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DPT immunization coverage — Melanesia

DPT immunization coverage in Melanesia in 2024 — 49.5%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 10.9 pp.

2024 49.5% +5.8 pp vs 2023
World rank —
Period maximum 75.5%2005
Period minimum 33.9%1982

Trend over time

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

DPT immunization coverage — Melanesia, 1980–20242040608019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 38.6%1981: 38.3%1982: 33.9%1983: 35.3%1984: 41.2%1985: 44.1%1986: 47.7%1987: 52.9%1988: 57.3%1989: 61%1990: 73.2%1991: 73.5%1992: 65%1993: 64.6%1994: 66.6%1995: 67.4%1996: 62.7%1997: 52.7%1998: 64.3%1999: 65.6%2000: 64.7%2001: 61.4%2002: 66%2003: 71.9%2004: 67.5%2005: 75.5%2006: 74.6%2007: 70.8%2008: 62.5%2009: 69%2010: 61.5%2011: 64.4%2012: 63.6%2013: 65.5%2014: 58.5%2015: 56.4%2016: 54%2017: 44.7%2018: 44.2%2019: 45%2020: 48.8%2021: 41.3%2022: 45.6%2023: 43.7%2024: 49.5%
Change over the period: +10.9 pp Annual average: 0.25 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Melanesia 49.5%
World 84.8%
DPT immunization coverage — Melanesia, by year Melanesia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 49.5 +5.8 pp
2023 43.7 −1.8 pp
2022 45.6 +4.3 pp
2021 41.3 −7.5 pp
2020 48.8 +3.8 pp
2019 45 +0.8 pp
2018 44.2 −0.5 pp
2017 44.7 −9.3 pp
2016 54 −2.4 pp
2015 56.4 −2.1 pp
2014 58.5 −7 pp
2013 65.5 +1.9 pp
2012 63.6 −0.8 pp
2011 64.4 +2.9 pp
2010 61.5 −7.6 pp
2009 69 +6.5 pp
2008 62.5 −8.3 pp
2007 70.8 −3.8 pp
2006 74.6 −0.9 pp
2005 75.5 +8 pp
2004 67.5 −4.4 pp
2003 71.9 +6 pp
2002 66 +4.5 pp
2001 61.4 −3.3 pp
2000 64.7 −0.9 pp
1999 65.6 +1.3 pp
1998 64.3 +11.7 pp
1997 52.7 −10 pp
1996 62.7 −4.8 pp
1995 67.4 +0.8 pp
1994 66.6 +2 pp
1993 64.6 −0.4 pp
1992 65 −8.5 pp
1991 73.5 +0.3 pp
1990 73.2 +12.2 pp
1989 61 +3.7 pp
1988 57.3 +4.4 pp
1987 52.9 +5.1 pp
1986 47.7 +3.6 pp
1985 44.1 +2.9 pp
1984 41.2 +5.9 pp
1983 35.3 +1.4 pp
1982 33.9 −4.4 pp
1981 38.3 −0.3 pp
1980 38.6 —

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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