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DPT immunization coverage — Papua New Guinea

DPT immunization coverage in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 42%. Ranked 189 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 10 pp.

2024 42% +7 pp vs 2023
World rank 189of 192
Period maximum 72%2005
Period minimum 27%1983

Trend over time

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

DPT immunization coverage — Papua New Guinea, 1980–20242040608019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 32%1981: 32%1982: 29%1983: 27%1984: 34%1985: 40%1986: 44%1987: 44%1988: 48%1989: 53%1990: 68%1991: 68%1992: 58%1993: 58%1994: 61%1995: 62%1996: 56%1997: 45%1998: 60%1999: 60%2000: 59%2001: 55%2002: 61%2003: 68%2004: 62%2005: 72%2006: 70%2007: 66%2008: 56%2009: 64%2010: 55%2011: 58%2012: 57%2013: 60%2014: 52%2015: 49%2016: 46%2017: 36%2018: 35%2019: 35%2020: 40%2021: 32%2022: 37%2023: 35%2024: 42%
Change over the period: +10 pp Annual average: 0.23 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 42%
World 84.8%
East Asia & Pacific 88.5%
Melanesia computed 49.5%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 88.8%
DPT immunization coverage — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 42 +7 pp
2023 35 −2 pp
2022 37 +5 pp
2021 32 −8 pp
2020 40 +5 pp
2019 35 +0 pp
2018 35 −1 pp
2017 36 −10 pp
2016 46 −3 pp
2015 49 −3 pp
2014 52 −8 pp
2013 60 +3 pp
2012 57 −1 pp
2011 58 +3 pp
2010 55 −9 pp
2009 64 +8 pp
2008 56 −10 pp
2007 66 −4 pp
2006 70 −2 pp
2005 72 +10 pp
2004 62 −6 pp
2003 68 +7 pp
2002 61 +6 pp
2001 55 −4 pp
2000 59 −1 pp
1999 60 +0 pp
1998 60 +15 pp
1997 45 −11 pp
1996 56 −6 pp
1995 62 +1 pp
1994 61 +3 pp
1993 58 +0 pp
1992 58 −10 pp
1991 68 +0 pp
1990 68 +15 pp
1989 53 +5 pp
1988 48 +4 pp
1987 44 +0 pp
1986 44 +4 pp
1985 40 +6 pp
1984 34 +7 pp
1983 27 −2 pp
1982 29 −3 pp
1981 32 +0 pp
1980 32 —

Melanesia, 2024

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

FJ Fiji 94 SB Solomon Islands 87 VU Vanuatu 71 PG Papua New Guinea 42
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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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