Polio-Free Countries – GPEI
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.

  • Afghanistan
    ongoing
  • Aland Islands
  • Albania
    1978
  • Algeria
    ongoing
  • American Samoa
    1950
  • Andorra
    1959
  • Angola
    ongoing
  • Anguilla
    1962
  • Antigua and Barbuda
    1965
  • Argentina
    1984
  • Armenia
    1995
  • Aruba
  • Australia
    1972
  • Austria
    1980
  • Azerbaijan
    1995
  • Bahamas
    1967
  • Bahrain
    1993
  • Baker Island
  • Bangladesh
    2000
  • Barbados
    1967
  • Belarus
    1994
  • Belgium
    1979
  • Belize
    1981
  • Benin
    ongoing
  • Bermuda
    data not available
  • Bhutan
    1986
  • Bolivia
    1989
  • Bonaire, Saint Eustachius and Saba
  • Bosnia and Herzegovina
    1993
  • Botswana
    ongoing
  • Bouvet Island
  • Brazil
    1989
  • British Indian Ocean Territory
  • British Virgin Islands
    data not available
  • Brunei Darussalam
    1978
  • Bulgaria
    1982
  • Burkina Faso
    ongoing
  • Burundi
    ongoing
  • Cambodia
    1997
  • Cameroon
    ongoing
  • Canada
    1979
  • Cape Verde
    1988
  • Cayman Islands
    1958
  • Central African Republic
    ongoing
  • Chad
    ongoing
  • Chile
    1975
  • China
    1994
  • Christmas Island
  • Cocos (Keeling) Islands
  • Colombia
    1991
  • Comoros
    1983
  • Cook Islands
    1959
  • Costa Rica
    1972
  • Côte d’Ivoire
    ongoing
  • Croatia
    1990
  • Cuba
    1962
  • Curaçao
  • Cyprus
    1995
  • Czech Republic
    1960
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
    ongoing
  • Denmark
    1976
  • Djibouti
    1999
  • Dominica
    1980
  • Dominican Republic
    1985
  • Ecuador
    1990
  • Egypt
    ongoing
  • El Salvador
    1987
  • Equatorial Guinea
    ongoing
  • Eritrea
    ongoing
  • Estonia
    1961
  • Ethiopia
    2001
  • Falkland Islands
  • Faroe Islands
  • Federated States of Micronesia
    1970
  • Fiji
    1962
  • Finland
    1963
  • France
    1989
  • French Guiana
    ongoing
  • French Polynesia
    1982
  • French Southern and Antarctic Lands
  • Gabon
    1996
  • Gambia
    ongoing
  • Georgia
    1991
  • Germany
    ongoing
  • Ghana
    ongoing
  • Gibraltar
  • Global
  • Glorioso Islands
  • Greece
    1982
  • Greenland
  • Grenada
    1970
  • Guadeloupe
  • Guam
    1964
  • Guatemala
    1990
  • Guernsey
  • Guinea
    ongoing
  • Guinea-Bissau
    1999
  • Guyana
    1962
  • Haiti
    1989
  • Heard Island and McDonald Islands
  • Honduras
    1989
  • Hong Kong
    1983
  • Horn of Africa
  • Howland Island
  • Hungary
    1969
  • Iceland
    1960
  • India
    2011
  • Indonesia
    1995
  • Iran
    1997
  • Iraq
    2000
  • Ireland
    1965
  • Isle of Man
  • Israel
    1988
  • Italy
    1982
  • Jamaica
    1982
  • Japan
    1980
  • Jarvis Island
  • Jersey
  • Johnston Atoll
  • Jordan
    1988
  • Juan De Nova Island
  • Kazakhstan
    1995
  • Kenya
    1988
  • Kiribati
  • Kosovo
  • Kuwait
    1985
  • Kyrgyzstan
    1992
  • Lao People’s Democratic Republic
    1996
  • Latvia
    1992
  • Lebanon
    1994
  • Lesotho
    1987
  • Liberia
    ongoing
  • Libya
    1991
  • Liechtenstein
  • Lithuania
    1971
  • Luxembourg
    1963
  • Macau
    1975
  • Macedonia
    1993
  • Madagascar
    1997
  • Malawi
    ongoing
  • Malaysia
    1986
  • Maldives
    1980
  • Mali
    1999
  • Malta
    1964
  • Marshall Islands
    1976
  • Martinique
  • Mauritania
    ongoing
  • Mauritius
    1980
  • Mayotte
  • Mexico
    1990
  • Midway Islands
  • Moldova
    1996
  • Monaco
    1964
  • Mongolia
    1993
  • Montenegro
  • Montserrat
    1976
  • Morocco
    1989
  • Mozambique
    1993
  • Myanmar
    1996
  • Namibia
    1995
  • Nauru
    1910
  • Nepal
    2000
  • Netherlands
    1960
  • New Caledonia
    1982
  • New Zealand
    1962
  • Nicaragua
    1981
  • Niger
    2006
  • Nigeria
    2016
  • Niue
    1950
  • Norfolk Island
  • North Korea
    1996
  • Northern Mariana Islands
    1960
  • Norway
    1969
  • occupied Palestinian territory
    ongoing
  • Oman
    1993
  • Pakistan
    ongoing
  • Palau
    1940
  • Panama
    1972
  • Papua New Guinea
    1996
  • Paraguay
    1985
  • Peru
    1991
  • Philippines
    1993
  • Pitcairn Islands
  • Poland
    ongoing
  • Portugal
    1986
  • Puerto Rico
    1974
  • Qatar
    1990
  • Republic of Congo
    ongoing
  • Reunion
  • Romania
    1992
  • Russia
    1996
  • Rwanda
    1999
  • Saint Barthelemy
  • Saint Helena
    data not available
  • Saint Kitts and Nevis
    1969
  • Saint Lucia
    1970
  • Saint Martin
  • Saint Pierre and Miquelon
  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
    1977
  • Samoa
    1950
  • San Marino
    1982
  • Sao Tome and Principe
    1983
  • Saudi Arabia
    1995
  • Senegal
    ongoing
  • Serbia
  • Seychelles
    1980
  • Sierra Leone
    1999
  • Singapore
    1978
  • Slovakia
    1960
  • Slovenia
    1978
  • Solomon Islands
    1972
  • Somalia
    2002
  • South Africa
    1989
  • South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands
  • South Korea
  • South Sudan
  • Spain
    ongoing
  • Sri Lanka
    1993
  • Sudan
    2004
  • Suriname
    1982
  • Svalbard and Jan Mayen
  • Swaziland
    1989
  • Sweden
    1977
  • Switzerland
    1982
  • Syria
    1998
  • Taiwan
  • Tajikistan
    1997
  • Tanzania
    1996
  • Thailand
    1997
  • Timor-Leste
    pre 1985
  • Togo
    1999
  • Tokelau
    1950
  • Tonga
    1982
  • Trinidad and Tobago
    1972
  • Tunisia
    1994
  • Turkey
    1998
  • Turkmenistan
    1996
  • Turks and Caicos Islands
    1977
  • Tuvalu
    1936
  • Uganda
    ongoing
  • Ukraine
    1996
  • United Arab Emirates
    1992
  • United Kingdom
    1982
  • United States
    1979
  • Uruguay
    1978
  • US Virgin Islands
  • Uzbekistan
    1995
  • Vanuatu
    1989
  • Vatican City
  • Venezuela
    1989
  • Vietnam
    1997
  • Wake Island
  • Wallis and Futuna
    1972
  • Western Sahara
  • Yemen
    1999
  • Zambia
    1995
  • Zimbabwe
    1991