Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Saudi Arabia

Saudi Arabia: Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection was 96 in 2023. ▬ Flat

Latest (2023)
96
Change on year
down 1.0%
World rank
37th
of 173 countries
All-time high
100
in 2013
All-time low
87
in 2001
Years of data
23
2001–2023

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

0204060801002001201220232001: 872002: 982003: 962004: 962005: 982006: 932007: 912008: 922009: 952010: 972011: 992012: 962013: 1002014: 982015: 982016: 992017: 992018: 962019: 932020: 962021: 942022: 972023: 96

Source: Our World in Data.

Analysis

Saudi Arabia recorded 96 for share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in 2023.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.0% on the previous year and down 4.0% over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Saudi Arabia peaked at 100 in 2013 and was at its lowest, 87, in 2001.

Saudi Arabia ranks 37th of 173 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

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

Annual values for Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Saudi Arabia, 2001 to 2023.
Year Value Change
2001 87 —
2002 98 +12.6%
2003 96 -2.0%
2004 96 +0.0%
2005 98 +2.1%
2006 93 -5.1%
2007 91 -2.2%
2008 92 +1.1%
2009 95 +3.3%
2010 97 +2.1%
2011 99 +2.1%
2012 96 -3.0%
2013 100 +4.2%
2014 98 -2.0%
2015 98 +0.0%
2016 99 +1.0%
2017 99 +0.0%
2018 96 -3.0%
2019 93 -3.1%
2020 96 +3.2%
2021 94 -2.1%
2022 97 +3.2%
2023 96 -1.0%

Saudi Arabia compared with similar countries

  • Saudi Arabia's 96 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 92, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 94 87 98 9
2010s 97.5 93 100 10
2020s 95.75 94 97 4

Countries ranked near Saudi Arabia

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

See the full ranking of 173 places →

More reference data data for Saudi Arabia

All data for Saudi Arabia →

Frequently asked questions

What is share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Saudi Arabia?
Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Saudi Arabia was 96 in 2023, according to Our World in Data.
What is the highest share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The highest recorded value was 100 in 2013.
What is the lowest share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection recorded in Saudi Arabia?
The lowest recorded value was 87 in 2001.
How does Saudi Arabia rank for share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection?
Saudi Arabia ranks 37th out of 173 countries with data for 2023.
Is share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection rising or falling in Saudi Arabia?
Over the last ten years it is down 4.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
Where does this Saudi Arabia 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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 23 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Saudi Arabia. Statizoid, drawing on Our World in Data. Retrieved 15 November 2026, from https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-potential-polio-cases-with-adequate-stool-collection/saudi-arabia/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://reference.statizoid.com/stat/share-of-potential-polio-cases-with-adequate-stool-collection/saudi-arabia/">Share of potential polio cases with adequate stool collection in Saudi Arabia</a> — Statizoid

About this data

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
Last refreshed