What is the difference in reported paralytic polio cases per million between Australia and Botswana?

0 cases per million, with Australia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Botswana?

44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.

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.

Australia vs Botswana: Reported paralytic polio cases per million

Australia

0 cases per million

in 2023

Botswana

0 cases per million

in 2023

Australia rank

26th

Botswana rank

26th

Reported paralytic polio cases per million over time

Australia
Botswana

How they compare

Australia currently reports 0 cases per million against 0 cases per million in Botswana, a difference of 0 cases per million.

Across all 44 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.

Australia ranks 26th and Botswana ranks 26th of 199 countries.

Botswana has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Australia	Botswana	Difference	Ahead
1980s	0.0062 cases per million	1.83 cases per million	1.83 cases per million	Botswana
1990s	0 cases per million	0.1853 cases per million	0.1853 cases per million	Botswana
2000s	0 cases per million	0.0538 cases per million	0.0538 cases per million	Botswana
2010s	0 cases per million	0 cases per million	0 cases per million	—
2020s	0 cases per million	0 cases per million	0 cases per million	—

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher reported paralytic polio cases per million, Australia or Botswana?: Australia, at 0 cases per million against 0 cases per million in Botswana as of 2023.
What is the difference in reported paralytic polio cases per million between Australia and Botswana?: 0 cases per million, with Australia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Australia and Botswana?: 44 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do Australia and Botswana rank globally for reported paralytic polio cases per million?: Australia ranks 26th and Botswana ranks 26th 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.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Australia vs Botswana: Reported paralytic polio cases per million. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization (2019); World Health Organization (2024); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 29 September 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/reported-paralytic-polio-cases-per-1-million-people/australia/botswana/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/compare/reported-paralytic-polio-cases-per-1-million-people/australia/botswana/">Australia vs Botswana: Reported paralytic polio cases per million</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Reported paralytic polio cases per million
Unit: cases per million
Source: World Health Organization (2019); World Health Organization (2024); Population based on various sources (2023) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 7,608 data points, 1980–2023
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Sum of wild poliovirus cases and circulating vaccine derived poliovirus cases per million people.