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 2023-09-28 22:59:01 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	6,958,499	0.90%	30.67%	0.15
	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	Greenland	21	0.18%	0.00%	31.55
	4	Benin	163	0.58%	0.00%	31.15
	5	Serbia	18,057	0.71%	0.00%	31.02
	6	Gabon	307	0.63%	0.12%	30.98
	7	Cabo Verde	415	0.65%	0.14%	30.95
	8	The United Kingdom	229,307	0.93%	0.00%	30.81
	9	Montenegro	2,654	1.06%	0.00%	30.76
	10	Eritrea	103	1.01%	0.00%	30.72
	11	Djibouti	189	1.21%	0.00%	30.52
	12	Equatorial Guinea	183	1.07%	0.33%	30.33
	13	Democratic Republic of the Congo	1,468	1.50%	0.00%	30.21
	14	Congo	389	1.54%	0.00%	30.18
	15	Iraq	25,375	1.03%	0.68%	30.01
	16	Russian Federation	400,023	1.74%	0.00%	29.99
	17	Comoros	160	1.76%	0.00%	29.97
	18	Burkina Faso	396	1.80%	0.00%	29.93
	19	Papua New Guinea	670	1.43%	0.40%	29.90
	20	United Republic of Tanzania	846	1.96%	0.00%	29.76
	21	Mali	743	2.24%	0.00%	29.49
	22	Haiti	860	2.51%	0.00%	29.22
	23	Madagascar	1,425	2.09%	0.57%	29.07
	24	Niger	315	3.31%	0.00%	28.42
	25	Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	5,856	1.06%	2.29%	28.38
	26	Armenia	8,751	1.95%	1.52%	28.26
	27	Guinea	468	1.21%	2.30%	28.21
	28	Liberia	294	3.63%	0.04%	28.05
	29	Ukraine	109,904	1.99%	1.70%	28.01
	30	Uganda	3,632	2.11%	1.63%	27.97
	31	Jamaica	3,600	2.31%	1.55%	27.88
	32	Algeria	6,881	2.53%	1.31%	27.88
	33	Libya	6,437	1.27%	2.72%	27.74
	34	Ethiopia	7,574	1.51%	2.48%	27.73
	35	Bosnia and Herzegovina	16,352	4.06%	0.00%	27.67
	36	Guinea-Bissau	177	1.84%	2.48%	27.41
	37	Cameroon	1,974	1.58%	2.88%	27.27
	38	South Sudan	138	0.75%	3.93%	27.04
	39	Solomon Islands	153	0.71%	4.00%	27.02
	40	Somalia	1,361	4.98%	0.00%	26.75
	41	Mozambique	2,243	0.96%	4.03%	26.73
	42	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	124	1.29%	3.86%	26.58
	43	Gambia	372	2.95%	2.22%	26.56
	44	Kenya	5,689	1.65%	3.72%	26.35
	45	Central African Republic	113	0.74%	4.70%	26.30
	46	Vanuatu	14	0.12%	5.39%	26.22
	47	Saint Lucia	409	1.36%	4.28%	26.08
	48	Kyrgyzstan	1,024	1.16%	4.23%	26.05
	49	Togo	290	0.73%	5.17%	25.83
	50	Syrian Arab Republic	3,163	5.51%	0.43%	25.79
	51	Dominica	74	0.47%	5.55%	25.71
	52	Kosovo	3,210	1.17%	5.88%	24.67
	53	Senegal	1,971	2.21%	4.87%	24.64
	54	Myanmar	19,494	3.04%	4.09%	24.58
	55	Nigeria	3,155	1.18%	5.97%	24.57
	56	Saint Kitts and Nevis	46	0.70%	6.51%	24.52
	57	Georgia	17,132	0.92%	6.29%	24.51
	58	Zambia	4,069	1.17%	6.19%	24.36
	59	occupied Palestinian territory	5,708	0.81%	6.61%	24.31
	60	Jordan	14,122	0.81%	6.69%	24.23
	61	Grenada	238	1.21%	6.59%	23.93
	62	Angola	1,934	1.84%	6.17%	23.73
	63	Afghanistan	7,946	3.52%	4.86%	23.30
	64	Malawi	2,686	3.02%	5.79%	22.91
	65	Mauritania	997	1.56%	8.26%	21.91
	66	South Africa	102,595	2.52%	7.38%	21.83
	67	Suriname	1,408	1.71%	8.33%	21.69
	68	Lesotho	706	2.05%	8.30%	21.38
	69	Lebanon	10,947	0.88%	9.67%	21.17
	70	North Macedonia	9,941	2.85%	7.79%	21.16
	71	Bahamas	844	2.22%	8.57%	20.94
	72	Romania	68,296	1.99%	9.15%	20.57
	73	Antigua and Barbuda	146	1.60%	10.05%	20.08
	74	Guyana	1,299	1.77%	9.90%	20.05
	75	Montserrat	8	0.57%	11.26%	19.90
	76	Republic of Moldova	12,126	1.95%	9.97%	19.80
	77	Sierra Leone	125	1.61%	10.85%	19.27
	78	Côte d’Ivoire	835	0.95%	11.90%	18.88
	79	Tunisia	29,423	2.55%	10.65%	18.53
	80	British Virgin Islands	64	0.88%	12.32%	18.53
	81	Belize	688	0.97%	12.63%	18.12
	82	Ghana	1,462	0.85%	13.08%	17.80
	83	Namibia	4,098	2.38%	11.75%	17.59
	84	Trinidad and Tobago	4,390	2.29%	12.49%	16.94
	85	Bulgaria	38,403	2.95%	11.98%	16.82
	86	Albania	3,604	1.08%	14.03%	16.62
	87	Zimbabwe	5,718	2.15%	13.48%	16.10
	88	French Guiana	413	0.42%	15.51%	15.79
	89	Oman	4,628	1.16%	15.27%	15.30
	90	Sudan	5,046	7.89%	8.87%	14.97
	91	Sao Tome and Principe	80	1.21%	15.74%	14.77
	92	Eswatini	1,427	1.91%	15.29%	14.53
	93	India	532,030	1.18%	16.58%	13.97
	94	Yemen	2,159	18.08%	0.22%	13.44
	95	Israel	12,670	0.26%	18.32%	13.15
	96	Egypt	24,830	4.81%	14.87%	12.05
	97	Turks and Caicos Islands	39	0.59%	19.22%	11.93
	98	Morocco	16,297	1.28%	18.65%	11.80
	99	Fiji	885	1.28%	19.19%	11.25
	100	Anguilla	12	0.31%	20.30%	11.12
	101	Sint Maarten	92	0.83%	21.33%	9.57
	102	Guatemala	20,236	1.59%	20.76%	9.35
	103	Barbados	620	0.57%	21.87%	9.31
	104	Botswana	2,800	0.85%	21.59%	9.29
	105	Guadeloupe	1,021	0.50%	22.25%	8.98
	106	Bolivia (Plurinational State of)	22,399	1.85%	21.31%	8.55
	107	Philippines	66,681	1.62%	21.73%	8.40
	108	Dominican Republic	4,384	0.66%	23.55%	7.52
	109	Sint Eustatius	6	0.49%	24.44%	6.80
	110	Pakistan	30,656	1.94%	23.17%	6.62
	111	Martinique	1,104	0.48%	24.76%	6.49
	112	Croatia	18,318	1.44%	24.50%	5.79
	113	Paraguay	19,967	2.71%	23.28%	5.74
	114	Timor-Leste	138	0.59%	25.42%	5.72
	115	Micronesia (Federated States of)	65	0.25%	26.55%	4.93
	116	Curaçao	305	0.67%	26.29%	4.78
	117	Chad	194	2.52%	24.61%	4.60
	118	Indonesia	161,918	2.38%	25.17%	4.18
	119	Latvia	7,378	0.76%	28.86%	2.22
	120	Wallis and Futuna	8	0.23%	29.79%	1.71
	121	Maldives	316	0.17%	30.95%	0.61
	122	Colombia	142,942	2.24%	29.07%	0.41
	123	El Salvador	4,230	2.10%	29.27%	0.37
	124	Marshall Islands	17	0.11%	31.35%	0.27
	125	Slovenia	9,435	0.70%	31.05%	-0.02
	126	Kiribati	24	0.47%	31.48%	-0.23
	127	Slovakia	21,167	1.13%	30.90%	-0.30
	128	Mongolia	2,284	0.23%	32.30%	-0.78
	129	Lithuania	9,704	0.73%	32.28%	-1.29
	130	Lao People's Democratic Republic	671	0.31%	33.69%	-2.27
	131	Aruba	292	0.66%	33.40%	-2.33
	132	Turkey	101,419	0.60%	33.55%	-2.42
	133	Kuwait	2,570	0.39%	34.13%	-2.79
	134	Poland	119,642	1.84%	33.01%	-3.12
	135	Nepal	12,031	1.20%	33.81%	-3.28
	136	Azerbaijan	10,302	1.24%	34.54%	-4.05
	137	Iran (Islamic Republic of)	146,336	1.92%	34.01%	-4.20
	138	United States of America	1,127,152	1.09%	35.24%	-4.60
	139	Tonga	12	0.07%	36.47%	-4.81
	140	New Caledonia	314	0.39%	36.19%	-4.86
	141	Cayman Islands	37	0.12%	36.62%	-5.01
	142	Estonia	2,901	0.48%	36.66%	-5.42
	143	French Polynesia	649	0.83%	36.42%	-5.52
	144	Kazakhstan	19,072	1.27%	35.99%	-5.53
	145	Bonaire	33	0.34%	38.85%	-7.46
	146	Thailand	34,471	0.73%	39.30%	-8.29
	147	Sri Lanka	16,882	2.51%	38.39%	-9.17
	148	Samoa	31	0.19%	41.46%	-9.92
	149	Czechia	42,831	0.92%	40.82%	-10.02
	150	Hungary	48,803	2.21%	39.60%	-10.09
	151	Panama	8,652	0.83%	41.02%	-10.12
	152	Bangladesh	29,477	1.44%	40.97%	-10.69
	153	Faroe Islands	28	0.08%	43.56%	-11.91
	154	American Samoa	34	0.41%	43.77%	-12.45
	155	Nicaragua	245	1.53%	43.66%	-13.49
	156	Northern Mariana Islands (Commonwealth of the)	41	0.29%	45.38%	-13.95
	157	Monaco	67	0.40%	45.37%	-14.05
	158	Pitcairn Islands	0	0.00%	46.00%	-14.27
	159	Seychelles	172	0.34%	45.69%	-14.30
	160	Rwanda	1,468	1.10%	45.39%	-14.77
	161	Uzbekistan	1,016	0.59%	46.18%	-15.09
	162	Ecuador	36,042	3.37%	43.69%	-15.36
	163	Saudi Arabia	9,646	1.15%	46.13%	-15.55
	164	Liechtenstein	87	0.41%	47.26%	-15.93
	165	Mexico	334,518	4.36%	44.22%	-16.88
	166	Tuvalu	1	0.03%	48.72%	-16.99
	167	Honduras	11,127	2.35%	47.10%	-17.73
	168	Guam	416	0.80%	49.54%	-18.61
	169	Mauritius	1,053	0.34%	50.36%	-18.97
	170	Malaysia	37,187	0.73%	50.48%	-19.48
	171	Bermuda	165	0.88%	51.11%	-20.26
	172	United Arab Emirates	2,349	0.22%	51.96%	-20.45
	173	Turkmenistan	0	0.00%	52.59%	-20.86
	174	Canada	53,147	1.13%	52.40%	-21.80
	175	Brazil	704,659	1.87%	51.93%	-22.07
	176	Netherlands	22,986	0.27%	54.10%	-22.64
	177	Sweden	24,767	0.91%	53.65%	-22.82
	178	Cyprus	1,364	0.21%	54.88%	-23.36
	179	Tajikistan	125	0.70%	54.53%	-23.51
	180	Greece	37,413	0.70%	55.07%	-23.95
	181	New Zealand	3,309	0.14%	56.39%	-24.79
	182	Australia	22,887	0.20%	56.35%	-24.80
	183	Finland	10,185	0.69%	55.89%	-24.82
	184	Norway	5,653	0.38%	56.27%	-24.92
	185	San Marino	126	0.51%	56.16%	-24.95
	186	China	121,679	0.12%	56.67%	-25.07
	187	Andorra	159	0.33%	56.54%	-25.14
	188	Spain	121,852	0.87%	56.11%	-25.26
	189	Cook Islands	2	0.03%	58.30%	-26.60
	190	Switzerland	14,052	0.32%	58.04%	-26.64
	191	Costa Rica	9,428	0.76%	58.07%	-27.10
	192	Luxembourg	1,000	0.26%	58.85%	-27.51
	193	Bahrain	1,536	0.22%	59.28%	-27.77
	194	Viet Nam	43,206	0.37%	59.54%	-28.18
	195	Uruguay	7,634	0.74%	59.88%	-28.89
	196	Saba	2	0.24%	60.53%	-29.04
	197	Belarus	7,118	0.72%	60.32%	-29.31
	198	Austria	22,534	0.37%	60.73%	-29.37
	199	France	167,985	0.43%	60.95%	-29.65
	200	Ireland	9,209	0.54%	61.56%	-30.36
	201	Denmark	8,811	0.26%	62.50%	-31.02
	202	Isle of Man	116	0.31%	62.72%	-31.29
	203	Germany	174,979	0.46%	62.70%	-31.42
	204	Belgium	34,339	0.71%	62.87%	-31.86
	205	Puerto Rico	5,938	0.47%	63.23%	-31.97
	206	Republic of Korea	35,934	0.10%	65.62%	-34.01
	207	Cambodia	3,056	2.20%	63.69%	-34.16
	208	Qatar	690	0.13%	66.12%	-34.52
	209	Jersey	161	0.24%	68.34%	-36.85
	210	Japan	74,694	0.22%	68.41%	-36.91
	211	Portugal	27,247	0.49%	68.51%	-37.26
	212	Malta	877	0.73%	68.53%	-37.51
	213	Argentina	130,472	1.30%	68.17%	-37.74
	214	Iceland	186	0.09%	69.91%	-38.30
	215	Nauru	1	0.02%	71.12%	-39.41
	216	Palau	9	0.14%	71.22%	-39.64
	217	Tokelau	0	0.00%	71.70%	-39.98
	218	Peru	221,674	4.91%	67.16%	-40.33
	219	Falkland Islands (Malvinas)	0	0.00%	73.01%	-41.29
	220	Niue	0	0.00%	75.71%	-43.98
	221	Italy	191,469	0.74%	75.31%	-44.32
	222	Brunei Darussalam	163	0.05%	77.81%	-46.13
	223	Cuba	8,530	0.77%	77.18%	-46.22
	224	Singapore	1,872	0.07%	79.11%	-47.46
	225	Bhutan	21	0.03%	82.25%	-50.56
	226	Chile	61,605	1.17%	82.48%	-51.92
	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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