Many countries saw a significant increase in their respective rates of COVID-19 vaccinations in the last few weeks.
Countries across the world are racing to increase their rates of COVID-19 vaccinations. This comes as Delta cases continue to surge these past few months.
Some nations still face struggles in their vaccine drives and programs. But, there are those areas that persist to vaccinate the majority of their populations.
Gizmodo released a list of which countries have the best jab ratings. It also included the number of population to provide better perspectives.
The publication noted that the numbers are from Johns Hopkins University. Moreover, the leading ones on the list are no longer dominated by small countries alone.
Top ten nations with the best rate of vaccinations
Malta continues to lead with its 82.82 percent rating. The population count, though, is only 502,000.
The United Arab Emirates follows behind after vaccinating 79.97 percent of its population of 9.7 million. Singapore, which houses 5.7 million individuals, comes in third with 79.1 percent.
The rates of vaccinations in Portugal, Qatar, and Spain are also high. These countries have vaccinated 78.85, 78.33, and 74.50 percent of their respective populations (10.2, 2.8, and 46.9 million).
The last four countries on the list have varying rates at 73 percent. These are Denmark, Iceland, Chile, and Uruguay with populations of 5.8 million, 357,000, 18.9 million, and 3.4 million, respectively.
Other countries on the list
Seychelles, Belgium, Ireland, and San Marino did not make it to the top ten countries with the best rates of COVID-19 vaccinations. But, they belong to the list of the only nations that have vaccinated more than 70 percent of their populations.
Meanwhile, there are 13 countries that have vaccinated more than 60 percent of their respective populaces. These are China, Canada, Bahrain, United Kingdom, Mongolia, Norway, Italy, France, Netherlands, Bhutan, Germany, Israel, and Mauritius.
As for the nations that have vaccinated more than half of their populations, the list names 18 of them. The first five are Austria, Sweden, Maldives, Monaco, and Luxembourg.
Cambodia, Hungary, Finland, Lithuania, and Ecuador come in next with rates of vaccinations above 55 percent and below 58 percent. As for the remaining eight, these are Czechia, Greece, United States, Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malaysia, Switzerland, and Poland.
COVID-19 jabs around the globe
Globally, the rate of vaccination against COVID-19 continues to increase. As per Our World In Nation, 42.1 percent of the world population have already received at least a dose of the vaccine.
Meanwhile, the share of the population that has completed their vaccinations is 30 percent. This equates to 2.36 billion as of September 12.
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