Can vaccine booster lower the COVID-19 virus death rate?

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Different countries or regions use different sets of vaccine boosters. We can calculate a relative protection index to indicate how efficient a country of region is with its vaccine boosters to prevent COVID-19 virus deaths.

This protection index is listed below by country or region. Calculation formula and examples are provided after the list.

Data was updated at 2026-10-03 08:38:02 Paris time.

You can click the header name to sort the list. Or select 2 regions to compare them in details.

	Seq.	Region	Deaths	Death Rate	Booster Rate	Protection Index ▼
		Global	6,988,679	0.90%	25.89%	4.93
	1	Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha	0	0.00%	0.00%	31.73
	2	Burundi	15	0.03%	0.00%	31.70
	3	Cayman Islands	37	0.12%	0.00%	31.61
	4	Greenland	21	0.18%	0.00%	31.55
	5	Anguilla	12	0.31%	0.00%	31.42
	6	French Guiana	413	0.42%	0.00%	31.31
	7	Martinique	1,104	0.48%	0.00%	31.25
	8	Guadeloupe	1,021	0.50%	0.00%	31.23
	9	Barbados	593	0.54%	0.00%	31.16
	10	Benin	163	0.58%	0.00%	31.15
	11	Dominican Republic	4,384	0.66%	0.00%	31.07
	12	Aruba	292	0.66%	0.00%	31.07
	13	Serbia	18,057	0.70%	0.00%	31.03
	14	Uruguay	7,660	0.74%	0.00%	30.99
	15	Gabon	307	0.63%	0.12%	30.99
	16	Costa Rica	9,368	0.76%	0.00%	30.97
	17	Cuba	8,530	0.77%	0.00%	30.96
	18	Cabo Verde	416	0.65%	0.14%	30.95
	19	Panama	8,652	0.83%	0.00%	30.90
	20	Bermuda	165	0.88%	0.00%	30.85
	21	The United Kingdom	232,112	0.94%	0.00%	30.79
	22	Belize	688	0.96%	0.00%	30.76
	23	Eritrea	103	1.01%	0.00%	30.72
	24	Montenegro	2,654	1.06%	0.00%	30.67
	25	United States of America	1,144,877	1.11%	0.00%	30.63
	26	Canada	53,470	1.13%	0.00%	30.60
	27	Chile	62,082	1.17%	0.00%	30.56
	28	Djibouti	189	1.21%	0.00%	30.52
	29	Argentina	130,682	1.30%	0.00%	30.43
	30	Equatorial Guinea	183	1.07%	0.33%	30.33
	31	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,468	1.48%	0.00%	30.25
	32	Nicaragua	245	1.52%	0.00%	30.20
	33	Congo	389	1.54%	0.00%	30.18
	34	Guatemala	20,201	1.62%	0.00%	30.14
	35	Iraq	25,375	1.03%	0.68%	30.01
	36	Russian Federation	400,771	1.71%	0.00%	30.00
	37	Comoros	160	1.76%	0.00%	29.97
	38	Guyana	1,299	1.76%	0.00%	29.96
	39	Burkina Faso	399	1.81%	0.02%	29.91
	40	Papua New Guinea	670	1.43%	0.42%	29.88
	41	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	22,385	1.85%	0.00%	29.88
	42	Brazil	702,116	1.87%	0.00%	29.86
	43	United Republic of Tanzania	846	1.96%	0.00%	29.76
	44	El Salvador	4,230	2.10%	0.00%	29.63
	45	Mali	743	2.24%	0.00%	29.49
	46	Jamaica	3,590	2.29%	0.00%	29.42
	47	Honduras	11,114	2.35%	0.00%	29.38
	48	Haiti	860	2.49%	0.00%	29.23
	49	Madagascar	1,426	2.08%	0.61%	29.03
	50	Paraguay	19,941	2.71%	0.00%	29.01
	51	Niger	315	3.31%	0.00%	28.42
	52	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5,856	1.06%	2.29%	28.38
	53	Ecuador	36,036	3.38%	0.00%	28.36
	54	Ukraine	109,918	1.99%	1.70%	28.03
	55	Liberia	294	3.71%	0.04%	27.98
	56	Uganda	3,632	2.11%	1.67%	27.94
	57	Algeria	6,881	2.53%	1.31%	27.88
	58	Libya	6,437	1.27%	2.72%	27.74
	59	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16,374	4.06%	0.00%	27.67
	60	Mexico	334,938	4.35%	0.00%	27.38
	61	Guinea	468	1.21%	3.24%	27.28
	62	Cameroon	1,974	1.58%	3.03%	27.12
	63	Solomon Islands	199	0.77%	4.06%	26.90
	64	Armenia	8,775	1.95%	2.92%	26.87
	65	Peru	221,564	4.90%	0.00%	26.82
	66	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	124	1.28%	3.86%	26.58
	67	Somalia	1,361	4.98%	0.18%	26.57
	68	Gambia	372	2.95%	2.22%	26.56
	69	South Sudan	147	0.78%	4.58%	26.40
	70	Kenya	5,689	1.65%	3.72%	26.35
	71	Vanuatu	14	0.12%	5.39%	26.22
	72	Saint Lucia	410	1.36%	4.28%	26.08
	73	Guinea-Bissau	177	1.84%	3.88%	26.01
	74	Kyrgyzstan	1,024	1.15%	4.61%	25.97
	75	Togo	290	0.73%	5.17%	25.83
	76	Syrian Arab Republic	3,163	5.51%	0.43%	25.79
	77	Dominica	74	0.46%	5.55%	25.71
	78	Senegal	1,971	2.21%	4.33%	25.19
	79	Ethiopia	7,574	1.51%	5.20%	25.02
	80	Kosovo	3,212	1.17%	5.93%	24.63
	81	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46	0.70%	6.51%	24.52
	82	occupied Palestinian territory	5,708	0.81%	6.61%	24.31
	83	Jordan	14,122	0.81%	6.69%	24.23
	84	Georgia	17,132	0.92%	6.68%	24.12
	85	Grenada	238	1.21%	6.59%	23.93
	86	Central African Republic	113	0.73%	7.58%	23.41
	87	Mozambique	2,250	0.96%	7.43%	23.33
	88	Zambia	4,069	1.17%	7.70%	22.87
	89	Nigeria	3,155	1.18%	8.16%	22.38
	90	Malawi	2,686	3.01%	6.44%	22.27
	91	Mauritania	997	1.56%	8.26%	21.91
	92	South Africa	102,595	2.52%	7.44%	21.77
	93	Suriname	1,404	1.70%	8.33%	21.69
	94	Afghanistan	7,966	3.47%	6.67%	21.58
	95	Lesotho	709	1.98%	8.30%	21.45
	96	North Macedonia	9,960	2.85%	7.69%	21.20
	97	Lebanon	10,947	0.88%	9.67%	21.17
	98	Bahamas	844	2.22%	8.57%	20.94
	99	Angola	1,937	1.82%	9.17%	20.73
	100	Romania	68,611	1.96%	9.29%	20.48
	101	Antigua and Barbuda	146	1.60%	10.05%	20.08
	102	Montserrat	8	0.57%	11.26%	19.90
	103	Côte d’Ivoire	835	0.95%	11.90%	18.88
	104	British Virgin Islands	64	0.87%	12.32%	18.53
	105	Tunisia	29,423	2.55%	10.65%	18.53
	106	Namibia	4,103	2.38%	11.75%	17.60
	107	Trinidad and Tobago	4,390	2.29%	12.49%	16.94
	108	Bulgaria	38,539	2.93%	12.18%	16.61
	109	Republic of Moldova	12,159	1.93%	13.22%	16.57
	110	Albania	3,604	1.08%	14.10%	16.55
	111	Ghana	1,462	0.85%	15.47%	15.41
	112	Oman	4,628	1.16%	15.27%	15.30
	113	Sierra Leone	125	1.61%	15.07%	15.05
	114	Sudan	5,046	7.89%	8.87%	14.97
	115	Sao Tome and Principe	80	1.19%	15.80%	14.72
	116	Eswatini	1,427	1.90%	15.47%	14.36
	117	Zimbabwe	5,730	2.15%	15.47%	14.11
	118	India	533,316	1.19%	16.58%	13.96
	119	Yemen	2,159	18.08%	0.22%	13.43
	120	Egypt	24,830	4.81%	14.87%	12.05
	121	Turks and Caicos Islands	40	0.60%	19.22%	11.90
	122	Morocco	16,298	1.28%	18.65%	11.80
	123	Fiji	885	1.28%	19.20%	11.25
	124	Sint Maarten	92	0.83%	21.33%	9.57
	125	Botswana	2,800	0.85%	21.59%	9.29
	126	Philippines	66,779	1.62%	21.73%	8.38
	127	Sint Eustatius	6	0.49%	24.44%	6.80
	128	Pakistan	30,656	1.94%	24.06%	5.73
	129	Timor-Leste	138	0.59%	25.80%	5.34
	130	Micronesia (Federated States of)	65	0.25%	26.55%	4.93
	131	Curaçao	305	0.67%	26.29%	4.77
	132	Chad	194	2.52%	24.61%	4.60
	133	Croatia	18,489	1.45%	25.79%	4.49
	134	Indonesia	161,930	2.38%	25.36%	3.99
	135	Wallis and Futuna	8	0.23%	29.79%	1.71
	136	Latvia	7,430	0.76%	29.37%	1.60
	137	Maldives	316	0.17%	30.95%	0.61
	138	Colombia	142,727	2.24%	29.07%	0.42
	139	Slovenia	9,581	0.71%	30.68%	0.34
	140	Marshall Islands	17	0.11%	31.35%	0.27
	141	Kiribati	24	0.47%	31.48%	-0.23
	142	Slovakia	21,170	1.13%	31.03%	-0.44
	143	Myanmar	19,494	3.04%	29.38%	-0.70
	144	Mongolia	2,284	0.23%	32.30%	-0.80
	145	Lithuania	9,773	0.72%	32.15%	-1.15
	146	Turkey	101,419	0.60%	32.91%	-1.78
	147	Rwanda	1,468	1.10%	32.62%	-2.00
	148	Lao People's Democratic Republic	671	0.31%	33.69%	-2.27
	149	Kuwait	2,570	0.39%	34.13%	-2.79
	150	Poland	119,886	1.82%	33.29%	-3.39
	151	Azerbaijan	10,361	1.24%	33.98%	-3.50
	152	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	146,741	1.92%	34.02%	-4.22
	153	Nepal	12,031	1.20%	35.26%	-4.73
	154	Tonga	12	0.07%	36.51%	-4.85
	155	New Caledonia	314	0.39%	36.19%	-4.86
	156	Kazakhstan	19,072	1.27%	35.43%	-4.97
	157	Estonia	2,934	0.49%	36.60%	-5.35
	158	French Polynesia	649	0.83%	36.42%	-5.52
	159	Bonaire	33	0.34%	38.85%	-7.46
	160	Thailand	34,506	0.73%	39.37%	-8.37
	161	Sri Lanka	16,886	2.51%	38.39%	-9.17
	162	Samoa	31	0.19%	41.46%	-9.92
	163	Hungary	48,874	2.20%	39.93%	-10.41
	164	Czechia	43,153	0.92%	41.52%	-10.71
	165	Bangladesh	29,477	1.44%	41.61%	-11.33
	166	Faroe Islands	28	0.08%	43.56%	-11.91
	167	American Samoa	34	0.41%	43.77%	-12.45
	168	Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the)	41	0.29%	45.38%	-13.94
	169	Pitcairn Islands	0	0.00%	46.00%	-14.27
	170	Seychelles	172	0.34%	45.69%	-14.30
	171	Saudi Arabia	9,646	1.15%	46.13%	-15.55
	172	Liechtenstein	87	0.40%	47.26%	-15.93
	173	Uzbekistan	1,016	0.58%	47.68%	-16.54
	174	Tuvalu	1	0.03%	48.72%	-17.03
	175	Monaco	67	0.39%	48.54%	-17.20
	176	Guam	417	0.80%	49.54%	-18.61
	177	Israel	12,707	0.26%	50.27%	-18.81
	178	Malaysia	37,218	0.72%	50.51%	-19.51
	179	Mauritius	1,056	0.34%	51.46%	-20.08
	180	United Arab Emirates	2,349	0.22%	51.96%	-20.45
	181	Netherlands	22,986	0.27%	53.53%	-22.07
	182	Sweden	25,728	0.94%	53.03%	-22.23
	183	Cyprus	1,364	0.21%	53.88%	-22.35
	184	Andorra	159	0.33%	54.50%	-23.10
	185	Tajikistan	125	0.70%	54.16%	-23.13
	186	Norway	5,732	0.38%	55.67%	-24.33
	187	Finland	10,883	0.73%	55.67%	-24.67
	188	New Zealand	3,596	0.15%	56.39%	-24.81
	189	Australia	23,915	0.20%	56.48%	-24.96
	190	China	121,880	0.12%	56.69%	-25.09
	191	Spain	121,852	0.87%	56.02%	-25.17
	192	Greece	38,009	0.69%	56.43%	-25.40
	193	Luxembourg	1,000	0.26%	57.10%	-25.63
	194	Switzerland	14,125	0.32%	57.49%	-26.08
	195	San Marino	126	0.50%	57.34%	-26.11
	196	Cook Islands	2	0.03%	58.30%	-26.60
	197	Bahrain	1,536	0.22%	59.28%	-27.77
	198	Viet Nam	43,206	0.37%	59.56%	-28.21
	199	Turkmenistan	0	0.00%	60.18%	-28.45
	200	Belarus	7,118	0.72%	59.73%	-28.72
	201	Austria	22,534	0.37%	60.21%	-28.85
	202	Saba	2	0.24%	60.53%	-29.04
	203	France	167,985	0.43%	60.47%	-29.17
	204	Ireland	9,376	0.54%	60.44%	-29.26
	205	Denmark	8,929	0.26%	61.58%	-30.11
	206	Isle of Man	116	0.31%	62.72%	-31.29
	207	Belgium	34,339	0.71%	62.37%	-31.35
	208	Germany	174,979	0.46%	62.65%	-31.37
	209	Puerto Rico	5,938	0.47%	63.23%	-31.97
	210	Republic of Korea	35,934	0.10%	65.62%	-34.00
	211	Qatar	690	0.13%	66.12%	-34.52
	212	Cambodia	3,056	2.20%	64.37%	-34.85
	213	Iceland	186	0.09%	67.66%	-36.02
	214	Malta	885	0.73%	67.69%	-36.70
	215	Jersey	161	0.24%	68.34%	-36.85
	216	Japan	74,694	0.22%	68.47%	-36.96
	217	Portugal	27,764	0.49%	68.46%	-37.23
	218	Nauru	1	0.02%	71.12%	-39.41
	219	Palau	9	0.14%	71.22%	-39.64
	220	Tokelau	0	0.00%	71.70%	-39.98
	221	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0.00%	73.01%	-41.29
	222	Niue	0	0.00%	75.71%	-43.98
	223	Italy	193,419	0.73%	76.09%	-45.10
	224	Brunei Darussalam	168	0.05%	77.83%	-46.15
	225	Singapore	1,933	0.07%	81.52%	-49.86
	226	Bhutan	21	0.03%	82.25%	-50.56
	227	Guernsey	67	0.19%	107.56%	-76.02
	228	Gibraltar	113	0.55%	145.94%	-114.77
	Seq.	Region	Deaths	Death Rate	Booster Rate	Protection Index ▼

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Booster for Death Protection Index Formula

Relative Protection Index = Death Rate Difference + Vaccination Rate Difference
Death Rate Difference = Global Death Rate - Regional Death Rate
Vaccination Rate Difference = Global Booster Rate - Regional Booster Rate

Example 1: Booster for Death Protection Index in India, using 2022-12-18 WHO data.

Global Death Rate = 1.03%
India Death Rate = 1.19%
Global Booster Rate = 29.46%
India Booster Rate = 16.16%

Relative Protection Index = (1.03 - 1.19) + (29.46 - 16.16) = 13.13

Example 2: Booster for Death Protection Index in USA, using 2022-12-18 WHO data.

Global Death Rate = 1.03%
USA Death Rate = 1.09%
Global Booster Rate = 29.46%
USA Booster Rate = 34.15%

Relative Protection Index = (1.03 - 1.09) + (29.46 -34.15) = -4.76

Example 3: Booster for Death Protection Index in China, using 2022-12-18 WHO data.

Global Death Rate = 1.03%
China Death Rate = 0.31%
Global Booster Rate = 29.46%
China Booster Rate = 54.70%

Relative Protection Index = (1.03 - 0.31) + (29.46 - 54.70) = -24.52

 

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