As per the data, it can be noted that the pace of the global vaccination drive has been decent, taking into consideration the challenges faced by the countries across the globe.
But has the vaccine distribution been equitable across countries? In terms of percentage coverage of the population, rich countries have had an upper hand by some margin.
And in terms of total number of doses administered, only a few countries account for bulk of what has been distributed .
Data shows that only three countries — India, China and the US — account for more than 60 per cent of all the doses administered so far. These three countries constitute 40 per cent of the global population. They have also been the fastest in terms of average daily doses administered.
Our analysis also shows that countries with higher fatalities per 1,00,000 population have had faster vaccine rollouts so far.
The US with 180 deaths per one lakh population, the UK at 189 deaths, Brazil at 221 and Israel at 74 deaths per one lakh population have been among the countries leading the global vaccination programme along with India and China, as per the data available at Our World in Data as of June 2.
