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Reported paralytic polio cases per million by country

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

Countries reporting
149
Highest
3.31 cases per million
Guinea
Lowest
0 cases per million
South Africa
Median
0 cases per million
Years covered
44
1980–2023
Data points
7,608

What the numbers show

Reported paralytic polio cases per million is currently reported for 149 countries. The highest value is 3.31 cases per million in Guinea; the lowest is 0 cases per million in South Africa.

The median across all reporting countries is 0 cases per million, and the mean is 0.103 cases per million.

Over the past decade 4 countries rose and 7 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 1,225.6%), and the largest decrease in Cameroon (down 100.0%).

Reported paralytic polio cases per million: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Guinea 3.31 cases per million 2023 — volatile
2 Chad 3.01 cases per million 2023 up 1,225.6% volatile
3 Central African Republic 2.44 cases per million 2023 — volatile
4 Democratic Republic of Congo 2.18 cases per million 2023 — volatile
5 Madagascar 0.7914 cases per million 2023 — volatile
6 Mali 0.644 cases per million 2023 — volatile
7 Somalia 0.4409 cases per million 2023 down 97.1% volatile
8 Nigeria 0.3887 cases per million 2023 up 19.2% volatile
9 South Sudan 0.2705 cases per million 2023 — volatile
10 Yemen 0.2322 cases per million 2023 up 526.6% volatile
11 Benin 0.2188 cases per million 2023 — volatile
12 Cote d'Ivoire 0.2078 cases per million 2023 — volatile
13 Mauritania 0.2056 cases per million 2023 — volatile
14 Mozambique 0.1475 cases per million 2023 — volatile
15 Kenya 0.1452 cases per million 2023 down 53.5% volatile
16 Afghanistan 0.142 cases per million 2023 down 73.6% volatile
17 Burkina Faso 0.129 cases per million 2023 — volatile
18 Israel 0.109 cases per million 2023 — volatile
19 Burundi 0.0755 cases per million 2023 — volatile
20 Niger 0.0735 cases per million 2023 up 37.1% volatile
21 Zimbabwe 0.06 cases per million 2023 — volatile
22 Zambia 0.0486 cases per million 2023 — volatile
23 Tanzania 0.0297 cases per million 2023 — volatile
24 Pakistan 0.0249 cases per million 2023 down 96.4% volatile
25 Indonesia 0.0216 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Angola 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Albania 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 United Arab Emirates 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Argentina 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Armenia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Australia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Austria 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Azerbaijan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Belgium 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Bangladesh 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Bulgaria 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Bahrain 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Belarus 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Belize 0 cases per million 2000 — volatile
26 Bolivia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Brazil 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Bhutan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Botswana 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Canada 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Switzerland 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Chile 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 China 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Cameroon 0 cases per million 2023 down 100.0% volatile
26 Congo 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Colombia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Comoros 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Cape Verde 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Cyprus 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Germany 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Djibouti 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Denmark 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Dominican Republic 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Algeria 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Ecuador 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Egypt 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Eritrea 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Spain 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Ethiopia 0 cases per million 2023 down 100.0% volatile
26 Finland 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 France 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Gabon 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 United Kingdom 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Georgia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Ghana 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Gambia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Guinea-Bissau 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Equatorial Guinea 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Greece 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Guatemala 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Honduras 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Haiti 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Hungary 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 India 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Ireland 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Iran 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Iraq 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Italy 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Jamaica 0 cases per million 2000 — volatile
26 Jordan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Japan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Kazakhstan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Kyrgyzstan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Cambodia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 South Korea 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Kuwait 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Laos 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Lebanon 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Liberia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Libya 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Sri Lanka 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Lesotho 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Morocco 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Moldova 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Maldives 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Mexico 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Marshall Islands 0 cases per million 2000 — volatile
26 Myanmar 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Mongolia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Malawi 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Malaysia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Namibia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Nicaragua 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Netherlands 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Norway 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Nepal 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Nauru 0 cases per million 2000 — volatile
26 Oman 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Peru 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Philippines 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Papua New Guinea 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Poland 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 North Korea 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Portugal 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Paraguay 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Qatar 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Romania 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Russia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Rwanda 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Saudi Arabia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Sudan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Senegal 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Singapore 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Sierra Leone 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 El Salvador 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Serbia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Sao Tome and Principe 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Suriname 0 cases per million 2000 — volatile
26 Sweden 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Eswatini 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Syria 0 cases per million 2023 down 100.0% volatile
26 Togo 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Thailand 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Tajikistan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Turkmenistan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Tunisia 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Turkey 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Uganda 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Ukraine 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 United States 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Uzbekistan 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Venezuela 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Vietnam 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile
26 Vanuatu 0 cases per million 2000 — volatile
26 South Africa 0 cases per million 2023 — volatile

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