Countries with highest disagreement over vaccine effectiveness worldwide in 2018

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John Elflein,
Jan 30, 2020
Around 28 percent of people in Liberia strongly/somewhat disagree with that vaccines are effective, compared to 12 percent in Togo. The statistic illustrates the countries worldwide with the highest share of people that strongly/somewhat disagree that vaccines are effective in 2018.

Countries with the highest share of people that strongly/somewhat disagree that vaccines are effective worldwide in 2018

CharacteristicPercentage of people
Liberia 28%
France 19%
Nigeria 16%
Namibia 15%
Peru 15%
Uganda 13%
Armenia 12%
Gabon 12%
Russia 12%
Togo 12%
Austria 11%
Indonesia 11%
Netherlands 11%
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Release date

June 2019

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

April 2018 to December 2018

Number of respondents

140,000 respondents

Age group

15 years and older

Special properties

140 countries, randomly selected nationally representative samples.

Method of interview

Telephone interview

Supplementary notes

For more information on the data source and collection method please see the following links (Appendix A: Methodology)

Original question:Do you agree, disagree, or neither agree nor disagree with the following statement? Vaccines are safe.

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