Share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio by country

Share of one-year-olds who have had the third dose of either the oral or inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.

Countries reporting
194
Highest
99.0%
Antigua and Barbuda
Lowest
0.0%
North Korea
Median
90.0%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,105

What the numbers show

Share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio is currently reported for 194 countries. The highest value is 99.0% in Antigua and Barbuda; the lowest is 0.0% in North Korea.

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 North Korea (down 100.0%).

Share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% 2024 up 3.1% rising
1 Brunei 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 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
1 Niue 99.0% 2024 unchanged rising
19 Andorra 98.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
19 Belgium 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
19 Bahrain 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
19 Belarus 98.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
19 Israel 98.0% 2024 up 3.2% rising
19 Jamaica 98.0% 2024 up 5.4% rising
19 Japan 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
19 Kazakhstan 98.0% 2024 up 3.2% rising
19 Qatar 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
19 Rwanda 98.0% 2024 unchanged rising
19 Turkmenistan 98.0% 2024 unchanged rising
30 Albania 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
30 Bangladesh 97.0% 2024 unchanged rising
30 China 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
30 Egypt 97.0% 2024 up 3.2% rising
30 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
30 Korea 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
30 Sri Lanka 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
30 Latvia 97.0% 2024 up 5.4% flat
30 Malta 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
30 Norway 97.0% 2024 up 4.3% rising
30 Nepal 97.0% 2024 up 5.4% rising
30 Nauru 97.0% 2024 up 2.1% rising
30 Palau 97.0% 2024 up 2.1% flat
30 Russia 97.0% 2024 unchanged rising
30 Saudi Arabia 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
30 Singapore 97.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
30 Tajikistan 97.0% 2024 up 3.2% rising
47 Botswana 96.0% 2024 unchanged rising
47 Switzerland 96.0% 2024 unchanged flat
47 Denmark 96.0% 2024 up 2.1% flat
47 France 96.0% 2024 up 4.3% rising
47 Morocco 96.0% 2024 down 3.0% rising
47 Mongolia 96.0% 2024 down 3.0% rising
47 Slovak Republic 96.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
47 Tunisia 96.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
55 United Arab Emirates 95.0% 2024 down 4.0% rising
55 Chile 95.0% 2024 unchanged flat
55 Eritrea 95.0% 2024 up 1.1% rising
55 Greece 95.0% 2024 down 4.0% rising
55 Mauritius 95.0% 2024 down 3.1% rising
55 El Salvador 95.0% 2024 up 1.1% rising
55 Serbia 95.0% 2024 up 2.2% rising
55 Sweden 95.0% 2024 down 3.1% flat
63 Armenia 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% flat
63 Australia 94.0% 2024 up 2.2% rising
63 Bulgaria 94.0% 2024 up 6.8% falling
63 Barbados 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% rising
63 Cape Verde 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% rising
63 Cyprus 94.0% 2024 down 5.1% rising
63 Spain 94.0% 2024 down 3.1% rising
63 Iceland 94.0% 2024 up 4.4% falling
63 Italy 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% flat
63 Jordan 94.0% 2024 down 4.1% rising
63 Seychelles 94.0% 2024 down 5.1% rising
63 Tuvalu 94.0% 2024 up 5.6% rising
63 Uruguay 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% rising
76 Fiji 93.0% 2024 down 6.1% rising
76 Grenada 93.0% 2024 up 14.8% rising
76 India 93.0% 2024 up 10.7% rising
76 Malaysia 93.0% 2024 down 4.1% rising
76 Thailand 93.0% 2024 down 6.1% rising
76 United States 93.0% 2024 unchanged flat
82 Canada 92.0% 2024 up 1.1% rising
82 United Kingdom 92.0% 2024 down 3.2% rising
82 Croatia 92.0% 2024 down 3.2% flat
82 Ireland 92.0% 2024 down 4.2% rising
82 Kyrgyzstan 92.0% 2024 down 3.2% flat
82 Trinidad and Tobago 92.0% 2024 down 2.1% rising
88 Burkina Faso 91.0% 2024 unchanged rising
88 Finland 91.0% 2024 down 7.1% flat
88 Ghana 91.0% 2024 down 3.2% rising
88 Iraq 91.0% 2024 up 19.7% rising
88 Kiribati 91.0% 2024 up 15.2% rising
88 Netherlands 91.0% 2024 down 5.2% flat
88 Senegal 91.0% 2024 up 7.1% rising
88 Sierra Leone 91.0% 2024 up 9.6% rising
88 Zimbabwe 91.0% 2024 down 1.1% rising
97 Bahamas 90.0% 2024 down 6.2% rising
97 Dominica 90.0% 2024 down 7.2% flat
97 Malawi 90.0% 2024 up 3.4% rising
97 Slovenia 90.0% 2024 down 5.3% falling
97 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 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 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 East Timor 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 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 (country) 76.0% 2024 unchanged flat
153 Honduras 75.0% 2024 down 24.2% rising
153 Namibia 75.0% 2024 down 14.8% rising
153 Syria 75.0% 2024 up 21.0% rising
153 Cook Islands 75.0% 2024 down 24.2% rising
157 Argentina 74.0% 2024 down 19.6% rising
157 Cote d'Ivoire 74.0% 2024 up 4.2% rising
157 South Africa 74.0% 2024 down 12.9% rising
160 Ethiopia 73.0% 2024 up 7.4% volatile
160 Vietnam 73.0% 2024 down 24.0% rising
162 Liberia 72.0% 2024 up 16.1% rising
162 Mali 72.0% 2024 up 16.1% rising
162 Panama 72.0% 2024 down 10.0% rising
162 South Sudan 72.0% 2024 up 38.5% rising
162 Suriname 72.0% 2024 down 5.3% rising
167 Myanmar 71.0% 2024 down 19.3% rising
167 Somalia 71.0% 2024 up 44.9% volatile
169 Laos 70.0% 2024 down 15.7% volatile
169 Eswatini 70.0% 2024 down 28.6% rising
171 Nigeria 69.0% 2024 up 64.3% rising
172 Guinea-Bissau 68.0% 2024 down 19.0% rising
173 Azerbaijan 67.0% 2024 down 19.3% flat
173 Equatorial Guinea 67.0% 2024 up 21.8% rising
173 Chad 67.0% 2024 up 52.3% rising
176 Democratic Republic of Congo 65.0% 2024 down 9.7% rising
176 Vanuatu 65.0% 2024 down 18.8% rising
178 Benin 63.0% 2024 down 11.3% rising
179 Comoros 62.0% 2024 down 21.5% rising
179 Madagascar 62.0% 2024 down 12.7% rising
179 Venezuela 62.0% 2024 down 21.5% falling
182 Gabon 60.0% 2024 down 11.8% rising
183 Afghanistan 59.0% 2024 down 6.3% volatile
183 Bolivia 59.0% 2024 down 29.8% rising
183 Ecuador 59.0% 2024 down 29.8% rising
186 Angola 56.0% 2024 up 1.8% rising
187 Guinea 55.0% 2024 up 7.8% rising
188 Central African Republic 48.0% 2024 down 4.0% rising
189 Haiti 47.0% 2024 down 25.4% rising
189 Lebanon 47.0% 2024 down 42.0% rising
191 Papua New Guinea 42.0% 2024 down 2.3% rising
191 Yemen 42.0% 2024 down 40.0% rising
193 Sudan 40.0% 2024 down 57.4% rising
194 North Korea 0.0% 2024 down 100.0% falling

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Indicator
Share of one-year-olds who are vaccinated against polio
Unit
%
Source
WHO & UNICEF (2026); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 8,105 data points, 1980–2024
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Share of one-year-olds who have had the third dose of either the oral or inactivated polio vaccine in a given year.