What is the difference in reported paralytic polio cases per million between Egypt and Gambia?

0 cases per million, with Egypt ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Gambia?

43 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.

Egypt vs Gambia: Reported paralytic polio cases per million

Egypt

0 cases per million

in 2023

Gambia

0 cases per million

in 2023

Egypt rank

26th

Gambia rank

26th

Reported paralytic polio cases per million over time

Egypt
Gambia

How they compare

Egypt currently reports 0 cases per million against 0 cases per million in Gambia, a difference of 0 cases per million.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 43 shared years of data; in 1980 it was Egypt ahead.

Egypt ranks 26th and Gambia ranks 26th of 199 countries.

Across the 5 decades both report, Egypt averaged higher in 1 and Gambia in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Egypt	Gambia	Difference	Ahead
1980s	18.66 cases per million	47.53 cases per million	28.86 cases per million	Gambia
1990s	3.81 cases per million	0.6192 cases per million	3.19 cases per million	Egypt
2000s	0.0245 cases per million	0.4174 cases per million	0.3929 cases per million	Gambia
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, Egypt or Gambia?: Egypt, at 0 cases per million against 0 cases per million in Gambia as of 2023.
What is the difference in reported paralytic polio cases per million between Egypt and Gambia?: 0 cases per million, with Egypt ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Gambia?: 43 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2023.
How do Egypt and Gambia rank globally for reported paralytic polio cases per million?: Egypt ranks 26th and Gambia 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.