When the SARS-CoV-2 (COVID-19) virus was discovered in 2020, a vaccine was developed in reaction to it.
There have been 176.6 reported cases of COVID-19 worldwide, involving 3.83 million fatalities, as of June 2021, as per the World Health Organization. More than 2.37 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccination have been given worldwide.
Vaccines and Their Types
Covid-19 viral material is included in mRNA vaccines, which instructs cells in the body on how to produce a protein specific to covid-19. Our cells destroy the vaccine’s genetic material at that point since they know this protein isn’t supposed to be there.
As a result, T- and B-lymphocytes are produced in an attempt to save the virus’s attack strategy for later use. Rather than the full germ, protein subunit vaccinations use innocuous proteins from the virus.
Antibodies and T-lymphocytes are formed to remember how to attack the virus when our systems detect that the protein is abnormal. The virus that causes COVID-19 is not present in the vector vaccinations.
The viral vector instructs our cells to produce a protein specific to the virus inside of the virus. We then produce protein duplicates in our bodies, which trigger the production of T- and B-lymphocytes with the memory to fight future viruses.
What are COVID-19 Vaccines Available Worldwide?
There are currently a variety of vaccinations accessible across the world. AstraZeneca-Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, Pfizer-BioNTech, Moderna, Johnson & Johnson, and others.
The Moderna Group and Pfizer-BioNTech, More than 60% of the estimated COVID-19 market, are made up of COVID-19 vaccinations. It takes two doses of the Pfizer-BioNTech (BNT162b2) mRNA vaccine, 21 days apart.
According to clinical trial findings, Pfizer’s vaccine was 95% effective in preventing laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 disease. Moderna (mRNA-1273) is an mRNA vaccination that needs two doses, each 28 days apart, to be administered.
In clinical trials, the Moderna vaccine was shown to be 94.1 percent effective in preventing laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 disease.
The JNJ-78436735 vaccine is an inactivated viral vector vaccine that only takes one dosage to be effective. The J&J vaccine was found to be 66.3 percent effective in clinical testing. As Johnson & Johnson’s, the AstraZeneca vaccine is a viral vector.
The vaccination is administered in two doses, with a recommended interval of eight to 12 weeks between each dose. From the first investigations, the effectiveness varied from 70,4 percent to 76% a few months later.
Further study is needed to validate the effectiveness of a group that received a lower first dosage.
Vaccination Rates for COVID-19 by Country
The level of vaccination varies greatly from country to country. Roughly 767 million individuals, or about 10% of the global population, have received all recommended vaccinations, although over 2.7 billion doses have been provided worldwide.
Every day, over 38 million immunizations are given. People in Seychelles have 68.64 percent immunized, followed by San Marino (65.48 percent). 45.59 percent of the population in the United States is completely immunized, ranking the country seventh overall.
People in low-income nations have only gotten one dosage of the vaccine. It is estimated that fewer than 0.01% of Ugandans have been properly immunized.
Also See: Countries With Universal Health Care 2022
Only 0.01 percent of South Sudan’s population and 0.03 percent of Zambia’s population are completely vaccinated, respectively, according to the World Health Organization.
Each country’s given vaccinations, the number of completely vaccinated persons, and the percentage of the population that’s also fully vaccinated are listed in the table below.
Country | Doses Administered | Num. Vaccinated | % Vaccinated | 2022 Population |
---|---|---|---|---|
Seychelles | 137676 | 67016 | 68.6400 | 99.4260 |
San Marino | 44064 | 22172 | 65.4800 | 34.0850 |
Malta | 628735 | 288195 | 57.3300 | 444.0330 |
Israel | 10645205 | 5149382 | 56.8700 | 8922.8920 |
Bahrain | 1932506 | 890922 | 54.2800 | 1783.9830 |
Mongolia | 3608480 | 1696245 | 52.5900 | 3378.0780 |
Chile | 21385816 | 9241584 | 48.7600 | 19250.1950 |
United Kingdom | 75197142 | 31449915 | 47.0500 | 68497.9070 |
United States | 317966408 | 149667646 | 45.5900 | 334805.2690 |
Qatar | 2886323 | 1265752 | 44.6900 | 2979.9150 |
Hungary | 9496972 | 4360313 | 44.6200 | 9606.2590 |
Iceland | 392539 | 153725 | 42.5400 | 345.3930 |
Uruguay | 3557850 | 1362473 | 39.3500 | 3496.0160 |
United Arab Emirates | 14512626 | 3836521 | 39.2600 | 10081.7850 |
Monaco | 33965 | 15129 | 38.8200 | 39.7830 |
Serbia | 5146241 | 2452243 | 35.3000 | 8653.0160 |
Singapore | 4691386 | 1990940 | 34.9000 | 5943.5460 |
Maldives | 497871 | 182715 | 34.4100 | 540.9850 |
Lithuania | 2089104 | 881300 | 31.6200 | 2661.7080 |
Belgium | 9567331 | 3504854 | 30.5100 | 11668.2780 |
Germany | 65738489 | 25301843 | 30.4300 | 83883.5960 |
Malawi | 489523 | 185008 | 29.8400 | 20180.8390 |
Luxembourg | 483523 | 185008 | 29.8400 | 642.3710 |
Spain | 36357745 | 13939564 | 29.6100 | 46719.1420 |
Greece | 7446861 | 3171374 | 29.5900 | 10316.6370 |
Poland | 26494562 | 11190284 | 29.4700 | 37739.7850 |
Switzerland | 6231400 | 2486866 | 29 | 8773.6370 |
Slovenia | 1394087 | 594862 | 28.4900 | 2078.0340 |
Liechtenstein | 28606 | 10733 | 28.2300 | 38.3870 |
Austria | 6835256 | 2484430 | 27.9800 | 9066.7100 |
Netherlands | 13875172 | 4756088 | 27.4300 | 17211.4470 |
Denmark | 4403132 | 1589896 | 27.3200 | 5834.9500 |
Norway | 3634363 | 1456471 | 27.2300 | 5511.3700 |
Estonia | 895870 | 353404 | 26.6400 | 1321.9100 |
Portugal | 7575648 | 2704559 | 26.3300 | 10140.5700 |
Italy | 45909953 | 15551753 | 25.7900 | 60262.7700 |
Latvia | 1066582 | 480181 | 25.1000 | 1848.8370 |
Antigua and Barbuda | 59582 | 24325 | 25.0400 | 99.5090 |
Dominica | 38160 | 17844 | 24.8400 | 72.3440 |
Cyprus | 739365 | 296244 | 24.7100 | 1223.3870 |
France | 47714865 | 16447770 | 24.5200 | 65584.5180 |
Slovakia | 3242169 | 1303959 | 23.9000 | 5460.1930 |
Sweden | 6731352 | 2416335 | 23.4900 | 10218.9710 |
Barbados | 155423 | 64688 | 22.5300 | 288.0230 |
Romania | 8753264 | 4355131 | 22.4900 | 19031.3350 |
Dominican Republic | 6835074 | 2412686 | 22.4600 | 11056.3700 |
Morocco | 17494081 | 8118841 | 22.2600 | 37772.7560 |
Croatia | 2318428 | 875503 | 21.5200 | 4059.2860 |
Andorra | 51114 | 16416 | 21.2800 | 77.4630 |
Montenegro | 275658 | 127663 | 20.5200 | 627.9500 |
Ireland | 3218310 | 1000000 | 20.2300 | 5020.1990 |
Canada | 32135019 | 6792499 | 18.0700 | 38388.4190 |
Turkey | 42779999 | 14490130 | 17.3600 | 85561.9760 |
Mauritius | 598863 | 218501 | 17.2600 | 1274.7270 |
El Salvador | 2466561 | 1040634 | 16.1200 | 6550.3890 |
China | 1010489000 | 223299000 | 15.9700 | 1448471.4000 |
Cambodia | 5762050 | 2623466 | 15.9100 | 17168.6390 |
Finland | 2916915 | 847626 | 15.3500 | 5554.9600 |
Costa Rica | 2150520 | 740742 | 14.6700 | 5182.3540 |
Mexico | 40031327 | 16526469 | 12.9500 | 131562.7720 |
Albania | 862628 | 351453 | 12.3100 | 2866.3740 |
Guyana | 315816 | 92157 | 11.7700 | 794.0450 |
Saint Lucia | 51178 | 21115 | 11.5500 | 185.1130 |
Panama | 1412477 | 483297 | 11.3800 | 4446.9640 |
Bulgaria | 1657042 | 747471 | 10.7100 | 6844.5970 |
Russia | 35237844 | 15243990 | 10.5500 | 145805.9470 |
Azerbaijan | 2915954 | 1007149 | 10.0400 | 10300.2050 |
North Macedonia | 473853 | 199143 | 9.5500 | 2081.3040 |
Kazakhstan | 4345853 | 1625866 | 8.7800 | 19205.0430 |
Moldova | 631346 | 229967 | 8.6500 | 4013.1710 |
Jordan | 2914335 | 870480 | 8.6100 | 10300.8690 |
Colombia | 14727526 | 4326156 | 8.5900 | 51512.7620 |
Grenada | 27929 | 9514 | 8.4900 | 113.4750 |
Argentina | 18085389 | 3664668 | 8.1500 | 46010.2340 |
Equatorial Guinea | 257146 | 108567 | 8 | 1496.6620 |
Peru | 6345532 | 2359228 | 7.2500 | 33684.2080 |
New Zealand | 891702 | 324514 | 6.5900 | 4898.2030 |
Japan | 28887137 | 8124014 | 6.4300 | 125584.8380 |
Laos | 1183137 | 440530 | 6.1400 | 7481.0230 |
Ecuador | 3133387 | 1053498 | 6.0600 | 18113.3610 |
Belize | 97404 | 21256 | 5.4400 | 412.1900 |
Lebanon | 1128719 | 368127 | 5.3600 | 6684.8490 |
Sao Tome and Principe | 23918 | 11544 | 5.3600 | 227.6790 |
Suriname | 175694 | 31032 | 5.3300 | 596.8310 |
Malaysia | 5815575 | 1612974 | 5.0400 | 33181.0720 |
Bolivia | 2181452 | 565938 | 4.9100 | 11992.6560 |
Bahamas | 68119 | 17827 | 4.5700 | 400.5160 |
Indonesia | 35086248 | 12212906 | 4.5100 | 279134.5050 |
Belarus | 1068413 | 369272 | 3.9000 | 9432.8000 |
Oman | 720199 | 184621 | 3.7100 | 5323.9930 |
Sri Lanka | 3261432 | 806252 | 3.6900 | 21575.8420 |
India | 276693572 | 49415053 | 3.6100 | 1406631.7760 |
Tunisia | 1583153 | 417751 | 3.5700 | 12046.6560 |
Paraguay | 662804 | 240330 | 3.4100 | 7305.8430 |
Australia | 6491476 | 841202 | 3.3100 | 26068.7920 |
Thailand | 7587178 | 2101086 | 3.0100 | 70078.2030 |
Uzbekistan | 2695058 | 1002919 | 2.9800 | 34382.0840 |
Zimbabwe | 1138733 | 435668 | 2.9700 | 15331.4280 |
Trinidad and Tobago | 215991 | 39142 | 2.8000 | 1406.5850 |
Brunei | 65972 | 11808 | 2.7200 | 445.4310 |
Bangladesh | 10082705 | 4259460 | 2.6100 | 167885.6890 |
Nepal | 3231849 | 731653 | 2.5500 | 30225.5820 |
Georgia | 309128 | 79222 | 2.1200 | 3968.7380 |
Brazil | 81083471 | 24199737 | 1.9100 | 215353.5930 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina | 315780 | 63281 | 1.9100 | 3249.3170 |
Rwanda | 578569 | 228169 | 1.8000 | 13600.4640 |
Pakistan | 12977746 | 3379444 | 1.5600 | 229488.9940 |
Angola | 1314375 | 492266 | 1.5400 | 35027.3430 |
Ghana | 1228216 | 376169 | 1.2300 | 32395.4500 |
Jamaica | 194315 | 31106 | 1.0500 | 2985.0940 |
Iran | 4792881 | 808786 | 0.9700 | 86022.8370 |
Togo | 347246 | 76462 | 0.9400 | 8680.8370 |
Senegal | 632648 | 152337 | 0.9300 | 17653.6710 |
Guinea | 452651 | 116136 | 0.9000 | 13865.6910 |
Kuwait | 1820000 | 38000 | 0.9000 | 4380.3260 |
Guatemala | 805585 | 147151 | 0.8800 | 18584.0390 |
South Africa | 2144204 | 479768 | 0.8100 | 60756.1350 |
Ukraine | 2086102 | 360452 | 0.8100 | 43192.1220 |
Namibia | 124064 | 19865 | 0.7900 | 2633.8740 |
Venezuela | 1302992 | 223858 | 0.7800 | 29266.9910 |
Kyrgyzstan | 135578 | 47400 | 0.7300 | 6728.2710 |
Egypt | 3794707 | 676889 | 0.6700 | 106156.6920 |
Honduras | 497563 | 58000 | 0.5900 | 10221.2470 |
Gabon | 41737 | 12337 | 0.5600 | 2331.5330 |
Iraq | 703820 | 209296 | 0.5300 | 42164.9650 |
Fiji | 242539 | 4599 | 0.5100 | 909.4660 |
Solomon Islands | 18889 | 3479 | 0.5100 | 721.1590 |
Afghanistan | 662003 | 177266 | 0.4600 | 40754.3880 |
Gambia | 40810 | 10389 | 0.4400 | 2558.4820 |
Kenya | 1181588 | 186966 | 0.3500 | 56215.2210 |
Mozambique | 394930 | 74801 | 0.2400 | 33089.4610 |
Sudan | 610924 | 102653 | 0.2300 | 45992.0200 |
Mali | 176038 | 45464 | 0.2300 | 21473.7640 |
Sierra Leone | 97315 | 15170 | 0.1900 | 8306.4360 |
Mauritania | 136003 | 6983 | 0.1500 | 4901.9810 |
Nigeria | 2909674 | 261670 | 0.1300 | 216746.9340 |
Vietnam | 2422643 | 121683 | 0.1200 | 98953.5410 |
Taiwan | 1541732 | 24076 | 0.1000 | 23888.5950 |
Cameroon | 100991 | 17069 | 0.0600 | 27911.5480 |
Zambia | 148304 | 6215 | 0.0300 | 19470.2340 |
South Sudan | 29410 | 2072 | 0.0100 | 11618.5110 |
Ethiopia | 1974476 | 0 | 0 | 120812.6980 |
Philippines | 8407342 | 0 | 0 | 112508.9940 |
Uganda | 831213 | 4129 | 0 | 48432.8630 |
Algeria | 2500000 | 0 | 0 | 45350.1480 |
Saudi Arabia | 16710807 | 0 | 0 | 35844.9090 |
Ivory Coast | 722073 | 0 | 0 | 27742.2980 |
Syria | 71519 | 0 | 0 | 19364.8090 |
Papua New Guinea | 38176 | 0 | 0 | 9292.1690 |
Nicaragua | 167500 | 0 | 0 | 6779.1000 |
Armenia | 55557 | 0 | 0 | 2971.9660 |
Botswana | 152100 | 0 | 0 | 2441.1620 |
Eswatini | 35227 | 0 | 0 | 1184.8170 |
Bhutan | 484189 | 0 | 0 | 787.9410 |
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 23087 | 0 | 0 | 111.5510 |
Palau | 24601 | 0 | 0 | 18.2330 |