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Total COVID-19 tests per 1,000: how are testing rates changing?

Total tests for COVID-19 per thousand people of the country's population since the daily new confirmed deaths reached 0.1 per million people.
All trajectories are lined up to the day at which the death rate reached 0.1 per million – this is the vertical line at the center of the chart.

Days since daily new confirmed deaths due to COVID-19 reached 0.1 per million-293-2000200400600TotaltestsperthousandTaiwanTaiwanNepalNepalVietnamVietnamKenyaKenyaFijiFijiBhutanBhutanChinaChinaAfricaAsiaEuropeNorth AmericaOceaniaSouth AmericaJan22,2020Nov16,2021

Source: Official data collated by Our World in Data; Johns Hopkins University CSSE

Note: Comparisons of testing data across countries are affected by differences in the way the data are reported. Details can be found at our Testing Dataset page.

Jan 22, 2020
Nov 16, 2021