The world's lowest Covid vaccination rates are found in these countries.

• In high-income countries, 72% of the population has been fully vaccinated with at least two doses, while in low-income countries, only 5.5% of people have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.
• Ongoing civil unrest and conflict in certain countries coincide with their low vaccination rates, making it challenging to distribute vaccines to their entire populations due to violent combat.

According to data, the countries with the lowest vaccination rates against Covid-19 are Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, and Haiti.

According to Our World in Data, only 0.05% of Burundi's population has received at least one Covid vaccination dose.

In Haiti, approximately 1% of the population has received at least one dose of the vaccine, compared to 0.4% in DR Congo.

In high-income countries, 72% of the population has been fully vaccinated with at least two doses, while in low-income countries, only 5.5% of people have been fully vaccinated against the coronavirus.

Ongoing civil unrest and conflict in certain countries coincide with their low vaccination rates, making it challenging to distribute vaccines to their entire populations due to violent combat.

In Yemen, which has been experiencing civil war since 2014, only about 2% of the population has been vaccinated against Covid. Similarly, in South Sudan, where power-sharing disputes persist despite the end of its civil war in 2018, the vaccination rate is approximately 2%.

Immunization rates in African countries such as Chad, Madagascar, and Tanzania are low, ranging from 1.5% to 4%.

Despite being the first country to detect the highly contagious omicron strain of the virus, South Africa has only vaccinated approximately one-third of its population.

In Jamaica, Saint Lucia, and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, less than one in three individuals have been vaccinated against Covid.

The WHO set a target for countries to vaccinate 70% of their populations by mid-2022 in October, but many countries are falling behind. Last week, WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus stated that Covid could cease to be a global health emergency in 2022 if certain actions, including ensuring equitable access to vaccines, were taken.

The senior director of health at the International Rescue Committee, Mesfin Teklu Tessema, stated that vaccine disparity "continues to fuel the pandemic."

He stated via email that every infection increases the risk of severe diseases and hospitalization for the most vulnerable, as well as mutation and thus the likelihood of new variants.

"To safeguard lives and alleviate the strain on healthcare systems, we must establish a worldwide barrier of resistance through immunization. To achieve this, we must prioritize vaccination access for refugees and those affected by humanitarian crises, who are beyond the reach of government services."