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 | ||||||
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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.