South Korea: national COVID-19 vaccination rate by province 2023

As of August 28, 2023, the province of Jeonnam (South Jeolla Province) had the highest coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination rate in South Korea for all available vaccines. While 90 percent of people in Jeonnam got the first COVID-19 shot, the national vaccination rate lies below that, at 87.5 percent. Only 14.1 percent of people nationwide have been vaccinated with a bivalent booster, which is more effective against current dominant strains. These shots were only offered in the winter of 2022. A total of six provinces have higher vaccination rates than the national average, including the capital city of Seoul.

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National coronavirus (COVID-19) vaccination rate in South Korea as of August 28, 2023, by province

Characteristic	First shot	Second shot	Winter booster shots*
Jeonnam	90%	89.3%	20.2%
Chungnam	89.4%	88.6%	16.4%
Chungbuk	89.2%	88.5%	15.7%
Jeonbuk	89.1%	88.4%	18.1%
Seoul	88.6%	87.8%	14%
Gangwon	87.6%	86.9%	15.3%
National	87.5%	86.6%	14.1%
Gyeongbuk	87.4%	86.5%	15.4%
Gwangju	87.3%	86.6%	13.6%
Jeju	87.2%	86.4%	14.2%
Gyeonggi	87.2%	86.4%	13.1%
Incheon	87.1%	86.3%	12.6%
Gyeongnam	86.9%	86.1%	13.1%
Ulsan	86.1%	85.3%	12.4%
Busan	86.1%	85.2%	13.9%
Daejeon	85.6%	84.8%	13.6%
Daegu	84.6%	83.7%	11.9%
Sejong	79.4%	78.4%	11.4%

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Release date

August 2023

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South Korea

Survey time period

August 28, 2023

Supplementary notes

* Winter shots were discontinued from April 7, 2023.

So-called "winter shots" were initially introduced as another booster in addition to the first and second booster shots (overall the fourth and fifth shots respectively) to preemptively prepare for an anticipation rise in cases during the winter of 2022. As of December 2022, booster shots were discontinued, and any additional shots beyond the first two were merged into the winter shot category to avoid confusion. Winter shots, unlike the previous boosters, use bivalent vaccines, which are more effective for current strains dominating South Korea.

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