Is Hungary really at the forefront of worldwide vaccination?
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The Hungarian government has long referred to itself as the flagship of the coronavirus vaccination, highlighting what a good decision it was to supplement Western vaccines with Eastern ones. But what does it mean to be at the forefront of vaccinations in the world?
According to the latest data from ourworldindata.org, by the beginning of May, Hungary was in the top five in terms of overall vaccinations, and – excluding microstates – it ranks second in administered doses per 100 people. Unfortunately, our mortality statistics are similarly at the forefront – highlights Index.
In terms of the number of coronavirus vaccines administered/100 people, Hungary has been among the top countries since 1 May. In the last six days, only Mongolia and San Marino came before Hungary in terms of daily doses – in a seven-day moving average: 2.85 out of 100 people in Mongolia were vaccinated, with San Marino at 1.35 /100 while Hungary is up 1.22 /100.
Similarly to mortality data, it is worth excluding microstates. In that sense, Hungary is second behind Mongolia with a population of 3.3 million.
In addition to the EU countries, Index placed the non-EU members of the world’s 10 largest economies, on the graph.
