Comparing COVID-19 Vaccinations Around the World

Our World in Data (OWID) is a significant open-access/open-source project advancing research and collecting data to make progress against the world’s largest problems.

OWID has a web page with diverse, rich and interesting graphical presentations of global COVID-19 vaccination data.

Visit the data source information page to understand where OWID and other relevant World Bank and geographic data are found, and to understand what parameters are used for the tabular and graphic presentation on these web pages.

Let's start with the top 10 countries in the world who rank highest at vaccinating their people. You will notice that these are typically very small countries with small populations, yet with the resources to succeed. It is clearly unfair to compare countries this way without looking at the context. Here are the current top-10 countries, along with a handful of other countries for contrast:

Top 10 Countries Regardless of Context
Rank	Country	% of Doses in Population	Population	Land Area (km²)	Income Group
1	Cuba	410.2	11,326,616	109,884	Upper middle income
2	Gibraltar	406.4	33,691	6	High income
3	Chile	341.1	19,116,209	756,102	High income
4	Japan	309.6	126,476,458	377,930	High income
5	Brunei	288.0	437,483	5,765	High income
6	Taiwan	285.3	23,816,775	36,193	High income
7	Cambodia	285.0	16,718,971	181,035	Lower middle income
8	Qatar	282.3	2,881,060	11,586	High income
9	Guernsey	281.9	67,052	78	High income
10	Wales	281.8	3,152,879	21,225	High income

17	Canada	266.5	37,742,157	9,984,670	High income
18	Australia	264.8	25,499,881	7,692,024	High income
108	India	155.7	1,380,004,385	3,287,590	Lower middle income
132	Russia	129.5	145,934,460	17,098,242	Upper middle income
207	Mali	26.2	20,250,834	1,240,192	Low income

The following linked web pages present different perspectives on global vaccine profiles when countries are grouped by different parameters:

No groupings at all:
- For comparison, this first link shows all countries ranked regardless of the differences between them using percent of vaccine doses given
Countries grouped by population:
Countries grouped by their geographic region using percent of vaccine doses given in their populations:
- Countries in Africa grouped by sub-regions
- Countries in the Americas grouped by sub-regions
- Countries in Asia grouped by sub-regions
- Countries in Europe grouped by sub-regions
- Countries in Oceania grouped by sub-regions
Countries grouped by World Bank income groups using percent of vaccine doses given in their populations
Countries grouped by land area in square kilometers using percent of vaccine doses given in their populations

Finally, some clusters of countries or regions are presented with all their COVID-19 vaccination progress plots:

This page is under development. More linked data coming soon...