Countries with the highest rates of disagreement towards vaccine safety 2018 worldwide

Exactly a third of the population of France strongly/somewhat disagrees with that vaccines are safe, compared to slightly more than a fifth of the population of Iceland. The statistic illustrates those countries worldwide with the highest share of people that strongly/somewhat disagree that vaccines are safe.

Countries with the highest share of people that strongly/somewhat disagree that vaccines are safe worldwide in 2018

Characteristic	Percentage of people
France	33%
Gabon	26%
Togo	25%
Russia	24%
Switzerland	22%
Armenia	21%
Austria	21%
Belgium	21%
Iceland	21%
Burkina Faso	20%
Haiti	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 safe.

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