The Commission procured 10 vaccine doses per capita in the European Union.

Omissions

• The figure of 10 doses per capita refers to contracted/procured doses, not administered doses. The actual administered doses were significantly lower, with less than 1 billion doses used in the EU according to some sources.

Sources

• PrimaryEuropean Court of Auditors - Special report on EU COVID-19 vaccine procurementBy November 2021, the Commission had signed €71 billion worth of contracts on behalf of the Member States to purchase up to 4.6 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses.
• PrimaryEuropean Parliament - Parliamentary Question E-003364/2023The order for 10 doses per person led to predictable wastage. In fact, less than one billion doses have been used in the EU.