The New York Times' updated data on May 12 is taken from government sources collected by the Our World in Data project at Oxford University.
Data shows that more than 1.34 billion doses of COVID-19 vaccine have been vaccinated worldwide as of May 11, equivalent to 17 doses/100 people.
According to the New York Times, there is a clear gap between vaccination programs in countries and territories around the world as some countries and territories have not yet begun vaccination.
While the COVID-19 vaccine is still relatively scarce globally, most countries have focused their early vaccination efforts on priority groups for people clinically vulnerable; people aged 60, 70 and over; frontline staff such as doctors and nurses, etc.
According to statistics from the New York Times, Seychelles - the East African country - has the highest vaccination rate among the world's population with 70% of the population vaccinated with the first shot and 62% of both doses, with a total of 128,919 doses. Next is Israel with 60% of the population vaccinated with first doses and 56% of vaccinated with both doses. The US is also in the top in vaccination with the vaccination rate per 100 people being 79, with a total of 263,132,561 doses vaccinated.
There is a clear difference between continents in vaccination rates. Africa has the slowest vaccination rate of any continent, with some countries yet to start mass vaccination campaigns.
About 83% of the vaccinated doses worldwide are in high- and middle-income countries. Only 0.2% of doses are used in low-income countries.
A vaccinated person is one who has been vaccinated with at least one dose of vaccine and a fully vaccinated person is one who has been vaccinated with all necessary doses of vaccine.
Most vaccines in use today require patients to be vaccinated with two doses. In February, the US Food and Drug Administration approved the use of the Johnson & Johnson single-dose vaccine in the US.
