People who believed vaccines cause autism worldwide 2017

This statistic is based on a survey by Ipsos MORI and shows the percentage of respondents in select countries worldwide who believed some vaccines cause autism in healthy children as of 2017. It was found that around 44 percent of respondents in India believed vaccines can cause autism, despite this claim being widely discredited.

Percentage of respondents in select countries worldwide who believed some vaccines cause autism in healthy children as of 2017

Characteristic	True	Don't know	False
Argentina	10%	28%	62%
Australia	14%	27%	59%
Belgium	9%	51%	40%
Brazil	10%	35%	54%
Canada	16%	32%	52%
Chile	16%	31%	53%
China	19%	50%	31%
Colombia	14%	44%	42%
Denmark	22%	36%	42%
France	17%	48%	35%
Germany	12%	36%	52%
Great Britain	20%	35%	45%
Hong Kong	22%	50%	28%
Hungary	10%	42%	48%
India	44%	36%	20%
Indonesia	23%	32%	45%
Israel	29%	35%	36%
Italy	14%	38%	48%
Japan	12%	63%	25%
Malaysia	30%	35%	34%
Mexico	14%	28%	58%
Montenegro	44%	30%	26%
Netherlands	11%	40%	49%
New Zealand	16%	31%	53%
Norway	18%	23%	59%
Peru	17%	39%	45%
Philippines	28%	33%	39%
Poland	17%	38%	45%
Russia	14%	47%	39%
Saudi Arabia	24%	51%	25%
Serbia	27%	40%	34%
Singapore	20%	48%	32%
South Africa	30%	35%	34%
South Korea	19%	52%	30%
Spain	8%	39%	53%
Sweden	25%	24%	52%
Turkey	31%	47%	22%
USA	19%	29%	52%

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Release date

December 2017

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

September 28 to October 19, 2017

Number of respondents

29,133 respondents

Age group

16-64 years

Special properties

38 countries

Method of interview

Online survey

Supplementary notes

Original question: "Do you think the following statement is true or false? Some vaccines cause autism in healthy children."
The source does not provide any information regarding missing percentage points to 100 percent. The source does not provide any information regarding percentage points exceeding 100 percent.

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