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DPT immunization coverage — Lower-middle-income countries

DPT immunization coverage in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 88.8%. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 71.1 pp.

2024 88.8% +1.6 pp vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 88.8%2024
Period minimum 17.7%1982

Trend over time

1982–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

DPT immunization coverage — Lower-middle-income countries, 1982–202402550751001982198719921997200220072012201720221982: 17.7%1983: 19.4%1984: 21.7%1985: 27.4%1986: 30.6%1987: 38%1988: 46.8%1989: 56.4%1990: 70.6%1991: 62.2%1992: 62.5%1993: 64.2%1994: 69.3%1995: 71.7%1996: 69.1%1997: 67.5%1998: 67.3%1999: 66.9%2000: 67.2%2001: 67.7%2002: 67.1%2003: 69.8%2004: 72.2%2005: 72.3%2006: 72.7%2007: 72%2008: 75.6%2009: 78.2%2010: 79.6%2011: 81.6%2012: 81%2013: 80.2%2014: 82.2%2015: 83%2016: 84.8%2017: 85.5%2018: 86.6%2019: 88.2%2020: 84.2%2021: 82.9%2022: 88%2023: 87.2%2024: 88.8%
Change over the period: +71.1 pp Annual average: 1.69 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 88.8%
World 84.8%
DPT immunization coverage — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 88.8 +1.6 pp
2023 87.2 −0.8 pp
2022 88 +5.1 pp
2021 82.9 −1.4 pp
2020 84.2 −3.9 pp
2019 88.2 +1.6 pp
2018 86.6 +1.1 pp
2017 85.5 +0.7 pp
2016 84.8 +1.8 pp
2015 83 +0.9 pp
2014 82.2 +2 pp
2013 80.2 −0.8 pp
2012 81 −0.6 pp
2011 81.6 +2 pp
2010 79.6 +1.4 pp
2009 78.2 +2.6 pp
2008 75.6 +3.6 pp
2007 72 −0.7 pp
2006 72.7 +0.4 pp
2005 72.3 +0.2 pp
2004 72.2 +2.4 pp
2003 69.8 +2.7 pp
2002 67.1 −0.6 pp
2001 67.7 +0.5 pp
2000 67.2 +0.3 pp
1999 66.9 −0.4 pp
1998 67.3 −0.2 pp
1997 67.5 −1.5 pp
1996 69.1 −2.6 pp
1995 71.7 +2.4 pp
1994 69.3 +5.1 pp
1993 64.2 +1.7 pp
1992 62.5 +0.2 pp
1991 62.2 −8.3 pp
1990 70.6 +14.1 pp
1989 56.4 +9.6 pp
1988 46.8 +8.8 pp
1987 38 +7.4 pp
1986 30.6 +3.2 pp
1985 27.4 +5.6 pp
1984 21.7 +2.3 pp
1983 19.4 +1.7 pp
1982 17.7 —

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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