What is the difference in rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non-polio causes between Central African Republic and Gabon?

1.25 cases per 100,000 children, with Gabon ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Gabon?

23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.

Central African Republic vs Gabon: Rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non-polio causes

Central African Republic

9.49 cases per 100,000 children

in 2023

Gabon

10.74 cases per 100,000 children

in 2023

Central African Republic rank

18th

Gabon rank

15th

Rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non-polio causes over time

Central African Republic
Gabon

How they compare

Gabon currently reports 10.74 cases per 100,000 children against 9.49 cases per 100,000 children in Central African Republic, a difference of 1.25 cases per 100,000 children.

That makes Gabon's figure about 1.1 times Central African Republic's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 23 shared years of data; in 2001 it was Central African Republic ahead.

Central African Republic ranks 18th and Gabon ranks 15th of 173 countries.

Across the 3 decades both report, Central African Republic averaged higher in 1 and Gabon in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Central African Republic	Gabon	Difference	Ahead
2000s	5.92 cases per 100,000 children	2.48 cases per 100,000 children	3.44 cases per 100,000 children	Central African Republic
2010s	5.97 cases per 100,000 children	8.31 cases per 100,000 children	2.33 cases per 100,000 children	Gabon
2020s	10.13 cases per 100,000 children	10.23 cases per 100,000 children	0.1 cases per 100,000 children	Gabon

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non-polio causes, Central African Republic or Gabon?: Gabon, at 10.74 cases per 100,000 children against 9.49 cases per 100,000 children in Central African Republic as of 2023.
What is the difference in rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non-polio causes between Central African Republic and Gabon?: 1.25 cases per 100,000 children, with Gabon ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Central African Republic and Gabon?: 23 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2023.
How do Central African Republic and Gabon rank globally for rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non-polio causes?: Central African Republic ranks 18th and Gabon ranks 15th of 173 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Health Organization (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non-polio causes. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non-polio causes
Unit: cases per 100,000 children
Source: World Health Organization (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 173 places, 3,714 data points, 2001–2023
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Number of cases of acute flaccid paralysis (AFP) per 100,000 children aged 15 or under, not attributed to polio, that were detected and reported to the WHO.