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Polio-Free Countries
Eradicating polio has been a worldwide effort over many
years. This table shows the last recorded case of indigenous
wild poliovirus (WPV) by country. As data methodology and
quality varied widely across regions and countries in earlier
years, this table is based on the best-available sources for
the years before 2000.

Until polio is completely eradicated, all countries remain at

risk of imported WPV, as has happened in a number of
countries.

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Country – Year
Country – Year

Country – Year

Country – Year

Afghanistan
ongoing

Dominica

1980

Libyan Arab Jamahiriya

1991

Saint Lucia

1970

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Albania
1978

Dominican Republic

1985

Lithuania

1971

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

1977

Algeria
1996

East Timor

pre 1985

Luxembourg

1963

Samoa

1950

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American Samoa
1950

Ecuador

1990

Macao, SAR

1975

San Marino

1982

Andorra
1959

Egypt

2004

Madagascar

1997

Sao Tome and Principe

1983

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Angola
2001

El Salvador

1987

Malawi

1992

Saudi Arabia

1995

Anguilla
1962

Equatorial Guinea

1992

Malaysia

1986

Senegal

1998

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Antigua and Barbuda

1965

Eritrea

1992

Maldives

1980

Seychelles

1980

Argentina
1984

Estonia

1961

Mali

1999

Sierra Leone

1999

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Armenia
1995

Ethiopia

2001

Malta

1964

Singapore

1978

Australia
1972

Federated States of Micronesia

1970

Mariana Islands

1960

Slovakia

1960

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Austria
1980

Fiji

1962

Marshall Islands

1976

Slovenia

1978

Azerbaijan
1995

Finland

1963

Martinique

data not available

Solomon Islands

1972

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Bahamas
1967

Former Yugoslav Rep. of Macedonia

1993

Mauritania

1999

Somalia

2002

Bahrain
1993

France

1989

Mauritius

1980

Somalia

2000

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Bangladesh
2000

French Polynesia

1982

Mexico

1990

South Africa

1989

Barabados
1967

French Guiana

1983

Monaco

1964

Spain

1988

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Belarus
1994

Gabon

1996

Mongolia

1993

Sri Lanka

1993

Belgium
1979

Gambia

1997

Montserrat

1976

Sudan

2004

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Belize
1981

Georgia

1991

Morocco

1989

Suriname

1982

Benin
2000

Germany

1990

Mozambique

1993

Swaziland

1989

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Bermuda
data not available

Ghana

2000

Myanmar

1996

Sweden

1977

Bhutan
1986

Greece

1982

Namibia

1995

Switzerland

1982

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Bolivia
1989

Grenada

1970

Nauru

1910

Syrian Arab Republic

1998

Bosnia and Herzegovina

1993

Guadeloupe

data not available

Nepal

2000

Tajikistan

1997

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Botswana
1989

Guam

1964

Netherlands

1960

Thailand

1997

Brazil
1989

Guatemala

1990

Netherlands Antilles

data not available

Togo

1999

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British Virgin Islands

data not available

Guinea

1999

New Caledonia

1982

Tokelau

1950

Brunei Darussalam
1978

Guinea-Bissau

1999

New Zealand

1962

Tonga

1982

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Bulgaria
1982

Guyana

1962

Nicaragua

1981

Trinidad and Tobago

1972

Burkina Faso
2000

Haiti

1989

Niger

2006

Tunisia

1994

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Burundi
1999

Honduras

1989

Nigeria

2016

Turkey

1998

Cambodia
1997

Hong Kong, SAR

1983

Niue

1950

Turkmenistan

1996

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Cameroon
1999

Hungary

1969

Norway

1969

Turks and Caicos Islands

1977

Canada
1979

Iceland

1960

Oman

1993

Tuvalu

1936

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Cape Verde
1988

India

2011

Pakistan

ongoing

Uganda

1996

Cayman Islands
1958

Indonesia

1995

Palau

1940

Ukraine

1996

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Central African Republic

2000

Iran

1997

Palestine N.A.

1988

United Arab Emirates

1992

Chad
2000

Iraq

2000

Panama

1972

United Kingdom

1982

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Chile
1975

Ireland

1965

Papua New Guinea

1996

United Republic of Tanzania

1996

China
1994

Israel

1988

Paraguay

1985

United States of America

1979

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Colombia
1991

Italy

1982

Peru

1991

Uruguay

1978

Comoros
1983

Jamaica

1982

Philippines

1993

US Virgin Islands

data not available

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Congo
2000

Japan

1980

Poland

1984

Uzbekistan

1995

Cook Islands
1959

Jordan

1988

Portugal

1986

Vanuatu

1989

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Costa Rica
1972

Kazakhstan

1995

Puerto Rico

1974

Venezuela

1989

Cote d’Ivoire
2000

Kenya

1988

Qatar

1990

Viet Nam

1997

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Croatia
1990

Kiribati

data not available

Republic of Moldova

1996

Wallis and Futuna

1972

Cuba
1962

Kuwait

1985

Republic of Korea

1983

West Bank and Gaza

pre 1985

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Cyprus
1995

Kyrgyzstan

1992

Reunion

1979

Yemen

1999

Czech Republic
1960

Lao People’s Democratic Republic

1996

Romania

1992

Zambia

1995

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Democratic People’s Rep. of Korea

1996

Latvia

1992

Russian Federation

1996

Zimbabwe

1991

Democratic Republic of the Congo

2000

Lebanon

1994

Rwanda

1999

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Denmark
1976

Lesotho

1987

Saint Helena

data not available

Djibouti
1999

Liberia

1999

Saint Kitts and Nevis

1969

The names and designations used in this list do not imply the
expression of any opinion concerning the legal status of any
country or territory. Names are as of the year 2016,
regardless of the country’s name at the time of virus
interruption.

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