What is the difference in reported paralytic polio cases per million between Bangladesh and Ghana?

0 cases per million, with Bangladesh ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bangladesh and Ghana?

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.

Bangladesh vs Ghana: Reported paralytic polio cases per million

Bangladesh

0 cases per million

in 2023

Ghana

0 cases per million

in 2023

Bangladesh rank

26th

Ghana rank

26th

Reported paralytic polio cases per million over time

Bangladesh
Ghana

How they compare

Bangladesh currently reports 0 cases per million against 0 cases per million in Ghana, a difference of 0 cases per million.

The two have swapped places 12 times across 44 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Ghana ahead.

Bangladesh ranks 26th and Ghana ranks 26th of 199 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bangladesh	Ghana	Difference	Ahead
1980s	2.14 cases per million	9 cases per million	6.86 cases per million	Ghana
1990s	2.07 cases per million	2.15 cases per million	0.0819 cases per million	Ghana
2000s	0.1659 cases per million	0.5992 cases per million	0.4334 cases per million	Ghana
2010s	0 cases per million	0.0571 cases per million	0.0571 cases per million	Ghana
2020s	0 cases per million	0.1156 cases per million	0.1156 cases per million	Ghana

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

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

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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: 28 August 2026

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