Latin American countries that exceed the global rate of vaccination against covid-19

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51.73% of the world population has received at least one dose of the vaccine against covid-19, according to figures from Our World In Data.

Vaccination rates differ strongly between world regions and even between Latin American countries.

While some countries are already promoting the application of booster doses, others maintain vaccination rates below the world average.

Here we present the figures from Our World In Data with a cut-off date of November 14 (some countries, such as Cuba, Chile, Ecuador, Colombia, Bolivia, among others, have figures from previous cut-off dates, according to the data available for the early morning of Monday, November 15):

• Cuba 89.07%

• Chile 86.90%

• Uruguay 79.53%

• Argentina 78.50%

• Brazil 75.85%

• Costa Rica 73.76%

• Ecuador 70.93%

• Panama 68.23%

• El Salvador 67.20%

• Colombia 63.83%

• Peru 62.74%

• Dominican Republic 62.25%

• Mexico 57.92%

• Belize 55.59%

• World average 51.73%

• Guyana 49.36%

• Venezuela 48.28%

• Paraguay 44.05%

• Suriname 42.87%

• Bolivia 39.62%

• Honduras 39.33%

• Guatemala 30.46%

• Nicaragua 18.64%

• Haiti 0.85%

Teachers dress up to promote vaccination against covid-19 among children 6 to 11 years old in Quito, Ecuador.

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At the regional level, South America has an average partial vaccination rate of 70.53% and North America of 62.60%.

By way of comparison, Spain has a rate of 81.60%, the United States of 67.38% and South Africa of 27.02%.

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Editor's Note:

Our World In Data specifies that its "vaccination dataset uses the most recent official figures from governments and Ministries of Health around the world. Population estimates for per capita metrics are based on Population Outlook United Nations World Cup ".

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