Total COVID-19 tests per 1,000 people

Comparisons across countries are affected by differences in testing policies and reporting methods.

Cumulative total per 1,000 people
Country or region
Feb 20, 2020
Jun 23, 2022
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan24.81
Albania0.00565.34+565.33+18,844,433%
Algeria
Andorra
Angola
Anguilla
Antigua and Barbuda
Argentina0.01
Armenia0.03
Aruba
Australia2,830.53
Austria21,272.13
Azerbaijan673.70
Bahamas591.31
Bahrain6,812.90
Bangladesh81.61
Barbados2,480.36
Belarus
Belgium0.012,955.33+2,955.32+42,218,929%
Belize
Benin
Bermuda653.22
Bhutan
Bolivia367.60
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Botswana
Brazil
British Virgin Islands
Brunei
Bulgaria1,463.90
Burkina Faso
Burundi128.38
Cambodia179.49
Cameroon100.42
Canada0.00
Cayman Islands
Central African Republic17.36
Chad12.74
Chile2,040.37
China
Colombia684.08
Comoros
Congo
Costa Rica
Cote d'Ivoire56.08
Croatia1,212.45
Cuba
Curacao
Cyprus
Czechia5,193.49
Democratic Republic of Congo10.90
Denmark0.0011,043.26+11,043.26+1,104,326,200%
Djibouti
Dominica
Dominican Republic309.79
East Timor
Ecuador161.29
Egypt
El Salvador304.33
Equatorial Guinea296.46
Eritrea
Estonia0.002,577.76+2,577.75+85,925,133%
Eswatini461.02
Ethiopia41.77
Faroe Islands
Fiji0.01604.06+604.05+5,491,345%
Finland0.001,994.02+1,994.02+99,701,000%
France4,126.75
Gabon683.37
Gambia
Georgia
Germany
Ghana75.08
Gibraltar
Greece8,088.12
Grenada1,357.80
Guam1,897.08
Guatemala0.00
Guinea52.35
Guinea-Bissau69.37
Guyana
Haiti18.05
Hong Kong4.08
Hungary
Iceland0.043,709.57+3,709.54+10,598,683%
India609.94
Indonesia
Iran
Iraq
Ireland2,476.14
Israel0.005,573.14+5,573.13+185,771,133%
Italy0.073,796.00+3,795.93+5,199,897%
Jamaica397.60
Japan0.01429.37+429.37+8,587,300%
Jordan
Kazakhstan
Kenya70.33
Kosovo1,036.05
Kuwait
Laos
Latvia0.063,876.14+3,876.08+6,251,734%
Lebanon
Lesotho201.51
Liberia
Liechtenstein
Lithuania3,128.55
Luxembourg0.006,725.73+6,725.73+224,190,933%
Madagascar15.62
Malawi29.63
Malaysia0.081,806.39+1,806.31+2,230,012%
Maldives
Mali32.33
Malta3,703.59
Marshall Islands
Mauritania216.29
Mauritius987.58
Mexico0.07122.88+122.81+172,969%
Mongolia
Morocco0.00
Mozambique41.83
Myanmar154.88
Namibia417.38
Nepal0.01232.03+232.02+3,314,629%
Netherlands1,753.39
New Zealand0.041,416.09+1,416.05+3,218,286%
Nicaragua
Niger
Nigeria24.74
North Korea
North Macedonia986.12
Northern Mariana Islands
Norway2,064.51
Oman
Pakistan124.85
Palau3,308.20
Panama1,493.64
Papua New Guinea
Paraguay
Peru
Philippines
Poland964.88
Portugal0.00
Puerto Rico0.00927.24+927.24
Qatar2,817.62
Romania
Russia
Rwanda411.15
Saint Kitts and Nevis1,983.78
Saint Lucia1,160.91
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines1,038.88
Sao Tome and Principe21.04
Saudi Arabia1,203.09
Senegal0.00
Serbia0.001,433.87+1,433.87+71,693,350%
Sierra Leone
Slovakia9,405.66
Slovenia0.012,517.86+2,517.85+27,976,100%
Somalia29.37
South Africa0.00431.67+431.66+21,583,250%
South Korea0.231,934.58+1,934.35+844,694%
South Sudan38.17
Spain1,961.85
Sri Lanka0.00353.23+353.23
Sudan
Suriname137.34
Sweden1,758.61
Switzerland2,448.14
Syria
Taiwan0.26545.75+545.49+213,083%
Tanzania
Thailand0.05
Togo86.72
Trinidad and Tobago503.65
Tunisia
Turkey
Uganda59.95
Ukraine
United Arab Emirates0.9517,994.67+17,993.72+1,894,076%
United Kingdom
United States0.002,708.53+2,708.53+270,853,200%
United States Virgin Islands1,149.74
Uruguay
Vanuatu
Vietnam880.54
Western Sahara
Yemen
Zambia180.46
Zimbabwe148.80
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Total COVID-19 tests per 1,000 people

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Hasell, J., Mathieu, E., Beltekian, D. et al. A cross-country database of COVID-19 testing. Sci Data 7, 345 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-020-00688-8
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