Share of people who strongly or somewhat agree vaccines are effective 2018 worldwide

Around 63 percent of people strongly agreed that vaccines are effective in Central Africa, compared to 21 percent of people who somewhat agreed. The statistic illustrates the percentage of people who strongly or somewhat agreed that vaccines are effective worldwide in 2018, by region.

Percentage of people who strongly or somewhat agreed that vaccines are effective worldwide in 2018, by region

Characteristic	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree
World	63%	21%
Eastern Africa	79%	11%
Central Africa	63%	21%
North Africa	71%	13%
Southern Africa	66%	14%
Western Africa	73%	10%
Central America & Mexico	74%	16%
Northern America	59%	24%
South America	61%	21%
Central Asia	70%	9%
East Asia	44%	33%
Southeast Asia	58%	23%
South Asia	84%	10%
Middle East	66%	20%
Eastern Europe	46%	19%
Northern Europe	58%	26%
Southern Europe	53%	27%
Western Europe	44%	33%
Australia & New Zealand	69%	20%

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Release date

June 2019

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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 effective.

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