More than a billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been administered worldwide, less than five months after the start of the first mass vaccination campaigns in December, according to an AFP count this Saturday at 5.45 p.m. GMT.
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At least 1,002,938,540 doses have been injected in 207 countries or territories, according to this assessment made from official sources. More than half of the total (58%) was administered in three countries: the United States (225.6 million), China (216.1 million) and India (138.4 million). But in terms of its population, Israel is leading the way, with nearly six in ten Israelis already fully vaccinated. Countries like the United Kingdom (49% of the population received at least one dose), the United Arab Emirates (over 51%), the United States (42%), Chile ( 41%), Bahrain (38%) or Uruguay (32%).
In the European Union, 128 million doses have been administered to 21% of the population.
Far behind Malta (47%) and Hungary (37%), champions of the 27, the most populous countries in the EU revolve around the European average: France (20.5%), Germany (22.6%) , Italy (19.9%) and Spain (22.3%).
While the 500 millionth dose had been administered after four months, on March 25, it took less than a month to double the amount.
AstraZeneca distributed in the most countries
While most poor countries have now started to vaccinate, mainly thanks to the Covax mechanism (WHO, Gavi alliance and Cepi coalition), vaccination remains a privilege of “
high income
” countries as defined by the World Bank, which host 16% of humanity but concentrate 47% of the doses injected in the world. “
Low-income
” countries are currently content with 0.2% of doses. Twelve countries do not yet vaccinate: seven in Africa (Tanzania, Madagascar, Burkina Faso, Chad, Burundi, Central African Republic, Eritrea), three in Oceania (Vanuatu, Samoa, Kiribati), one in Asia (North Korea) and one in the Caribbean (Haiti).
Despite the controversies to which it has been the subject, the AstraZeneca / Oxford vaccine is the most widely distributed in the world, since it is administered in three quarters of the countries and territories which vaccinate (at least 156 out of 207, 75% ). It is ahead of Pfizer / BioNTech (at least 91 countries, 44%), Moderna (at least 46 countries, 22%), Sinopharm (at least 41, 20%), Sputnik V (at least 32, 15%) and Sinovac (at least minus 21, 10%).
