Cases of paralytic polio from wild polioviruses by country

Countries reporting
54
Highest
6
Afghanistan
Lowest
0
Iraq
Median
0
Years covered
23
2001–2023
Data points
3,831

What the numbers show

Cases of paralytic polio from wild polioviruses is currently reported for 54 countries. The highest value is 6 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 in Iraq.

The median across all reporting countries is 0, and the mean is 0.2222.

Cases of paralytic polio from wild polioviruses: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 6 2023 down 57.1% volatile
1 Pakistan 6 2023 down 93.5% volatile
3 Russia 0 2023 — volatile
3 Lebanon 0 2023 — volatile
3 Liberia 0 2023 — volatile
3 Mali 0 2023 — volatile
3 Myanmar 0 2023 — volatile
3 Mozambique 0 2023 — volatile
3 Mauritania 0 2023 — volatile
3 Malawi 0 2023 — volatile
3 Namibia 0 2023 — volatile
3 Niger 0 2023 — volatile
3 Nigeria 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
3 Nepal 0 2023 — volatile
3 Kenya 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
3 Saudi Arabia 0 2023 — volatile
3 Sudan 0 2023 — volatile
3 Senegal 0 2023 — volatile
3 Sierra Leone 0 2023 — volatile
3 Somalia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
3 Syria 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
3 Chad 0 2023 — volatile
3 Togo 0 2023 — volatile
3 Tajikistan 0 2023 — volatile
3 Turkmenistan 0 2023 — volatile
3 Uganda 0 2023 — volatile
3 Yemen 0 2023 — volatile
3 Zambia 0 2023 — volatile
3 Congo 0 2023 — volatile
3 Angola 0 2023 — volatile
3 Burundi 0 2023 — volatile
3 Benin 0 2023 — volatile
3 Burkina Faso 0 2023 — volatile
3 Bangladesh 0 2023 — volatile
3 Bulgaria 0 2023 — volatile
3 Botswana 0 2023 — volatile
3 Central African Republic 0 2023 — volatile
3 China 0 2023 — volatile
3 Cote d'Ivoire 0 2023 — volatile
3 Cameroon 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
3 Democratic Republic of Congo 0 2023 — volatile
3 Kazakhstan 0 2023 — volatile
3 Algeria 0 2023 — volatile
3 Egypt 0 2023 — volatile
3 Eritrea 0 2023 — volatile
3 Ethiopia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
3 Gabon 0 2023 — volatile
3 Georgia 0 2023 — volatile
3 Ghana 0 2023 — volatile
3 Guinea 0 2023 — volatile
3 Equatorial Guinea 0 2023 — volatile
3 Indonesia 0 2023 — volatile
3 India 0 2023 — volatile
3 Iraq 0 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Cases of paralytic polio from wild polioviruses
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 3,831 data points, 2001–2023
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