After Two Years, Which Countries Fared Worst During the COVID Pandemic?
- By Bilal Hafeez and Ben Ford
- 4 min read
Summary
- We compare excess deaths from a dataset by The Lancet to discover which countries fared best and worst with COVID-19.
- The US did poorly, with similar excess deaths to the worst-performing Western European countries.
- The Asia-Pacific region fared best: four countries saw fewer deaths than during normal years.
Tapping a New Dataset on COVID-19
It has been two years since the World Health Organisation (WHO) declared COVID-19 a pandemic. And almost every country has tried to deploy various strategies to contain it – from lockdowns to vaccines. But which countries have done best? And which fared worst?
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