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DPT immunization coverage — Ghana

DPT immunization coverage in Ghana in 2024 — 95%. Ranked 59 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 88 pp.

2024 95% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 59of 192
Period maximum 99%2017
Period minimum 7%1980

Trend over time

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

DPT immunization coverage — Ghana, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 7%1981: 22%1982: 23%1983: 23%1984: 19%1985: 22%1986: 35%1987: 42%1988: 47%1989: 51%1990: 58%1991: 60%1992: 62%1993: 66%1994: 70%1995: 70%1996: 71%1997: 71%1998: 76%1999: 79%2000: 88%2001: 79%2002: 78%2003: 80%2004: 80%2005: 84%2006: 84%2007: 94%2008: 93%2009: 94%2010: 94%2011: 91%2012: 92%2013: 90%2014: 98%2015: 89%2016: 93%2017: 99%2018: 97%2019: 97%2020: 94%2021: 98%2022: 99%2023: 95%2024: 95%
Change over the period: +88 pp Annual average: 2 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 95%
World 84.8%
Sub-Saharan Africa 74%
Western Africa computed 75.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 88.8%
DPT immunization coverage — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 95 +0 pp
2023 95 −4 pp
2022 99 +1 pp
2021 98 +4 pp
2020 94 −3 pp
2019 97 +0 pp
2018 97 −2 pp
2017 99 +6 pp
2016 93 +4 pp
2015 89 −9 pp
2014 98 +8 pp
2013 90 −2 pp
2012 92 +1 pp
2011 91 −3 pp
2010 94 +0 pp
2009 94 +1 pp
2008 93 −1 pp
2007 94 +10 pp
2006 84 +0 pp
2005 84 +4 pp
2004 80 +0 pp
2003 80 +2 pp
2002 78 −1 pp
2001 79 −9 pp
2000 88 +9 pp
1999 79 +3 pp
1998 76 +5 pp
1997 71 +0 pp
1996 71 +1 pp
1995 70 +0 pp
1994 70 +4 pp
1993 66 +4 pp
1992 62 +2 pp
1991 60 +2 pp
1990 58 +7 pp
1989 51 +4 pp
1988 47 +5 pp
1987 42 +7 pp
1986 35 +13 pp
1985 22 +3 pp
1984 19 −4 pp
1983 23 +0 pp
1982 23 +1 pp
1981 22 +15 pp
1980 7 —

Western Africa, 2024

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

GH Ghana 95 CV Cabo Verde 93 BF Burkina Faso 91 SN Senegal 91 SL Sierra Leone 91 TG Togo 90 MR Mauritania 86 NE Niger 86 LR Liberia 83 ML Mali 82 GM Gambia 80 CI Côte d'Ivoire 77 GW Guinea-Bissau 68 NG Nigeria 67 BJ Benin 63 GN Guinea 63
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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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