Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine in Somalia
Somalia: Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine was 70.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine in Somalia, 2018–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Somalia recorded 70.0% for share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine in 2024. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.9% on the previous year and up 48.9% over ten years.
Somalia ranks 171st of 194 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 50.0% | 47.0% | 53.0% | 2 |
| 2020s | 61.8% | 50.0% | 70.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Somalia
More health data for Somalia
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 987.7 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 32,421 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 1,320 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 1,320 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 161,442 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 160,345 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 166,877 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 165,473 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 172,667 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 170,886 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine in Somalia?
- Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine in Somalia was 70.0% in 2024, according to WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine recorded in Somalia?
- The highest recorded value was 70.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine recorded in Somalia?
- The lowest recorded value was 47.0% in 2018.
- How does Somalia rank for share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine?
- Somalia ranks 171st out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine rising or falling in Somalia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 48.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Somalia data come from?
- The figures come from WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of one-year-olds who received the inactivated polio vaccine. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of one-year-olds who have had the first dose of the inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.