Polio Risk List

WHO List: Countries with Risk of Polio Transmission

Some countries have entry requirements for polio vaccination for travelers arriving from countries that are polio-endemic, -affected, -exporting, or experiencing a polio outbreak.

Enforcement of these requirements can be expected; however, no specific information exists regarding point of enforcement or consequences for not meeting requirements. Documentation should be on the International Certificate of Vaccination or Prophylaxis (ICVP).

Source: https://www.who.int/news/item/25-08-2026-statement-of-the-forty-fifth-meeting-of-the-polio-ihr-emergency-committee

Polio-Endemic Countries

  • Afghanistan (WPV1)
  • Pakistan (WPV1)

Polio-Affected, Polio-Outbreak, or Polio-Exporting Countries

(The "polio-exporting" category is no longer officially recognized by WHO but is still contained in non-IHR entry requirements of some countries.)

  • Afghanistan (WPV1)
  • Algeria (cVDPV2)
  • Angola (cVDPV2)
  • Australia (cVDPV2)
  • Benin (cVDPV2)
  • Central African Republic (cVDPV2)
  • Chad (cVDPV2 and cVDPV3)
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo (cVDPV1 and cVDPV2)
  • Ethiopia (cVDPV1 and cVDPV2)
  • Germany (WPV1 and cVDPV2)
  • Laos (cVDPV1)
  • Libya (cVDPV2)
  • Madagascar (cVDPV1)
  • Malawi (cVDPV2)
  • Mali (cVDPV2)
  • Namibia (cVDPV2)
  • Niger (cVDPV3)
  • Nigeria (cVDPV2 and cVDPV3)
  • Pakistan (WPV1)
  • Papua New Guinea (cVDPV2)
  • Somalia (cVDPV2)
  • South Sudan (cVDPV1 and cVDPV2)
  • Sudan (cVDPV2)
  • Tanzania (cVDPV2)
  • Togo (cVDPV2)
  • United Kingdom (cVDPV2)
  • Yemen (cVDPV2)
  • Zambia (cVDPV2)