Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine by country

Share of one-year-olds who have had the first dose of the inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.

Countries reporting
191
Highest
99.0%
Antigua and Barbuda
Lowest
42.0%
Central African Republic
Median
93.0%
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
1,823

What the numbers show

Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine is currently reported for 191 countries. The highest value is 99.0% in Antigua and Barbuda; the lowest is 42.0% in Central African Republic.

The median across all reporting countries is 93.0%, and the mean is 88.2%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.

Over the past decade 109 countries rose and 56 fell. The largest increase was in India (up 9,200.0%), and the largest decrease in North Korea (down 38.3%).

Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% 2024 up 371.4% rising
1 Belgium 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Bangladesh 99.0% 2024 up 94.1% rising
1 Brunei 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Bhutan 99.0% 2024 up 130.2% rising
1 Cuba 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Cyprus 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Egypt 99.0% 2024 up 3.1% flat
1 France 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Guyana 99.0% 2024 up 219.4% rising
1 Hungary 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Iran 99.0% 2024 up 130.2% rising
1 Israel 99.0% 2024 up 4.2% flat
1 Kazakhstan 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Kuwait 99.0% 2024 up 2.1% flat
1 Saint Lucia 99.0% 2024 up 371.4% rising
1 Monaco 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Maldives 99.0% 2024 up 20.7% rising
1 Norway 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Oman 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Palau 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Poland 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Portugal 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Qatar 99.0% 2024 up 3.1% flat
1 Seychelles 99.0% 2024 up 182.9% rising
1 Turkmenistan 99.0% 2024 up 3.1% flat
1 Tonga 99.0% 2024 up 191.2% rising
1 Tuvalu 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% 2024 up 83.3% rising
1 Niue 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
33 Albania 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
33 Andorra 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
33 Bahamas 98.0% 2024 up 216.1% rising
33 Belarus 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
33 Chile 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
33 Costa Rica 98.0% 2024 up 5.4% flat
33 Dominican Republic 98.0% 2024 up 1,533.3% rising
33 Algeria 98.0% 2024 up 1,125.0% rising
33 Spain 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
33 Greece 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
33 Croatia 98.0% 2024 unchanged flat
33 Iceland 98.0% 2024 up 2.1% flat
33 Japan 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
33 South Korea 98.0% 2024 unchanged flat
33 Latvia 98.0% 2024 unchanged flat
33 Marshall Islands 98.0% 2024 up 3.2% flat
33 Rwanda 98.0% 2024 up 6.5% flat
33 Singapore 98.0% 2024 unchanged flat
33 El Salvador 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
52 Armenia 97.0% 2024 up 185.3% rising
52 Bahrain 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
52 Switzerland 97.0% 2024 unchanged flat
52 China 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% flat
52 Czechia 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% flat
52 Germany 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
52 Denmark 97.0% 2024 up 1.0% flat
52 Finland 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% flat
52 Jordan 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% falling
52 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.0% 2024 up 4.3% flat
52 Sri Lanka 97.0% 2024 up 106.4% rising
52 Nauru 97.0% 2024 up 6.6% flat
52 Russia 97.0% 2024 unchanged flat
52 Saudi Arabia 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
52 Sweden 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% flat
52 Tajikistan 97.0% 2024 up 90.2% rising
52 Uruguay 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% flat
52 United States 97.0% 2024 unchanged flat
52 Uzbekistan 97.0% 2024 up 73.2% rising
71 United Arab Emirates 96.0% 2024 down 3.0% flat
71 Bulgaria 96.0% 2024 up 3.2% flat
71 Dominica 96.0% 2024 up 166.7% rising
71 Micronesia (country) 96.0% 2024 up 1.1% flat
71 Mauritius 96.0% 2024 unchanged flat
71 Nepal 96.0% 2024 up 62.7% rising
71 Senegal 96.0% 2024 up 18.5% rising
71 Slovakia 96.0% 2024 down 3.0% flat
71 Tunisia 96.0% 2024 down 2.0% flat
71 Turkey 96.0% 2024 down 2.0% flat
71 Uganda 96.0% 2024 up 118.2% rising
82 Austria 95.0% 2024 unchanged flat
82 Botswana 95.0% 2024 up 1,087.5% rising
82 Eritrea 95.0% 2024 up 227.6% rising
82 Georgia 95.0% 2024 up 850.0% rising
82 Ghana 95.0% 2024 up 72.7% rising
82 Iraq 95.0% 2024 up 6.7% rising
82 Morocco 95.0% 2024 up 187.9% rising
82 Mongolia 95.0% 2024 up 55.7% rising
82 Serbia 95.0% 2024 down 3.1% falling
91 Barbados 94.0% 2024 down 5.1% falling
91 Cape Verde 94.0% 2024 up 56.7% rising
91 Fiji 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% flat
91 Italy 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% flat
91 Jamaica 94.0% 2024 up 184.8% rising
91 Kiribati 94.0% 2024 up 80.8% rising
91 New Zealand 94.0% 2024 up 1.1% flat
98 Australia 93.0% 2024 unchanged flat
98 Grenada 93.0% 2024 up 72.2% rising
98 India 93.0% 2024 up 9,200.0% rising
98 North Macedonia 93.0% 2024 down 5.1% falling
98 Malaysia 93.0% 2024 down 6.1% falling
98 Vietnam 93.0% 2024 up 389.5% rising
105 Canada 92.0% 2024 down 3.2% flat
105 United Kingdom 92.0% 2024 down 3.2% flat
105 Lithuania 92.0% 2024 down 5.2% falling
105 Montenegro 92.0% 2024 down 4.2% flat
105 Thailand 92.0% 2024 up 9.5% rising
110 Burkina Faso 91.0% 2024 up 102.2% rising
110 Bosnia and Herzegovina 91.0% 2024 up 62.5% rising
110 Brazil 91.0% 2024 down 6.2% falling
110 Netherlands 91.0% 2024 down 4.2% flat
110 Panama 91.0% 2024 up 13.8% flat
110 Sierra Leone 91.0% 2024 up 51.7% rising
116 Libya 90.0% 2024 down 8.2% falling
116 Malawi 90.0% 2024 up 2.3% flat
116 Slovenia 90.0% 2024 down 8.2% falling
116 Togo 90.0% 2024 up 350.0% rising
116 Trinidad and Tobago 90.0% 2024 up 1,400.0% rising
116 Ukraine 90.0% 2024 up 52.5% rising
122 Belize 89.0% 2024 up 1,171.4% rising
123 Colombia 88.0% 2024 down 4.3% flat
123 Kenya 88.0% 2024 up 25.7% rising
123 San Marino 88.0% 2024 unchanged flat
123 Zimbabwe 88.0% 2024 up 35.4% rising
127 Lesotho 87.0% 2024 up 97.7% rising
127 Moldova 87.0% 2024 up 55.4% rising
127 Pakistan 87.0% 2024 up 335.0% rising
127 Sao Tome and Principe 87.0% 2024 up 29.9% rising
127 Zambia 87.0% 2024 up 141.7% rising
132 Burundi 86.0% 2024 up 2,050.0% volatile
132 Guatemala 86.0% 2024 down 9.5% flat
132 Lebanon 86.0% 2024 down 10.4% falling
132 Mozambique 86.0% 2024 up 14.7% rising
132 Niger 86.0% 2024 up 218.5% rising
132 Palestine 86.0% 2024 down 13.1% falling
132 Samoa 86.0% 2024 down 8.5% rising
139 Kyrgyzstan 85.0% 2024 up 57.4% rising
140 Cambodia 84.0% 2024 up 3.7% rising
140 Mauritania 84.0% 2024 up 1,300.0% rising
140 Solomon Islands 84.0% 2024 up 1,100.0% rising
143 Mexico 83.0% 2024 down 16.2% falling
143 Peru 83.0% 2024 down 15.3% falling
143 Tanzania 83.0% 2024 up 48.2% rising
146 Djibouti 82.0% 2024 up 78.3% rising
146 Estonia 82.0% 2024 down 13.7% falling
146 Liberia 82.0% 2024 up 182.8% rising
146 Philippines 82.0% 2024 up 121.6% rising
146 Paraguay 82.0% 2024 down 12.8% falling
151 Argentina 81.0% 2024 up 44.6% rising
151 Cote d'Ivoire 81.0% 2024 up 326.3% rising
151 Indonesia 81.0% 2024 up 3,950.0% rising
151 Syria 81.0% 2024 up 26.6% rising
155 Gambia 80.0% 2024 up 12.7% rising
155 East Timor 80.0% 2024 up 66.7% rising
157 Romania 79.0% 2024 down 16.8% falling
158 Namibia 77.0% 2024 up 67.4% rising
158 Suriname 77.0% 2024 down 4.9% flat
160 Mali 76.0% 2024 up 40.7% rising
160 South Africa 76.0% 2024 down 16.5% falling
162 Cameroon 75.0% 2024 up 188.5% rising
162 Comoros 75.0% 2024 down 3.8% rising
162 Ecuador 75.0% 2024 up 2,400.0% rising
162 Cook Islands 75.0% 2024 down 24.2% falling
166 Congo 74.0% 2024 up 124.2% rising
166 Honduras 74.0% 2024 up 722.2% rising
166 Vanuatu 74.0% 2024 up 1,750.0% rising
169 Ethiopia 73.0% 2024 up 52.1% rising
169 Myanmar 73.0% 2024 up 812.5% rising
171 Haiti 70.0% 2024 up 52.2% rising
171 Somalia 70.0% 2024 up 48.9% rising
171 Eswatini 70.0% 2024 up 55.6% rising
174 Democratic Republic of Congo 69.0% 2024 up 81.6% rising
175 Bolivia 68.0% 2024 down 26.9% falling
175 Guinea-Bissau 68.0% 2024 up 126.7% volatile
175 Equatorial Guinea 68.0% 2024 up 466.7% rising
178 Nigeria 67.0% 2024 up 59.5% rising
178 South Sudan 67.0% 2024 up 2,133.3% rising
178 Chad 67.0% 2024 up 139.3% rising
178 Venezuela 67.0% 2024 down 1.5% rising
182 Azerbaijan 63.0% 2024 down 12.5% falling
182 Benin 63.0% 2024 up 162.5% rising
182 Guinea 63.0% 2024 up 687.5% rising
182 Laos 63.0% 2024 up 472.7% rising
182 Madagascar 63.0% 2024 up 110.0% rising
187 Gabon 61.0% 2024 down 17.6% falling
188 Afghanistan 59.0% 2024 down 9.2% falling
189 Angola 58.0% 2024 up 11.5% rising
190 Papua New Guinea 52.0% 2024 up 271.4% rising
191 North Korea 50.0% 2024 down 38.3% rising
191 Sudan 50.0% 2024 down 27.5% rising
193 Yemen 45.0% 2024 up 275.0% rising
194 Central African Republic 42.0% 2024 up 2,000.0% rising

About this data

Indicator
Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine
Unit
%
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, 1,823 data points, 2015–2024
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Share of one-year-olds who have had the first dose of the inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.