Can vaccination lower the COVID-19 virus infection rate?

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Different countries or regions use different sets of vaccines. We can calculate a relative protection index to indicate how efficient a country of region is with its vaccines to prevent COVID-19 virus infections.

This protection index is listed below by country or region. Calculation formula and examples are provided after the list.

Data was updated at 2026-01-01 05:23:01 Paris time.

You can click the header name to sort the list. Or select 2 regions to compare them in details.

	Seq.	Region	Infections	Infection Rate	Vaccination Rate	Protection Index ▼
		Global	772,838,745	9.92%	169.95%	-13.87
	1	Eritrea	10,189	0.29%	0.00%	165.69
	2	Burundi	54,394	0.46%	0.35%	165.17
	3	Yemen	11,945	0.04%	4.32%	161.62
	4	Haiti	34,501	0.30%	5.87%	159.81
	5	Papua New Guinea	46,864	0.52%	6.05%	159.41
	6	Madagascar	68,421	0.25%	11.17%	154.57
	7	Bosnia and Herzegovina	403,443	12.30%	0.00%	153.69
	8	Kosovo	274,279	15.27%	0.00%	150.71
	9	Republic of Moldova	628,673	15.58%	0.00%	150.43
	10	Congo	25,213	0.46%	15.10%	150.42
	11	Cameroon	125,136	0.47%	18.39%	147.12
	12	Senegal	89,033	0.53%	18.99%	146.46
	13	Turkey	17,004,677	20.16%	0.00%	145.82
	14	Democratic Republic of the Congo	99,333	0.11%	21.00%	144.87
	15	Gabon	49,051	2.20%	25.73%	138.05
	16	Mali	33,162	0.16%	29.25%	136.57
	17	Syrian Arab Republic	57,423	0.33%	29.09%	136.56
	18	Niger	9,515	0.04%	30.46%	135.49
	19	Benin	28,036	0.23%	34.91%	130.84
	20	Algeria	272,010	0.62%	34.82%	130.54
	21	Equatorial Guinea	17,130	1.22%	34.84%	129.92
	22	Burkina Faso	22,106	0.11%	37.76%	128.11
	23	South Sudan	18,765	0.17%	39.00%	126.82
	24	Togo	39,527	0.48%	41.35%	124.15
	25	Kenya	344,094	0.64%	44.17%	121.17
	26	Malawi	89,162	0.47%	44.45%	121.06
	27	Djibouti	15,690	1.59%	44.76%	119.64
	28	Namibia	172,208	6.78%	39.59%	119.62
	29	Guinea-Bissau	9,614	0.49%	46.79%	118.71
	30	Kyrgyzstan	88,929	1.36%	48.50%	116.12
	31	Sudan	63,993	0.15%	51.54%	114.30
	32	Iraq	2,465,545	6.13%	48.62%	111.23
	33	Chad	7,698	0.05%	55.70%	110.24
	34	Jamaica	156,563	5.29%	51.62%	109.08
	35	Uganda	171,888	0.38%	57.73%	107.87
	36	Afghanistan	229,686	0.59%	57.79%	107.61
	37	Gambia	12,626	0.52%	59.77%	105.69
	38	Ethiopia	501,117	0.44%	59.89%	105.65
	39	Libya	507,269	7.38%	54.42%	104.18
	40	Lesotho	35,892	1.68%	62.51%	101.80
	41	Nigeria	267,173	0.13%	64.54%	101.31
	42	United Republic of Tanzania	43,191	0.07%	65.95%	99.96
	43	Somalia	27,334	0.17%	66.42%	99.39
	44	Central African Republic	15,440	0.32%	69.20%	96.46
	45	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	9,674	8.72%	66.20%	91.09
	46	Zambia	349,304	1.90%	74.06%	90.02
	47	South Africa	4,072,636	6.87%	70.48%	88.64
	48	Eswatini	75,189	6.48%	75.01%	84.50
	49	Ghana	171,834	0.55%	82.47%	82.96
	50	Saint Lucia	30,209	16.45%	66.97%	82.59
	51	Angola	106,303	0.32%	84.35%	81.31
	52	Ukraine	5,520,483	12.62%	72.40%	80.96
	53	Bulgaria	1,315,421	18.92%	66.40%	80.71
	54	occupied Palestinian territory	703,228	13.78%	73.48%	78.71
	55	Liberia	7,930	0.16%	88.20%	77.63
	56	Mauritania	63,764	1.37%	87.66%	76.95
	57	Armenia	451,272	15.23%	76.20%	74.56
	58	Guinea	38,572	0.29%	91.75%	73.94
	59	Solomon Islands	25,954	3.78%	89.20%	73.00
	60	Zimbabwe	265,975	1.79%	93.76%	70.43
	61	Côte d’Ivoire	88,380	0.34%	95.78%	69.87
	62	Comoros	9,109	1.05%	96.02%	68.91
	63	Grenada	19,693	17.50%	80.59%	67.89
	64	Romania	3,504,870	18.13%	83.40%	64.47
	65	Bahamas	38,084	9.68%	93.16%	63.13
	66	Lebanon	1,239,904	18.17%	85.19%	62.62
	67	North Macedonia	349,923	16.80%	89.40%	59.79
	68	Suriname	82,506	14.06%	94.54%	57.36
	69	Egypt	516,023	0.50%	110.10%	55.37
	70	Mozambique	233,731	0.75%	111.82%	53.41
	71	French Guiana	98,041	32.82%	81.15%	52.00
	72	Sierra Leone	7,766	0.10%	114.78%	51.10
	73	Georgia	1,855,289	46.51%	68.70%	50.77
	74	Jordan	1,746,997	17.12%	98.58%	50.28
	75	Dominica	16,038	22.28%	93.97%	50.07
	76	Albania	334,090	11.61%	107.30%	47.07
	77	Vanuatu	12,019	3.91%	115.72%	46.35
	78	Montserrat	1,403	28.07%	92.40%	45.52
	79	Guatemala	1,250,304	6.98%	113.77%	45.11
	80	Tunisia	1,153,361	9.76%	112.14%	44.08
	81	Montenegro	251,280	40.01%	83.40%	42.57
	82	Sao Tome and Principe	6,719	3.07%	120.40%	42.56
	83	Trinidad and Tobago	191,496	13.68%	113.59%	38.71
	84	Guyana	73,676	9.37%	123.05%	33.59
	85	Saint Kitts and Nevis	6,607	12.42%	120.88%	32.68
	86	Serbia	2,583,470	37.30%	97.10%	31.64
	87	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	552,695	1.94%	133.15%	30.89
	88	Russian Federation	23,479,653	16.09%	128.40%	21.68
	89	Azerbaijan	834,241	8.23%	136.40%	21.35
	90	Belize	71,373	17.95%	128.51%	19.60
	91	Oman	399,449	7.82%	138.76%	19.40
	92	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	1,210,433	10.37%	137.96%	17.65
	93	Paraguay	736,154	10.32%	138.35%	17.32
	94	Antigua and Barbuda	9,106	9.30%	139.40%	17.28
	95	Botswana	330,409	14.05%	134.87%	17.06
	96	Guadeloupe	203,235	50.79%	100.08%	15.11
	97	Morocco	1,278,055	3.46%	150.06%	12.46
	98	Pakistan	1,580,631	0.72%	154.36%	10.90
	99	Timor-Leste	23,460	1.78%	153.88%	10.32
	100	Dominican Republic	661,180	6.09%	151.30%	8.53
	101	British Virgin Islands	7,392	24.45%	137.09%	4.58
	102	Greenland	11,971	21.09%	140.45%	4.44
	103	India	45,004,816	3.26%	160.03%	2.69
	104	Croatia	1,279,927	31.54%	134.00%	0.52
	105	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	2,166	35.68%	130.00%	0.31
	106	Cabo Verde	64,474	11.60%	154.67%	-0.29
	107	Indonesia	6,817,154	2.49%	163.86%	-0.37
	108	Slovakia	1,871,209	34.28%	132.30%	-0.56
	109	Martinique	230,354	61.38%	107.11%	-2.51
	110	Poland	6,590,705	17.36%	153.40%	-4.68
	111	Barbados	110,141	38.33%	132.84%	-5.17
	112	Myanmar	641,393	1.18%	171.80%	-7.00
	113	Sint Eustatius	1,221	38.90%	137.59%	-10.51
	114	Philippines	4,126,460	3.77%	172.76%	-10.55
	115	Honduras	472,743	4.77%	172.39%	-11.21
	116	Mexico	7,702,582	5.97%	172.90%	-12.88
	117	El Salvador	201,833	3.11%	176.50%	-13.64
	118	Fiji	69,047	7.70%	172.60%	-14.32
	119	Sint Maarten	11,051	25.77%	155.84%	-15.64
	120	Wallis and Futuna	3,550	31.57%	153.86%	-19.45
	121	Curaçao	45,883	27.96%	158.64%	-20.63
	122	Kiribati	5,085	4.26%	184.16%	-22.44
	123	Colombia	6,384,551	12.55%	177.87%	-24.44
	124	Sri Lanka	672,661	3.14%	187.35%	-24.51
	125	Anguilla	3,904	26.02%	165.74%	-25.78
	126	Hungary	2,220,168	22.73%	169.60%	-26.27
	127	Lao People's Democratic Republic	218,903	3.01%	190.77%	-27.80
	128	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	7,625,160	9.08%	185.07%	-28.17
	129	Micronesia (Federated States of)	26,547	23.08%	172.79%	-29.89
	130	New Caledonia	80,064	28.04%	168.30%	-30.37
	131	Saudi Arabia	841,469	2.42%	196.86%	-33.30
	132	Mongolia	1,011,388	30.85%	172.90%	-37.77
	133	French Polynesia	78,700	28.02%	175.75%	-37.78
	134	Thailand	4,761,226	6.82%	199.63%	-40.47
	135	Slovenia	1,350,022	64.41%	142.80%	-41.09
	136	Latvia	977,068	51.22%	156.20%	-41.42
	137	Turks and Caicos Islands	6,704	17.31%	190.89%	-42.11
	138	Kuwait	666,551	15.61%	193.45%	-43.07
	139	Tonga	16,888	15.98%	193.71%	-43.69
	140	Lithuania	1,359,230	48.65%	162.20%	-44.50
	141	Maldives	186,694	34.54%	176.08%	-44.63
	142	Estonia	604,950	45.52%	165.90%	-45.29
	143	Rwanda	133,208	1.03%	210.95%	-45.99
	144	Kazakhstan	1,502,857	8.00%	204.30%	-46.32
	145	Marshall Islands	16,138	27.26%	187.08%	-48.37
	146	Tajikistan	17,786	0.19%	215.20%	-49.41
	147	Czechia	4,713,739	44.08%	174.10%	-51.90
	148	Nepal	1,003,450	3.44%	214.94%	-52.41
	149	Bangladesh	2,046,165	1.24%	219.95%	-55.21
	150	American Samoa	8,359	15.14%	207.81%	-56.98
	151	Monaco	17,181	43.78%	181.00%	-58.76
	152	Mauritius	315,100	24.78%	205.70%	-64.14
	153	Ecuador	1,066,409	6.04%	224.25%	-64.33
	154	Nicaragua	16,088	0.24%	234.10%	-68.36
	155	Panama	1,041,924	24.15%	212.51%	-70.82
	156	Samoa	16,780	8.46%	228.38%	-70.85
	157	Liechtenstein	21,561	55.65%	183.50%	-73.08
	158	Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the)	14,334	24.90%	214.63%	-73.55
	159	Guam	52,187	30.92%	208.98%	-73.91
	160	Malaysia	5,160,116	15.94%	224.47%	-74.36
	161	Pitcairn Islands	4	8.00%	234.00%	-76.02
	162	Aruba	44,224	41.42%	203.31%	-78.76
	163	Switzerland	4,436,359	51.26%	193.60%	-78.76
	164	Bahrain	696,614	40.94%	204.32%	-79.28
	165	China	99,321,637	6.75%	239.03%	-79.80
	166	Uzbekistan	174,842	0.52%	245.60%	-80.14
	167	United States of America	103,436,829	31.25%	215.05%	-80.32
	168	Belarus	994,037	10.52%	238.20%	-82.74
	169	Bermuda	18,860	30.29%	219.61%	-83.92
	170	Sweden	2,738,097	26.51%	225.00%	-85.44
	171	Tuvalu	2,943	24.96%	227.13%	-86.11
	172	Bonaire	9,864	47.16%	205.93%	-87.11
	173	Greece	5,494,594	51.26%	205.10%	-90.10
	174	Norway	1,494,968	27.85%	229.80%	-91.57
	175	The United Kingdom	24,812,582	36.55%	222.80%	-93.37
	176	Brazil	37,519,960	17.65%	242.68%	-94.44
	177	United Arab Emirates	1,067,030	10.79%	251.98%	-96.79
	178	Israel	4,841,772	55.94%	207.00%	-96.96
	179	Netherlands	8,623,210	49.54%	215.80%	-99.34
	180	Andorra	48,015	62.14%	203.30%	-99.46
	181	Finland	1,499,712	27.14%	240.10%	-101.26
	182	Spain	13,980,340	29.54%	238.50%	-102.06
	183	Isle of Man	38,008	44.70%	223.44%	-102.16
	184	Bhutan	62,697	8.13%	260.68%	-102.83
	185	Cook Islands	7,174	40.84%	228.19%	-103.05
	186	Malta	120,767	23.47%	248.80%	-106.28
	187	Canada	4,743,991	12.57%	262.40%	-108.91
	188	Luxembourg	387,467	61.89%	213.70%	-109.38
	189	Turkmenistan	0	0.00%	278.20%	-112.22
	190	San Marino	25,292	74.52%	204.30%	-112.38
	191	Germany	38,437,756	46.22%	232.40%	-112.64
	192	Cayman Islands	31,472	47.89%	231.24%	-113.15
	193	Seychelles	51,220	52.08%	228.33%	-114.16
	194	Argentina	10,074,137	22.29%	257.93%	-114.19
	195	Qatar	514,524	17.86%	264.11%	-115.99
	196	Faroe Islands	34,658	70.93%	212.61%	-117.56
	197	Cyprus	660,854	74.42%	209.30%	-117.74
	198	Ireland	1,726,402	34.78%	249.60%	-118.37
	199	Viet Nam	11,624,000	11.94%	273.78%	-119.74
	200	Cambodia	138,978	0.83%	285.45%	-120.30
	201	Peru	4,520,102	13.71%	275.85%	-123.58
	202	Uruguay	1,041,111	29.97%	260.14%	-124.12
	203	Costa Rica	1,230,653	24.16%	266.52%	-124.86
	204	Belgium	4,836,886	41.98%	252.70%	-128.64
	205	France	38,997,490	59.96%	234.80%	-128.78
	206	Italy	26,433,512	44.32%	252.00%	-130.15
	207	Iceland	209,503	57.53%	238.90%	-130.41
	208	Austria	6,081,287	68.32%	229.20%	-131.54
	209	Saba	837	43.30%	257.58%	-134.90
	210	New Zealand	2,434,052	50.48%	254.08%	-138.09
	211	Singapore	2,827,115	48.32%	261.57%	-141.84
	212	Jersey	66,391	61.59%	247.65%	-143.26
	213	Denmark	3,423,176	58.79%	256.20%	-148.90
	214	Australia	11,698,780	45.88%	269.69%	-149.43
	215	Palau	6,249	34.54%	282.07%	-150.62
	216	Puerto Rico	1,252,713	43.79%	274.28%	-152.09
	217	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	1,923	55.21%	269.60%	-158.83
	218	Portugal	5,634,044	54.72%	270.80%	-159.52
	219	Guernsey	35,326	54.80%	276.92%	-165.74
	220	Republic of Korea	34,571,873	67.43%	265.13%	-166.58
	221	Nauru	5,393	49.78%	296.82%	-180.61
	222	Cuba	1,115,043	9.84%	337.41%	-181.28
	223	Japan	33,803,572	26.73%	324.03%	-184.78
	224	Niue	895	55.32%	304.27%	-193.23
	225	Brunei Darussalam	321,235	73.43%	295.58%	-201.36
	226	Chile	5,325,080	27.86%	349.76%	-211.44
	227	Gibraltar	20,550	61.00%	394.20%	-289.22
	228	Tokelau	80	5.93%	469.78%	-309.72
	Seq.	Region	Infections	Infection Rate	Vaccination Rate	Protection Index ▼

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Vaccination for Infection Protection Index Formula

Relative Protection Index = Infection Rate Difference + Vaccination Rate Difference
Infection Rate Difference = Global Infection Rate - Regional Infection Rate
Vaccination Rate Difference = Global Vaccination Rate - Regional Vaccination Rate

Example 1: Vaccination for Infection Protection Index in India, using 2022-12-18 WHO data.

Global Infection Rate = 8.31%
India Infection Rate = 3.24%
Global Vaccination Rate = 162.61%
India Vaccination Rate = 132.00%

Relative Protection Index = (8.31 - 3.24) + (162.61 - 159.39) = 8.29

Example 1: Vaccination for Infection Protection Index in USA, using 2022-12-18 WHO data.

Global Infection Rate = 8.31%
USA Infection Rate = 29.77%
Global Vaccination Rate = 162.61%
USA Vaccination Rate = 195.57%

Relative Protection Index = (8.31 - 29.77) + (162.61 - 195.57) = -54.42

Example 1: Vaccination for Infection Protection Index in China, using 2022-12-18 WHO data.

Global Infection Rate = 8.31%
China Infection Rate = 0.68%
Global Vaccination Rate = 162.61%
China Vaccination Rate = 235.52%

Relative Protection Index = (8.31 - 0.68) + (162.61 - 235.52) = -65.28

 

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