Covid reproduction rate by country: the latest data
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The expected number of Covid cases directly generated by one Covid case in a population.
| Countries | Latest value | Reference | Three months ago | One year ago |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | 0.81 | Jan / 2023 | 0.94 | 1.47 |
| Albania | 0.88 | Jan / 2023 | 0.78 | 1.34 |
| Algeria | 0.92 | Jan / 2023 | 1.02 | 1.35 |
| Andorra | 0.84 | Jan / 2023 | 0.49 | 1.01 |
| Angola | 0.13 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 0.82 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.04 | 1.07 |
| Argentina | 0.09 | Jan / 2023 | 1.04 | 1.31 |
| Armenia | 0.62 | Dec / 2022 | 0.80 | 0.64 |
| Australia | 0.87 | Jan / 2023 | 1.24 | 1.32 |
| Austria | 0.87 | Jan / 2023 | 0.95 | 1.50 |
| Azerbaijan | 0.95 | Jan / 2023 | 0.73 | 1.35 |
| Bahamas | 0.14 | Jan / 2023 | 0.56 | 1.02 |
| Bahrain | 0.84 | Jan / 2023 | 0.97 | 1.64 |
| Bangladesh | 1.35 | Jan / 2023 | 0.74 | 1.84 |
| Barbados | 0.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.24 | 1.26 |
| Belarus | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 1.13 |
| Belgium | 0.64 | Jan / 2023 | 1.12 | 1.29 |
| Belize | 0.05 | Jan / 2023 | 0.43 | 1.32 |
| Benin | 0.05 | Jan / 2023 | 0.02 | 0.34 |
| Bhutan | 0.17 | Jan / 2023 | 0.80 | 1.49 |
| Bolivia | 1.43 | Jan / 2023 | 0.81 | 1.14 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.88 | Jan / 2023 | 0.88 | 1.34 |
| Botswana | 0.19 | Jan / 2023 | 0.14 | 1.07 |
| Brazil | 1.05 | Jan / 2023 | 1.09 | 1.53 |
| Brunei | 0.55 | Jan / 2023 | 0.31 | 1.56 |
| Bulgaria | 0.84 | Jan / 2023 | 0.99 | 1.34 |
| Burkina Faso | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 0.40 |
| Burma (Myanmar) | 0.82 | Jan / 2023 | 0.71 | 1.05 |
| Burundi | 0.11 | Jan / 2023 | 0.52 | 0.72 |
| Cambodia | 0.74 | Jan / 2023 | 0.72 | 1.38 |
| Cameroon | 0.06 | Jan / 2023 | 0.08 | 0.47 |
| Canada | 0.78 | Jan / 2023 | 1.08 | 0.98 |
| Cape Verde | 0.46 | Jan / 2023 | 0.53 | 0.98 |
| Central African Republic | 0.04 | Jan / 2023 | 0.28 | 0.47 |
| Chad | 0.32 | Jan / 2023 | 0.31 | 0.33 |
| Chile | 1.11 | Jan / 2023 | 1.09 | 1.65 |
| China | 1.04 | Jan / 2023 | 1.03 | 1.04 |
| Colombia | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.91 | 1.35 |
| Comoros | 0.19 | Jan / 2023 | 0.25 | 0.82 |
| Costa Rica | 0.43 | Jan / 2023 | 0.91 | 1.27 |
| Croatia | 1.03 | Jan / 2023 | 0.88 | 1.21 |
| Cuba | 0.94 | Jan / 2023 | 0.62 | 1.64 |
| Cyprus | 1.29 | Jan / 2023 | 0.55 | 1.12 |
| Czechia | 0.71 | Jan / 2023 | 0.96 | 1.37 |
| Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.65 | Jan / 2023 | 0.45 | 0.80 |
| Denmark | 0.74 | Jan / 2023 | 1.04 | 1.24 |
| Djibouti | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 1.25 |
| Dominica | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.01 | 1.08 |
| Dominican Republic | 0.24 | Jan / 2023 | 0.26 | 1.23 |
| Ecuador | 0.22 | Jan / 2023 | 0.71 | 1.21 |
| Egypt | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 1.16 |
| El Salvador | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 0.58 |
| Equatorial Guinea | 0.10 | Jan / 2023 | 0.62 | 0.58 |
| Eritrea | 0.03 | Jan / 2023 | 0.53 | 0.97 |
| Estonia | 1.29 | Jan / 2023 | 1.14 | 1.37 |
| Ethiopia | 1.03 | Jan / 2023 | 1.04 | 0.66 |
| Fiji | 1.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.27 | 1.27 |
| Finland | 0.12 | Jan / 2023 | 1.12 | 1.11 |
| France | 0.75 | Jan / 2023 | 1.04 | 1.24 |
| Gabon | 0.08 | Jan / 2023 | 0.15 | 0.81 |
| Gambia | 0.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.03 | 0.41 |
| Georgia | 0.31 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 1.36 |
| Germany | 1.17 | Jan / 2023 | 1.11 | 1.44 |
| Ghana | 0.30 | Jan / 2023 | 0.51 | 1.02 |
| Greece | 0.29 | Jan / 2023 | 1.06 | 1.11 |
| Grenada | 0.04 | Jan / 2023 | 0.29 | 1.30 |
| Guatemala | 0.92 | Jan / 2023 | 0.94 | 1.46 |
| Guinea | 0.07 | Jan / 2023 | 0.42 | 0.89 |
| Guinea-Bissau | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 1.14 |
| Guyana | 1.05 | Jan / 2023 | 0.88 | 1.30 |
| Haiti | 0.08 | Jan / 2023 | 0.24 | 1.17 |
| Honduras | 0.54 | Jan / 2023 | 0.54 | 0.57 |
| Hungary | 0.93 | Jan / 2023 | 0.95 | 1.41 |
| Iceland | 0.02 | Jan / 2023 | 0.88 | 1.38 |
| India | 1.05 | Jan / 2023 | 0.77 | 1.71 |
| Indonesia | 0.55 | Jan / 2023 | 1.09 | 1.87 |
| Iran | 1.28 | Jan / 2023 | 0.81 | 1.48 |
| Iraq | 0.11 | Jan / 2023 | 0.66 | 1.69 |
| Ireland | 0.27 | Jan / 2023 | 1.18 | 0.93 |
| Israel | 0.90 | Jan / 2023 | 0.99 | 1.61 |
| Italy | 1.31 | Jan / 2023 | 1.02 | 1.21 |
| Ivory Coast | 0.54 | Jan / 2023 | 0.96 | 0.91 |
| Jamaica | 0.03 | Jan / 2023 | 0.15 | 1.31 |
| Japan | 0.89 | Jan / 2023 | 0.95 | 2.35 |
| Jordan | 0.00 | Dec / 2022 | 0.50 | 0.97 |
| Kazakhstan | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.60 | 1.41 |
| Kenya | 0.54 | Jan / 2023 | 1.29 | 0.60 |
| Kiribati | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 2.41 |
| Kuwait | 0.06 | Jan / 2023 | 0.44 | 1.56 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 0.03 | Jan / 2023 | 0.94 | 1.46 |
| Laos | 0.55 | Jan / 2023 | 0.74 | 0.88 |
| Latvia | 0.85 | Jan / 2023 | 0.90 | 1.44 |
| Lebanon | 1.41 | Jan / 2023 | 0.69 | 1.19 |
| Lesotho | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 0.76 |
| Liberia | 0.14 | Jan / 2023 | 0.24 | 0.48 |
| Libya | 0.02 | Jan / 2023 | 0.28 | 1.29 |
| Liechtenstein | 0.85 | Jan / 2023 | 1.05 | 1.20 |
| Lithuania | 1.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.82 | 1.38 |
| Luxembourg | 0.42 | Jan / 2023 | 1.17 | 1.32 |
| North Macedonia | 0.27 | Jan / 2023 | 0.87 | 1.37 |
| Madagascar | 0.42 | Jan / 2023 | 0.38 | 0.79 |
| Malawi | 0.02 | Jan / 2023 | 0.57 | 0.75 |
| Malaysia | 0.68 | Jan / 2023 | 1.12 | 1.08 |
| Maldives | 0.15 | Jan / 2023 | 0.92 | 1.51 |
| Mali | 0.20 | Jan / 2023 | 0.60 | 0.92 |
| Malta | 1.36 | Jan / 2023 | 1.00 | 0.79 |
| Mauritania | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 1.45 | 1.14 |
| Mauritius | 0.37 | Jan / 2023 | 0.30 | 0.78 |
| Mexico | 0.64 | Jan / 2023 | 0.94 | 1.41 |
| Micronesia | 0.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.46 | 0.00 |
| Moldova | 0.99 | Jan / 2023 | 0.99 | 1.38 |
| Monaco | 0.73 | Jan / 2023 | 1.17 | 0.93 |
| Mongolia | 0.22 | Jan / 2023 | 1.04 | 1.33 |
| Montenegro | 1.14 | Jan / 2023 | 0.82 | 1.07 |
| Morocco | 0.75 | Jan / 2023 | 1.19 | 1.42 |
| Mozambique | 0.25 | Jan / 2023 | 0.02 | 0.69 |
| Namibia | 0.29 | Jan / 2023 | 0.26 | 0.75 |
| Nepal | 0.82 | Jan / 2023 | 0.88 | 1.76 |
| Netherlands | 1.22 | Jan / 2023 | 1.32 | 1.35 |
| New Zealand | 0.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.33 | 0.84 |
| Nicaragua | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.07 | 0.94 |
| Niger | 0.03 | Jan / 2023 | 0.26 | 0.88 |
| Nigeria | 0.11 | Jan / 2023 | 0.93 | 0.81 |
| Norway | 1.01 | Jan / 2023 | 1.10 | 1.35 |
| Oman | 0.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.17 | 1.90 |
| Pakistan | 0.25 | Jan / 2023 | 0.29 | 1.53 |
| Palau | 0.35 | Jan / 2023 | 0.06 | 1.98 |
| Panama | 0.61 | Jan / 2023 | 0.76 | 1.42 |
| Papua New Guinea | 0.55 | Jan / 2023 | 1.07 | 1.02 |
| Paraguay | 0.34 | Jan / 2023 | 0.53 | 1.12 |
| Peru | 0.64 | Jan / 2023 | 0.98 | 1.40 |
| Philippines | 0.66 | Jan / 2023 | 0.89 | 1.90 |
| Poland | 1.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.70 | 1.26 |
| Portugal | 0.48 | Jan / 2023 | 0.56 | 1.29 |
| Qatar | 0.72 | Jan / 2023 | 0.89 | 1.44 |
| Republic of the Congo | 0.07 | Jan / 2023 | 0.06 | 0.61 |
| Romania | 0.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.78 | 1.76 |
| Russia | 0.83 | Jan / 2023 | 0.65 | 1.30 |
| Rwanda | 0.09 | Jan / 2023 | 0.60 | 0.77 |
| Saint Lucia | 0.17 | Jan / 2023 | 0.28 | 1.28 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.02 | Jan / 2023 | 0.07 | 0.64 |
| Samoa | 0.04 | Jan / 2023 | 0.09 | 0.00 |
| San Marino | 1.04 | Jan / 2023 | 1.05 | 1.19 |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 0.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.21 | 1.19 |
| Saudi Arabia | 0.84 | Jan / 2023 | 1.15 | 1.51 |
| Senegal | 0.09 | Jan / 2023 | 0.99 | 1.19 |
| Serbia | 0.88 | Jan / 2023 | 0.83 | 1.56 |
| Seychelles | 0.13 | Jan / 2023 | 0.23 | 1.06 |
| Sierra Leone | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 0.71 |
| Singapore | 0.87 | Jan / 2023 | 1.15 | 1.65 |
| Slovakia | 0.93 | Jan / 2023 | 0.77 | 1.26 |
| Slovenia | 0.85 | Jan / 2023 | 0.88 | 1.48 |
| Solomon Islands | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 1.30 |
| Somalia | 0.02 | Jan / 2023 | 0.13 | 0.25 |
| South Africa | 0.91 | Jan / 2023 | 1.12 | 0.76 |
| South Korea | 0.96 | Jan / 2023 | 1.02 | 1.23 |
| Spain | 1.25 | Jan / 2023 | 1.04 | 1.24 |
| Sri Lanka | 0.89 | Jan / 2023 | 0.90 | 1.10 |
| Sudan | 0.45 | Jan / 2023 | 0.59 | 0.80 |
| Suriname | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.24 | 1.42 |
| Swaziland | 0.76 | Jan / 2023 | 0.23 | 0.51 |
| Sweden | 1.30 | Jan / 2023 | 0.98 | 1.61 |
| Switzerland | 0.38 | Jan / 2023 | 0.73 | 1.30 |
| Syria | 0.03 | Jan / 2023 | 0.76 | 1.04 |
| Taiwan | 1.17 | Jan / 2023 | 0.96 | 1.26 |
| Tajikistan | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 0.39 |
| Tanzania | 0.48 | Jan / 2023 | 0.44 | 0.44 |
| Thailand | 1.32 | Jan / 2023 | 0.43 | 1.19 |
| Togo | 0.89 | Jan / 2023 | 0.70 | 0.89 |
| Tonga | 0.01 | Jan / 2023 | 0.07 | 0.00 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 0.50 | Jan / 2023 | 0.71 | 1.04 |
| Tunisia | 0.91 | Jan / 2023 | 0.85 | 1.48 |
| Turkey | 0.00 | Dec / 2022 | 0.58 | 1.05 |
| Tuvalu | 0.02 | Jan / 2023 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| USA | 0.89 | Jan / 2023 | 0.96 | 1.13 |
| Uganda | 0.04 | Jan / 2023 | 0.01 | 0.80 |
| Ukraine | 0.51 | Jan / 2023 | 0.42 | 1.18 |
| United Arab Emirates | 0.98 | Jan / 2023 | 0.95 | 1.14 |
| United Kingdom | 0.30 | Jan / 2023 | 0.99 | 1.06 |
| Uruguay | 1.10 | Jan / 2023 | 1.03 | 1.40 |
| Uzbekistan | 0.14 | Jan / 2023 | 1.19 | 1.44 |
| Vanuatu | 0.02 | Jan / 2023 | 0.10 | 0.00 |
| Venezuela | 1.05 | Jan / 2023 | 1.03 | 1.23 |
| Vietnam | 0.63 | Jan / 2023 | 0.82 | 1.02 |
| Yemen | 0.00 | Jan / 2023 | 0.06 | 1.15 |
| Zambia | 1.35 | Jan / 2023 | 0.31 | 0.87 |
| Zimbabwe | 0.03 | Jan / 2023 | 0.59 | 0.63 |