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DPT immunization coverage — Bahamas

DPT immunization coverage in the Bahamas in 2024 — 90%. Ranked 104 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 54 pp.

2024 90% +3 pp vs 2023
World rank 104of 192
Period maximum 99%2000
Period minimum 36%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

DPT immunization coverage — Bahamas, 1980–20242040608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 36%1981: 55%1982: 69%1983: 65%1984: 69%1985: 86%1986: 85%1987: 85%1988: 85%1989: 86%1990: 86%1991: 92%1992: 92%1993: 91%1994: 91%1995: 87%1996: 85%1997: 86%1998: 89%1999: 82%2000: 99%2001: 99%2002: 94%2003: 92%2004: 93%2005: 93%2006: 95%2007: 95%2008: 93%2009: 96%2010: 99%2011: 98%2012: 98%2013: 97%2014: 96%2015: 95%2016: 94%2017: 94%2018: 90%2019: 89%2020: 83%2021: 86%2022: 87%2023: 87%2024: 90%
Change over the period: +54 pp Annual average: 1.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Bahamas

Bahamas 90%
World 84.8%
Latin America & Caribbean 81.8%
High-income countries computed 94.3%
DPT immunization coverage — Bahamas, by year Bahamas All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90 +3 pp
2023 87 +0 pp
2022 87 +1 pp
2021 86 +3 pp
2020 83 −6 pp
2019 89 −1 pp
2018 90 −4 pp
2017 94 +0 pp
2016 94 −1 pp
2015 95 −1 pp
2014 96 −1 pp
2013 97 −1 pp
2012 98 +0 pp
2011 98 −1 pp
2010 99 +3 pp
2009 96 +3 pp
2008 93 −2 pp
2007 95 +0 pp
2006 95 +2 pp
2005 93 +0 pp
2004 93 +1 pp
2003 92 −2 pp
2002 94 −5 pp
2001 99 +0 pp
2000 99 +17 pp
1999 82 −7 pp
1998 89 +3 pp
1997 86 +1 pp
1996 85 −2 pp
1995 87 −4 pp
1994 91 +0 pp
1993 91 −1 pp
1992 92 +0 pp
1991 92 +6 pp
1990 86 +0 pp
1989 86 +1 pp
1988 85 +0 pp
1987 85 +0 pp
1986 85 −1 pp
1985 86 +17 pp
1984 69 +4 pp
1983 65 −4 pp
1982 69 +14 pp
1981 55 +19 pp
1980 36 —

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AG Antigua and Barbuda 99 CU Cuba 99 JM Jamaica 99 LC Saint Lucia 99 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 97 BB Barbados 94 GD Grenada 93 TT Trinidad and Tobago 92 BS Bahamas 90 DM Dominica 90 DO Dominican Republic 87 HT Haiti 60
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About the indicator

The share of children aged 12–23 months who have received three doses of the combined vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. The indicator is used as a gauge of whether the whole system of primary health care works: if a child has had three doses, the family has reached a health facility at least three times.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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