Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Ethiopia

Ethiopia: Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection was 95 in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
95
Change on year
up 2.2%
World rank
40th
of 173 countries
All-time high
95
in 2023
All-time low
56
in 2021
Years of data
23
2001–2023

Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Ethiopia, 2001–2023

0204060801002001201220232001: 652002: 692003: 792004: 842005: 792006: 892007: 872008: 872009: 862010: 862011: 892012: 912013: 902014: 872015: 922016: 912017: 922018: 772019: 912020: 582021: 562022: 932023: 95

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

The most recent figure for share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Ethiopia is 95, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

That represents a change of up 2.2% on the previous year and up 5.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Ethiopia peaked at 95 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 56, in 2021.

Ethiopia ranks 40th of 173 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Ethiopia, year by year

Annual values for Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Ethiopia, 2001 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2001 65 —
2002 69 +6.2%
2003 79 +14.5%
2004 84 +6.3%
2005 79 -6.0%
2006 89 +12.7%
2007 87 -2.2%
2008 87 +0.0%
2009 86 -1.1%
2010 86 +0.0%
2011 89 +3.5%
2012 91 +2.2%
2013 90 -1.1%
2014 87 -3.3%
2015 92 +5.7%
2016 91 -1.1%
2017 92 +1.1%
2018 77 -16.3%
2019 91 +18.2%
2020 58 -36.3%
2021 56 -3.4%
2022 93 +66.1%
2023 95 +2.2%

Ethiopia compared with similar countries

  • Ethiopia's 95 is above the median for low income countries, which is 92, 1.0× the median. (25 countries reporting)
  • Ethiopia's 95 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 88.5, 1.1× the median. (48 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Ethiopia changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
2022 +66.1% 56 93
2020 -36.3% 91 58

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 80.56 65 89 9
2010s 88.6 77 92 10
2020s 75.5 56 95 4

Countries ranked near Ethiopia

  1. 37 Jordan 96 compare
  2. 37 Palestine 96 compare
  3. 37 Saudi Arabia 96 compare
  4. 40 Benin 95 compare
  5. 40 Burkina Faso 95 compare
  6. 40 China 95 compare
  7. 40 Iraq 95 compare

See the full ranking of 173 places →

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Ethiopia?
Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Ethiopia was 95 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection recorded in Ethiopia?
The highest recorded value was 95 in 2023.
What is the lowest share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection recorded in Ethiopia?
The lowest recorded value was 56 in 2021.
How does Ethiopia rank for share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection?
Ethiopia ranks 40th out of 173 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection rising or falling in Ethiopia?
Over the last ten years it is up 5.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Ethiopia data come from?
The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Indicator
Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection
Source
Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
173 places, 3,711 data points, 2001–2023
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