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COVID-19 testing statistics by country
Country or region Date[a] Tested Units[b] Confirmed
(cases) 		Confirmed /
tested,
% 		Tested /
population,
% 		Confirmed /
population,
% 		Ref.
Afghanistan 17 Dec 2020 154,767 samples 49,621 32.1 0.40 0.13 [1]
Albania 18 Feb 2021 428,654 samples 96,838 22.6 15.0 3.4 [2]
Algeria 2 Nov 2020 230,553 samples 58,574 25.4 0.53 0.13 [3][4]
Andorra 23 Feb 2022 300,307 samples 37,958 12.6 387 49.0 [5]
Angola 2 Feb 2021 399,228 samples 20,981 5.3 1.3 0.067 [6]
Antigua and Barbuda 6 Mar 2021 15,268 samples 832 5.4 15.9 0.86 [7]
Argentina 16 Apr 2022 35,716,069 samples 9,060,495 25.4 78.3 20.0 [8]
Armenia 29 May 2022 3,099,602 samples 422,963 13.6 105 14.3 [9]
Australia 9 Sep 2022 78,548,492 samples 10,112,229 12.9 313 40.3 [10]
Austria 1 Feb 2023 205,817,752 samples 5,789,991 2.8 2,312 65.0 [11]
Azerbaijan 11 May 2022 6,838,458 samples 792,638 11.6 69.1 8.0 [12]
Bahamas 28 Nov 2022 259,366 samples 37,483 14.5 67.3 9.7 [13]
Bahrain 3 Dec 2022 10,578,766 samples 696,614 6.6 674 44.4 [14]
Bangladesh 24 Jul 2021 7,417,714 samples 1,151,644 15.5 4.5 0.70 [15]
Barbados 14 Oct 2022 770,100 samples 103,014 13.4 268 35.9 [16]
Belarus 9 May 2022 13,217,569 samples 982,809 7.4 139 10.4 [17]
Belgium 24 Jan 2023 36,548,544 samples 4,691,499 12.8 317 40.7 [18]
Belize 8 Jun 2022 572,900 samples 60,694 10.6 140 14.9 [19][20]
Benin 4 May 2021 595,112 samples 7,884 1.3 5.1 0.067 [21]
Bhutan 28 Feb 2022 1,736,168 samples 12,702 0.73 234 1.71 [22]
Bolivia 5 Jun 2022 4,358,669 cases 910,228 20.9 38.1 8.0 [23]
Bosnia and Herzegovina 27 Sep 2022 1,872,934 samples 399,887 21.4 54.7 11.7 [24]
Botswana 11 Jan 2022 2,026,898 232,432 11.5 89.9 10.3 [25][26]
Brazil 19 Feb 2021 23,561,497 samples 10,081,676 42.8 11.2 4.8 [27][28]
Brunei 2 Aug 2021 153,804 samples 338 0.22 33.5 0.074 [29]
Bulgaria 2 Feb 2023 10,993,239 samples 1,295,524 11.8 158 18.6 [30]
Burkina Faso 4 Mar 2021 158,777 samples 12,123 7.6 0.76 0.058 [3][31]
Burundi 5 Jan 2021 90,019 884 0.98 0.76 0.0074 [32]
Cambodia 1 Aug 2021 1,812,706 77,914 4.3 11.2 0.48 [33]
Cameroon 18 Feb 2021 942,685 samples 32,681 3.5 3.6 0.12 [3]
Canada 26 Nov 2022 66,343,123 samples 4,423,053 6.7 175 11.7 [34]
Chad 2 Mar 2021 99,027 samples 4,020 4.1 0.72 0.029 [3][35]
Chile 1 Feb 2023 48,154,268 samples 5,123,007 10.6 252 26.9 [36]
China[c] 31 Jul 2020 160,000,000 cases 87,655 0.055 11.1 0.0061 [37][38]
Colombia 24 Nov 2022 36,875,818 samples 6,314,769 17.1 76.4 13.1 [39][40]
Costa Rica 2 Nov 2021 2,575,363 samples 561,054 21.8 51.5 11.2 [41]
Croatia 2 Feb 2023 5,481,285 cases 1,267,798 23.1 134 31.1 [42]
Cuba 2 Feb 2023 14,301,394 samples 1,112,470 7.8 126 9.8 [43][44]
Cyprus[d] 29 Jan 2023 27,820,163 samples 644,160 2.3 3,223 74.4 [45]
Czechia 1 Feb 2023 22,544,928 samples 4,590,529 20.4 211 42.9 [46]
Denmark[e] 31 Jan 2023 67,682,707 samples 3,399,947 5.0 1,162 58.4 [47][48]
Djibouti 28 Apr 2022 305,941 15,631 5.1 33.2 1.7 [49]
Dominica 20 Jun 2022 209,803 cases 14,821 7.1 293 20.7 [50]
Dominican Republic 22 Jul 2022 3,574,665 samples 626,030 17.5 32.9 5.8 [51]
DR Congo 28 Feb 2021 124,838 25,961 20.8 0.14 0.029 [3][52]
Ecuador 23 Jul 2021 1,627,189 samples 480,720 29.5 9.5 2.8 [53]
Egypt 23 Jul 2021 3,137,519 samples 283,947 9.1 3.1 0.28 [3][54]
El Salvador 18 Mar 2022 1,847,861 samples 161,052 8.7 28.5 2.5 [55]
Equatorial Guinea 30 Jan 2023 403,773 17,113 4.2 30.8 1.3 [56]
Estonia 31 Jan 2023 3,637,908 samples 613,954 16.9 274 46.2 [57]
Eswatini 8 Dec 2021 415,110 49,253 11.9 36.5 4.3 [58]
Ethiopia 24 Jun 2021 2,981,185 samples 278,446 9.3 2.6 0.24 [59]
Faroe Islands 27 Feb 2022 774,000 samples 34,237 4.4 1,493 65.7 [60]
Fiji 2 Jan 2023 667,953 samples 68,848 10.3 74.5 7.7 [61]
Finland 14 Jan 2022 9,042,453 samples 371,135 4.1 163 6.7 [62]
France[f][g] 15 May 2022 272,417,258 samples 29,183,646 10.7 417 44.7 [63]
Gabon 23 Jul 2021 958,807 samples 25,325 2.6 3.1 0.082 [64]
Gambia 15 Feb 2021 43,217 samples 4,469 10.3 2.0 0.21 [65]
Georgia[h] 3 Nov 2021 4,888,787 samples 732,965 15.0 132 19.7 [66]
Germany 7 Jul 2021 65,247,345 samples 3,733,519 5.7 77.8 4.5 [67][68]
Ghana 3 Jul 2021 1,305,749 samples 96,708 7.4 4.2 0.31 [69]
Greece 18 Dec 2022 101,576,831 samples 5,548,487 5.5 943 51.5 [70]
Greenland 30 Jan 2022 164,573 samples 10,662 6.5 293 19.0 [71]
Grenada 11 May 2021 28,684 161 0.56 25.7 0.14 [72]
Guatemala 6 Jan 2023 6,800,560 samples 1,230,098 18.1 39.4 7.1 [73]
Guinea 21 Jul 2021 494,898 samples 24,878 5.0 3.8 0.19 [3][74]
Guinea-Bissau 7 Jul 2022 145,231 8,400 5.8 7.7 0.45 [75]
Guyana 15 Jun 2022 648,569 cases 66,129 10.2 82.5 8.4 [76]
Haiti 26 Nov 2022 223,475 cases 33,874 15.2 2.0 0.30 [77]
Honduras 26 Nov 2021 1,133,782 samples 377,859 33.3 11.8 3.9 [78]
Hungary 10 May 2022 11,394,556 samples 1,909,948 16.8 118 19.8 [79]
Iceland 9 Aug 2022 1,988,652 samples 203,162 10.2 546 55.8 [80]
India 8 Jul 2022 866,177,937 samples 43,585,554 5.0 63 31.7 [81][82]
Indonesia 3 Jul 2023 76,062,770 cases 6,812,127 9.0 28.2 2.5 [83][84]
Iran 31 May 2022 52,269,202 samples 7,232,268 13.8 62.8 8.7 [85]
Iraq 3 Aug 2022 19,090,652 samples 2,448,484 12.8 47.5 6.1 [86]
Ireland 31 Jan 2023 12,990,476 samples 1,700,817 13.1 264 34.6 [87]
Israel 17 Jan 2022 41,373,364 samples 1,792,137 4.3 451 19.5 [88]
Italy 16 Mar 2023 269,127,054 samples 25,651,205 9.5 446 42.5 [89]
Ivory Coast 3 Mar 2021 429,177 samples 33,285 7.8 1.6 0.13 [90]
Jamaica 30 Sep 2022 1,184,973 samples 151,931 12.8 43.5 5.6 [91]
Japan 1 Mar 2021 8,487,288 432,773 5.1 6.7 0.34 [92]
Jordan 6 Jun 2021 7,407,053 samples 739,847 10.0 69.5 6.9 [93]
Kazakhstan 28 May 2021 11,575,012 samples 385,144 3.3 62.1 2.1 [94]
Kenya 5 Mar 2021 1,322,806 samples 107,729 8.1 2.8 0.23 [95]
Kosovo 31 May 2021 611,357 cases 107,410 17.6 33.8 5.9 [96]
Kuwait 9 Mar 2022 7,754,247 samples 624,573 8.1 181 14.6 [97]
Kyrgyzstan 10 Feb 2021 695,415 samples 85,253 12.3 10.7 1.3 [98]
Laos 1 Mar 2021 114,030 cases 45 0.039 1.6 0.00063 [99]
Latvia 5 Sep 2021 3,630,095 samples 144,518 4.0 189 7.5 [100]
Lebanon 14 Jun 2021 4,599,186 samples 542,649 11.8 67.4 8.0 [101]
Lesotho 30 Mar 2022 431,221 32,910 7.6 21.5 1.6 [102]
Liberia 17 Jul 2021 128,246 5,396 4.2 2.5 0.11 [103]
Libya 14 Apr 2022 2,578,215 samples 501,862 19.5 37.6 7.3 [3][104]
Lithuania 31 Jan 2023 9,046,584 samples 1,170,108 12.9 324 41.9 [105][106]
Luxembourg[i] 12 May 2022 4,248,188 samples 244,182 5.7 679 39.0 [107]
Madagascar 19 Feb 2021 119,608 cases 19,831 16.6 0.46 0.076 [108]
Malawi 29 Nov 2022 624,784 samples 88,086 14.1 3.3 0.46 [109]
Malaysia 7 Sep 2021 23,705,425 cases 1,880,734 7.9 72.3 5.7 [110]
Maldives 13 Mar 2022 2,216,560 samples 174,658 7.9 398 31.3 [111][112]
Mali 7 Jul 2021 322,504 samples 14,449 4.5 1.6 0.071 [3][113]
Malta 8 Sep 2021 1,211,456 samples 36,606 3.0 245 7.4 [114]
Mauritania 16 Apr 2021 268,093 18,103 6.8 6.1 0.41 [115]
Mauritius 22 Nov 2020 289,552 samples 494 0.17 22.9 0.039 [116]
Mexico 15 Oct 2021 10,503,678 cases 3,749,860 35.7 8.2 2.9 [117]
Moldova[j] 20 Apr 2022 3,213,594 samples 516,864 16.1 122 19.6 [118]
Mongolia 10 Jul 2021 3,354,200 cases 136,053 4.1 100 4.1 [119]
Montenegro 10 May 2021 394,388 samples 98,449 25.0 62.5 15.6 [120][121]
Morocco 6 Jan 2023 14,217,563 cases 1,272,299 8.9 38.5 3.4 [122]
Mozambique 22 Jul 2021 688,570 samples 105,866 15.4 2.2 0.34 [123]
Myanmar 16 Sep 2021 4,047,680 samples 440,741 10.9 7.4 0.81 [124]
Namibia 4 Jul 2022 1,062,663 samples 166,229 15.6 38.7 6.1 [125]
Nepal 26 Jul 2022 5,804,358 samples 984,475 17.0 20.7 3.5 [126]
Netherlands 6 Jul 2021 14,526,293 cases 1,692,834 11.7 83.4 9.7 [127]
New Caledonia 3 Sep 2021 41,962 samples 136 0.32 15.7 0.050 [128]
New Zealand 29 Jan 2023 7,757,935 samples 2,136,662 27.5 156 42.9 [129][130]
Niger 22 Feb 2021 79,321 cases 4,740 6.0 0.35 0.021 [131]
Nigeria 28 Feb 2021 1,544,008 samples 155,657 10.1 0.75 0.076 [132]
North Korea 25 Nov 2020 16,914 cases 0 0 0.066 0 [133]
North Macedonia 1 Jul 2021 881,870 samples 155,689 17.7 42.5 7.5 [134][135]
Northern Cyprus[k] 12 Jul 2022 7,096,998 samples 103,034 1.5 2,177 31.6 [136]
Norway 20 Jan 2022 9,811,888 samples 554,778 5.7 183 10.3 [137]
Oman 28 Oct 2020 509,959 samples 114,434 22.4 11.0 2.5 [138]
Pakistan 5 Mar 2021 9,173,593 samples 588,728 6.4 4.2 0.27 [139]
Palestine 5 Feb 2022 3,078,533 samples 574,105 18.6 60.9 11.4 [140]
Panama 28 Jan 2023 7,475,016 samples 1,029,701 13.8 179 24.7 [141]
Papua New Guinea 17 Feb 2021 47,490 cases 961 2.0 0.53 0.011 [142]
Paraguay 27 Mar 2022 2,609,819 samples 647,950 24.8 36.6 9.1 [143]
Peru 17 Nov 2022 36,073,768 samples 4,177,786 11.6 109.9 12.7 [144]
Philippines 7 Jan 2023 34,402,980 samples 4,073,980 11.8 34.1 4.0 [145][146]
Poland 27 Apr 2022 36,064,311 samples 5,993,861 16.6 94.0 15.6 [147]
Portugal 5 Jan 2022 27,515,490 samples 1,499,976 5.5 268 14.6 [148]
Qatar 11 Nov 2022 4,061,988 cases 473,440 11.7 141 16.4 [149]
Romania 29 Jan 2021 5,405,393 samples 724,250 13.4 27.9 3.7 [150]
Russia 6 Jun 2022 295,542,733 samples 18,358,459 6.2 201 12.5 [151][152]
Rwanda 6 Oct 2021 2,885,812 samples 98,209 3.4 22.3 0.76 [153]
Saint Kitts and Nevis 26 Aug 2021 30,231 cases 995 3.3 57.6 1.9 [154]
Saint Lucia 7 Oct 2022 212,132 samples 29,550 13.9 116.6 16.2 [155]
Saint Vincent 28 Jan 2023 113,504 cases 9,585 8.4 103.0 8.7 [156]
San Marino 29 Jan 2023 192,613 samples 23,427 12.2 563 68.4 [157]
Saudi Arabia 26 Apr 2022 41,849,069 samples 753,632 1.8 120 2.2 [158]
Senegal 12 Jul 2021 624,502 samples 46,509 7.4 3.9 0.29 [159]
Serbia 2 Feb 2023 12,185,475 cases 2,473,599 20.3 175 35.5 [160]
Singapore 3 Aug 2021 16,206,203 samples 65,315 0.40 284 1.1 [161][162]
Slovakia 2 Feb 2023 7,391,882 samples 1,861,034 25.2 135 34.1 [163]
Slovenia 2 Feb 2023 2,826,117 samples 1,322,282 46.8 135 63.1 [164]
South Africa 24 May 2021 11,378,282 cases 1,637,848 14.4 19.2 2.8 [165][166]
South Korea 1 Mar 2021 6,592,010 samples 90,029 1.4 12.7 0.17 [167]
South Sudan 26 May 2021 164,472 10,688 6.5 1.3 0.084 [168]
Spain 1 Jul 2021 54,128,524 samples 3,821,305 7.1 116 8.2 [169][170]
Sri Lanka 30 Mar 2021 2,384,745 samples 93,128 3.9 10.9 0.43 [171][172]
Sudan 7 Jan 2021 158,804 samples 23,316 14.7 0.36 0.053 [3]
Sweden 24 May 2021 9,996,795 samples 1,074,751 10.8 96.8 10.4 [173][174]
Switzerland[l] 7 Nov 2022 23,283,909 samples 4,276,836 18.4 270 49.7 [175]
Taiwan[m] 3 Feb 2023 30,275,725 samples 8,622,129 28.48 128.3 36.528 [176]
Tanzania 18 Nov 2020 3,880 509 13.1 0.0065 0.00085 [3]
Thailand 4 Mar 2021 1,579,597 cases 26,162 1.7 2.3 0.038 [177]
Togo 6 Jan 2023 807,269 39,358 4.9 9.4 0.46 [178]
Trinidad and Tobago 3 Jan 2022 512,730 cases 92,997 18.1 37.6 6.8 [179]
Tunisia 23 Aug 2021 2,893,625 samples 703,732 24.3 24.5 6.0 [180]
Turkey 2 Jul 2021 61,236,294 samples 5,435,831 8.9 73.6 6.5 [181]
Uganda 11 Feb 2021 852,444 samples 39,979 4.7 1.9 0.087 [182]
Ukraine 24 Nov 2021 15,648,456 samples 3,367,461 21.5 37.2 8.0 [183]
United Arab Emirates 1 Feb 2023 198,685,717 samples 1,049,537 0.53 2,070 10.9 [184]
United Kingdom 19 May 2022 522,526,476 samples 22,232,377 4.3 774 32.9 [185]
United States 29 Jul 2022 929,349,291 samples 90,749,469 9.8 281 27.4 [186][187]
Uruguay 16 Apr 2022 6,089,116 samples 895,592 14.7 175 25.8 [188]
Uzbekistan 7 Sep 2020 2,630,000 samples 43,975 1.7 7.7 0.13 [189]
Venezuela 30 Mar 2021 3,179,074 samples 159,149 5.0 11.0 0.55 [190]
Vietnam 28 Aug 2022 45,772,571 samples 11,403,302 24.9 46.4 11.6 [191]
Zambia 10 Mar 2022 3,301,860 samples 314,850 9.5 19.0 1.8 [192]
Zimbabwe 15 Oct 2022 2,529,087 samples 257,893 10.2 17.0 1.7 [3][193]
  1. ^ Local time.
  2. ^ For some countries it is unclear whether they report samples or cases. One person tested twice is recorded as one case and two samples.
  3. ^ Excluding Taiwan.
  4. ^ Excluding Northern Cyprus.
  5. ^ Excluding Greenland and the Faroe Islands.
  6. ^ Excluding Overseas France.
  7. ^ Testing data from 4 May to 12 May is missing because of the transition to the new reporting system SI-DEP.
  8. ^ Excluding Abkhazia and South Ossetia.
  9. ^ Data for residents only.
  10. ^ Excluding Transnistria.
  11. ^ Northern Cyprus is not recognized as a sovereign state by any country except Turkey.
  12. ^ Includes data for Liechtenstein.
  13. ^ Not a United Nations member.
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