Abstract

An effective rollout of vaccinations against COVID-19 offers the most promising prospect of bringing the pandemic to an end. We present the Our World in Data COVID-19 vaccination dataset, a global public dataset that tracks the scale and rate of the vaccine rollout across the world. This dataset is updated regularly and includes data on the total number of vaccinations administered, first and second doses administered, daily vaccination rates and population-adjusted coverage for all countries for which data are available (169 countries as of 7 April 2021). It will be maintained as the global vaccination campaign continues to progress. This resource aids policymakers and researchers in understanding the rate of current and potential vaccine rollout; the interactions with non-vaccination policy responses; the potential impact of vaccinations on pandemic outcomes such as transmission, morbidity and mortality; and global inequalities in vaccine access.

Keywords

VaccinationPandemicCoronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)Global healthScale (ratio)Public healthMedicinePopulationTransmission (telecommunications)Environmental healthGeographyComputer scienceVirologyDiseaseCartographyInfectious disease (medical specialty)

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COVID-19COVID-19 VaccinesGlobal HealthHumansImmunization ProgramsImmunization ScheduleVaccinationVaccination Coverage

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Year
2021
Type
article
Volume
5
Issue
7
Pages
947-953
Citations
2034
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Closed

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Edouard Mathieu, Hannah Ritchie, Esteban Ortiz-Ospina et al. (2021). A global database of COVID-19 vaccinations. Nature Human Behaviour , 5 (7) , 947-953. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41562-021-01122-8

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10.1038/s41562-021-01122-8
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33972767

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