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DPT immunization coverage — Jamaica

DPT immunization coverage in Jamaica in 2024 — 99%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 75 pp.

2024 99% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 1of 192
Period maximum 99%2005
Period minimum 24%1980

Trend over time

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

DPT immunization coverage — Jamaica, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 24%1981: 39%1982: 34%1983: 51%1984: 58%1985: 60%1986: 74%1987: 81%1988: 82%1989: 85%1990: 86%1991: 85%1992: 84%1993: 91%1994: 93%1995: 90%1996: 92%1997: 90%1998: 86%1999: 89%2000: 93%2001: 98%2002: 97%2003: 94%2004: 96%2005: 99%2006: 94%2007: 91%2008: 90%2009: 90%2010: 94%2011: 92%2012: 96%2013: 93%2014: 92%2015: 91%2016: 99%2017: 93%2018: 97%2019: 96%2020: 96%2021: 90%2022: 98%2023: 99%2024: 99%
Change over the period: +75 pp Annual average: 1.7 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 99%
World 84.8%
Latin America & Caribbean 81.8%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 91.3%
DPT immunization coverage — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99 +0 pp
2023 99 +1 pp
2022 98 +8 pp
2021 90 −6 pp
2020 96 +0 pp
2019 96 −1 pp
2018 97 +4 pp
2017 93 −6 pp
2016 99 +8 pp
2015 91 −1 pp
2014 92 −1 pp
2013 93 −3 pp
2012 96 +4 pp
2011 92 −2 pp
2010 94 +4 pp
2009 90 +0 pp
2008 90 −1 pp
2007 91 −3 pp
2006 94 −5 pp
2005 99 +3 pp
2004 96 +2 pp
2003 94 −3 pp
2002 97 −1 pp
2001 98 +5 pp
2000 93 +4 pp
1999 89 +3 pp
1998 86 −4 pp
1997 90 −2 pp
1996 92 +2 pp
1995 90 −3 pp
1994 93 +2 pp
1993 91 +7 pp
1992 84 −1 pp
1991 85 −1 pp
1990 86 +1 pp
1989 85 +3 pp
1988 82 +1 pp
1987 81 +7 pp
1986 74 +14 pp
1985 60 +2 pp
1984 58 +7 pp
1983 51 +17 pp
1982 34 −5 pp
1981 39 +15 pp
1980 24 —

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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