Afghanistan vs Burkina Faso: Reported paralytic polio cases per million
Afghanistan
0.142 cases per million
in 2023
Burkina Faso
0.129 cases per million
in 2023
Afghanistan rank
16th
Burkina Faso rank
17th
Reported paralytic polio cases per million over time
- Afghanistan
- Burkina Faso
How they compare
Afghanistan currently reports 0.142 cases per million against 0.129 cases per million in Burkina Faso, a difference of 0.013 cases per million.
That makes Afghanistan's figure about 1.1 times Burkina Faso's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 40 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Afghanistan ahead.
Afghanistan ranks 16th and Burkina Faso ranks 17th of 199 countries.
Afghanistan has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Afghanistan | Burkina Faso | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 99.76 cases per million | 12.66 cases per million | 87.1 cases per million | Afghanistan |
| 1990s | 2.79 cases per million | 0.9961 cases per million | 1.79 cases per million | Afghanistan |
| 2000s | 1.25 cases per million | 0.2946 cases per million | 0.9556 cases per million | Afghanistan |
| 2010s | 0.9439 cases per million | 0.0048 cases per million | 0.9391 cases per million | Afghanistan |
| 2020s | 2.66 cases per million | 0.8099 cases per million | 1.85 cases per million | Afghanistan |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher reported paralytic polio cases per million, Afghanistan or Burkina Faso?
- Afghanistan, at 0.142 cases per million against 0.129 cases per million in Burkina Faso as of 2023.
- What is the difference in reported paralytic polio cases per million between Afghanistan and Burkina Faso?
- 0.013 cases per million, with Afghanistan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Afghanistan and Burkina Faso?
- 40 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
- How do Afghanistan and Burkina Faso rank globally for reported paralytic polio cases per million?
- Afghanistan ranks 16th and Burkina Faso ranks 17th of 199 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Health Organization (2019); World Health Organization (2024); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Reported paralytic polio cases per million. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Sum of wild poliovirus cases and circulating vaccine derived poliovirus cases per million people.