Middle income 86.8%
- Lower middle income 85.7%
- Pacific island small states 84.8%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 84.4%
- Small states 84.3%
- World 84.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 83.7%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 83.6%
- IDA & IBRD total 83.5%
- Low & middle income 83.1%
- Other small states 82.1%
- Latin America & Caribbean 78.6%
- Latin America & the Caribbean (IDA & IBRD countries) 78.3%
- Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income) 78.0%
- Arab World 77.1%
- Africa Western and Central 73.8%
- Least developed countries 73.7%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 73.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 73.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 73.3%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 73.2%
About this data
Child immunization rate, polio, is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received polio vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized after three doses.