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DPT immunization coverage — Costa Rica

DPT immunization coverage in Costa Rica in 2024 — 99%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 13 pp.

2024 99% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 1of 192
Period maximum 99%2023
Period minimum 81%1982

Trend over time

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

DPT immunization coverage — Costa Rica, 1980–20248085909510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 86%1981: 85%1982: 81%1983: 86%1984: 93%1985: 90%1986: 89%1987: 94%1988: 87%1989: 86%1990: 95%1991: 90%1992: 90%1993: 88%1994: 88%1995: 85%1996: 85%1997: 94%1998: 85%1999: 86%2000: 88%2001: 91%2002: 94%2003: 88%2004: 90%2005: 91%2006: 89%2007: 89%2008: 90%2009: 86%2010: 88%2011: 85%2012: 91%2013: 95%2014: 91%2015: 92%2016: 97%2017: 96%2018: 94%2019: 95%2020: 97%2021: 93%2022: 95%2023: 99%2024: 99%
Change over the period: +13 pp Annual average: 0.3 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Costa Rica 99%
World 84.8%
Latin America & Caribbean 81.8%
Central America computed 79.2%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 91.3%
DPT immunization coverage — Costa Rica, by year Costa Rica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99 +0 pp
2023 99 +4 pp
2022 95 +2 pp
2021 93 −4 pp
2020 97 +2 pp
2019 95 +1 pp
2018 94 −2 pp
2017 96 −1 pp
2016 97 +5 pp
2015 92 +1 pp
2014 91 −4 pp
2013 95 +4 pp
2012 91 +6 pp
2011 85 −3 pp
2010 88 +2 pp
2009 86 −4 pp
2008 90 +1 pp
2007 89 +0 pp
2006 89 −2 pp
2005 91 +1 pp
2004 90 +2 pp
2003 88 −6 pp
2002 94 +3 pp
2001 91 +3 pp
2000 88 +2 pp
1999 86 +1 pp
1998 85 −9 pp
1997 94 +9 pp
1996 85 +0 pp
1995 85 −3 pp
1994 88 +0 pp
1993 88 −2 pp
1992 90 +0 pp
1991 90 −5 pp
1990 95 +9 pp
1989 86 −1 pp
1988 87 −7 pp
1987 94 +5 pp
1986 89 −1 pp
1985 90 −3 pp
1984 93 +7 pp
1983 86 +5 pp
1982 81 −4 pp
1981 85 −1 pp
1980 86 —

Central America, 2024

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

CR Costa Rica 99 SV El Salvador 95 BZ Belize 88 GT Guatemala 81 MX Mexico 78 HN Honduras 75 PA Panama 72
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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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