Global examples of vaccine waste including reasons
| Country/territory/region | Number of vaccines wasted | Reason | Date |
| Hong Kong | Up to 2 million | Vaccine hesitancy, below 20% of the population had been vaccinated and this low up-take led to a potential wastage of up to 2 million vaccines | May 2021 |
| African countries, include Malawi, South Sudan, Liberia, Mauritania, Gambia, Sierra Leone, Guinea, Comoros, and the Democratic Republic of Congo. | 450 000 | Expired due to delays in shipment of vaccine doses and therefore no time to roll-out before expiration date | July 2021 |
| The Netherlands | 39 000–200 000 | Since they are surplus and about to expire and the Dutch law states that medicines that have been delivered to doctors for their patient cannot be traded, even if it is for charity and free of charge | July 2021 |
| Ireland (Republic of) | 220 000 | Vaccine expiration of boosters | August 2021 |
| Catalonia, Spain | 69 129 | Too many vaccines defrosted due to miscalculation and declining vaccination rates | September 2021 |
| Australia | Up to 7 million | Expiration and unwanted | October 2021 |
| Madrid, Spain | 117 977 | Expired | November 2021 |
| UK | 600 000 | Vaccine expiration | November 2021 |
| South Korea | 938 630 | Expiration—913 817 (97.4%) Temperature excursions—21 260 (2.3%) | November 2021 |