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. 2020 Aug 3;17(15):5589. doi: 10.3390/ijerph17155589

Table 1.

Twenty countries with the highest and lowest COVID-19 morbidity rates and their PCR-test rate per million population.

The Highest 20 Countries The Lowest 20 Countries
Rank Country Morbidity * PCR-Test * Rank Country * Morbidity * PCR-Test *
1 Qatar 37,566 153,380 173 Papua New Guinea 1 798
2 Chile 16,927 70,696 172 Lao People’s Democratic Republic 3 2990
3 Kuwait 13,496 105,205 171 Vietnam 4 2824
4 Oman 12,244 50,512 170 Myanmar 6 1770
5 Panama 11,406 40,384 169 United Republic of Tanzania 9
6 Armenia 11,324 47,718 168 Cambodia 10 2896
7 Andorra 11,156 48,531 167 Angola 18 304
8 USA 11,118 137,544 166 Timor-Leste 18 1189
9 Peru 10,355 60,747 165 Taiwan 19 3319
10 Brazil 9464 23,098 164 Uganda 23 5133
11 Luxembourg 8438 502,852 163 Burundi 23 563
12 Singapore 8053 172,506 162 Syrian Arab Republic 27
13 Sweden 7610 67,495 161 Fiji 29 4461
14 Saudi Arabia 6983 71,623 160 Gambia 32 1477
15 Belarus 6945 123,003 159 Mozambique 44 1360
16 Spain 6543 128,893 158 Niger 45 276
17 UAE 5673 436,262 157 Thailand 46 8647
18 South Africa 5464 39,182 156 Burkina Faso 50
19 Belgium 5438 121,891 155 Yemen 52 4
20 Maldives 5234 118,769 154 Chad 54

* Numbers per million population, USA—United States of America, UAE—United Arab Emirates. Bold letters with mark “∫” mean no recent national BCG vaccination program for all.