(CNN Español) — According to figures from Our World In Data, more than 40.3% of the world’s population on average is vaccinated at least partially against covid-19. However, only 1.8% of the population on average in low-income countries have received at least one dose.
How are vaccination rates in Latin American countries?
Here are the figures from Our World In Data with a cut-off date of September 4 (some countries have figures from previous cut-off dates, according to the data available by country for the early hours of Monday, September 6):
- Uruguay 76,76%
- Chile 75,12%
- Brazil 64.49%
- Panama 63.74%
- Argentina 61,94%
- Ecuador 59,81%
- Costa Rica 59.53%
- El Salvador 56.06%
- Dominican Republic 53.40%
- Cuba 50,12%
- Colombia 46,35%
- Mexico 45.11%
- Belice 41.39%
- Guyana 39,66%
- Suriname 34.79%
- Bolivia 34,11%
- Peru 32.20%
- Paraguay 31,37%
- Honduras 27,52%
- Venezuela 20,92%
- Guatemala 18,90%
- Nicaragua 6,61%
- Haiti 0.24%
Among the countries in the world with the highest percentage of their population at least partially vaccinated against covid-19 are the United Arab Emirates, with 87.51%, Portugal, with 85.63%, Qatar, with 79.77%, and Spain, 78.51%. Uruguay and Chile follow closely behind.
Panama and Argentina surpass the United States, which has a 61.61% population rate at least partially vaccinated.
Overall, the continent already has, on average, more than half of the population vaccinated with at least one dose. South America has a vaccination rate of 55.59% and North America of 54.20%.
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