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Rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non polio causes by country

Countries reporting
160
Highest
36.02
Afghanistan
Lowest
0
Seychelles
Median
2.08
Years covered
23
2001–2023
Data points
3,714

What the numbers show

Rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non polio causes is currently reported for 160 countries. The highest value is 36.02 in Afghanistan; the lowest is 0 in Seychelles.

The median across all reporting countries is 2.08, and the mean is 3.96.

Over the past decade 89 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Maldives (up 1,253.5%), and the largest decrease in Albania (down 100.0%).

Rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non polio causes: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Afghanistan 36.02 2023 up 195.5% volatile
2 Pakistan 32.17 2023 up 316.7% volatile
3 Chad 23.86 2023 up 187.5% volatile
4 Equatorial Guinea 18.47 2023 — volatile
5 Nigeria 16.41 2023 up 36.9% volatile
6 Maldives 13.67 2023 up 1,253.5% volatile
7 Burkina Faso 13.58 2023 up 264.1% volatile
8 Mali 13.47 2023 up 282.7% volatile
9 Madagascar 13.31 2023 up 216.9% volatile
10 Congo 12.4 2023 up 102.9% rising
11 Democratic Republic of Congo 11.44 2023 up 111.9% rising
12 Guinea 11.42 2023 up 132.6% volatile
13 Yemen 11 2023 up 106.0% volatile
14 Zambia 10.84 2023 up 208.0% rising
15 Gabon 10.74 2023 up 739.1% volatile
16 Cameroon 10.26 2023 up 76.9% volatile
17 Cote d'Ivoire 10.12 2023 up 86.0% volatile
18 Central African Republic 9.49 2023 up 251.5% rising
19 Somalia 8.91 2023 up 19.1% rising
20 Qatar 8.55 2023 up 109.0% rising
21 Niger 8.46 2023 up 123.8% volatile
22 Ghana 8.15 2023 up 143.3% volatile
23 Togo 7.62 2023 up 53.9% volatile
24 India 7.46 2023 down 48.9% rising
25 Tanzania 7.36 2023 up 116.5% volatile
26 Lebanon 7.26 2023 up 142.0% volatile
27 Malawi 7.23 2023 up 233.2% volatile
28 Benin 6.95 2023 up 76.8% rising
29 Indonesia 6.93 2023 up 123.5% rising
30 Djibouti 6.91 2023 up 263.7% volatile
31 Zimbabwe 6.58 2023 up 40.6% rising
32 Egypt 6.47 2023 up 68.1% rising
33 Kuwait 6.46 2023 up 23.0% volatile
34 United Arab Emirates 6.45 2023 up 108.7% volatile
35 Iraq 6.39 2023 up 80.5% rising
36 Bahrain 6.32 2023 unchanged volatile
37 Sierra Leone 6.23 2023 up 3.7% rising
38 Mozambique 6.09 2023 up 99.7% volatile
39 Iran 5.65 2023 up 56.5% rising
40 Libya 5.49 2023 up 94.7% rising
41 Botswana 5.29 2023 up 104.2% rising
42 Jordan 5.12 2023 up 226.1% volatile
43 Uganda 5.08 2023 up 89.6% rising
44 Rwanda 5.02 2023 up 46.8% rising
45 Angola 5.01 2023 up 53.7% rising
46 Gambia 4.91 2023 up 5.6% rising
47 Senegal 4.75 2023 up 26.0% rising
48 Algeria 4.74 2023 up 148.2% volatile
49 Mauritania 4.68 2023 up 9.6% rising
49 Tajikistan 4.68 2023 up 66.5% volatile
51 Belarus 4.34 2023 up 39.1% rising
52 Syria 4.26 2023 up 144.8% rising
53 Mauritius 3.94 2023 up 121.3% rising
54 Tunisia 3.7 2023 up 115.1% rising
55 Namibia 3.55 2023 up 11.6% volatile
56 Ethiopia 3.49 2023 up 25.5% rising
57 Oman 3.43 2023 up 47.2% rising
58 Kenya 3.39 2023 up 5.9% rising
59 Saudi Arabia 3.35 2023 up 34.0% rising
60 Burundi 3.34 2023 up 69.5% rising
61 South Africa 3.01 2023 up 15.8% rising
62 Malaysia 2.85 2023 up 50.8% volatile
63 Sudan 2.82 2023 up 12.8% rising
64 Bhutan 2.73 2023 down 49.8% volatile
65 Kyrgyzstan 2.72 2023 down 39.8% rising
66 Eritrea 2.7 2023 up 7.1% rising
67 Armenia 2.68 2023 down 36.6% rising
68 Bangladesh 2.64 2023 up 3.9% falling
69 Liberia 2.59 2023 up 17.2% rising
70 Comoros 2.58 2023 up 40.2% volatile
71 Philippines 2.57 2023 up 206.0% volatile
72 El Salvador 2.43 2023 down 18.7% falling
73 Ukraine 2.39 2023 up 22.6% rising
74 Chile 2.32 2023 up 17.8% falling
75 Sri Lanka 2.29 2023 down 4.2% flat
76 Papua New Guinea 2.25 2023 up 226.1% volatile
77 Myanmar 2.2 2023 down 33.5% flat
78 China 2.18 2023 up 0.9% rising
79 Turkmenistan 2.09 2023 down 7.1% rising
80 Mexico 2.08 2023 up 15.6% rising
81 Eswatini 2.07 2023 down 66.8% rising
82 Australia 2.05 2023 up 33.1% volatile
83 Nicaragua 1.99 2023 up 99.0% falling
84 North Korea 1.95 2023 down 19.4% rising
85 Guinea-Bissau 1.93 2023 down 42.9% volatile
86 Kazakhstan 1.9 2023 down 23.1% rising
86 Lesotho 1.9 2023 up 25.8% rising
88 Nepal 1.84 2023 down 64.7% flat
89 Laos 1.77 2023 down 19.2% rising
90 Palestine 1.74 2023 — volatile
91 Cuba 1.7 2023 up 93.2% rising
92 Morocco 1.66 2023 up 43.1% falling
93 Venezuela 1.6 2023 up 105.1% rising
94 Honduras 1.55 2023 down 14.4% falling
95 Ecuador 1.51 2023 up 174.5% rising
96 Uzbekistan 1.5 2023 down 33.0% flat
97 Costa Rica 1.43 2023 down 10.6% volatile
97 Russia 1.43 2023 down 16.4% falling
99 Guatemala 1.41 2023 up 151.8% volatile
99 Paraguay 1.41 2023 up 72.0% rising
101 Norway 1.37 2023 up 101.5% falling
101 Peru 1.37 2023 up 44.2% falling
103 Cape Verde 1.34 2023 up 47.3% volatile
103 Thailand 1.34 2023 down 24.3% falling
105 Argentina 1.31 2023 down 26.8% rising
106 Israel 1.27 2023 down 19.1% rising
106 New Zealand 1.27 2023 down 8.6% volatile
108 Colombia 1.24 2023 up 9.7% rising
109 Turkey 1.23 2023 up 7.9% rising
110 Poland 1.16 2023 up 56.8% flat
110 Vietnam 1.16 2023 down 39.6% rising
112 Georgia 1.05 2023 down 28.6% falling
113 Latvia 0.97 2023 up 47.0% volatile
113 Panama 0.97 2023 down 17.1% rising
115 Brazil 0.96 2023 up 18.5% falling
116 Cambodia 0.88 2023 down 37.1% falling
117 Montenegro 0.86 2023 — volatile
118 Brunei 0.85 2023 down 1.2% volatile
119 Azerbaijan 0.81 2023 down 26.4% falling
119 Singapore 0.81 2023 down 25.0% volatile
121 Bolivia 0.8 2023 down 37.0% falling
122 South Korea 0.76 2023 down 36.1% volatile
123 Greece 0.65 2023 down 56.1% falling
123 Hungary 0.65 2023 down 43.0% falling
125 Moldova 0.64 2023 up 36.2% volatile
126 Czechia 0.57 2023 down 20.8% falling
127 Spain 0.55 2023 up 48.6% falling
128 Italy 0.5 2023 down 39.0% falling
129 Bulgaria 0.41 2023 down 68.9% volatile
130 Canada 0.36 2023 down 41.9% falling
131 Japan 0.35 2023 — volatile
132 Dominican Republic 0.33 2023 down 69.7% volatile
133 East Timor 0.3 2023 down 62.5% volatile
134 Haiti 0.27 2023 down 64.5% volatile
135 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.18 2023 down 87.1% volatile
135 Switzerland 0.18 2023 down 74.6% falling
137 Mongolia 0.14 2023 down 86.3% volatile
137 Uruguay 0.14 2023 down 48.1% volatile
139 Slovakia 0.13 2023 down 48.0% volatile
140 Serbia 0.11 2023 down 86.6% falling
141 Austria 0.08 2023 down 75.8% volatile
142 Portugal 0.06 2023 down 83.3% volatile
143 Albania 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Belgium 0 2023 — volatile
143 Cyprus 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Germany 0 2023 — volatile
143 Estonia 0 2023 — volatile
143 Hong Kong 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Croatia 0 2023 — volatile
143 Ireland 0 2023 — volatile
143 Lithuania 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Macao 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 North Macedonia 0 2021 down 100.0% volatile
143 Malta 0 2023 — volatile
143 Netherlands 0 2023 — volatile
143 Romania 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 South Sudan 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Sao Tome and Principe 0 2023 — volatile
143 Slovenia 0 2023 down 100.0% volatile
143 Seychelles 0 2023 — volatile

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Indicator
Rate of acute flaccid paralysis from non polio causes
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 3,714 data points, 2001–2023
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