DPT immunization coverage — all countries

DPT immunization coverage — Southern Africa

DPT immunization coverage in Southern Africa in 2024 — 75.3%. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 18.5 pp.

2024 75.3% −4.9 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 86.8%2021
Period minimum 56.8%1981

Trend over time

1981–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

DPT immunization coverage — Southern Africa, 1981–2024506070809019811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 56.8%1982: 63.3%1983: 73.3%1984: 74.7%1985: 75.3%1986: 71%1987: 73%1988: 71.3%1989: 72.4%1990: 73.3%1991: 81.1%1992: 79.7%1993: 81.5%1994: 74.8%1995: 73.6%1996: 74.3%1997: 76.8%1998: 76.3%1999: 75.3%2000: 74.6%2001: 72.6%2002: 71.9%2003: 71.3%2004: 75.8%2005: 82%2006: 84.7%2007: 85.5%2008: 82.8%2009: 82%2010: 78.6%2011: 76.9%2012: 73.5%2013: 82.5%2014: 85.8%2015: 85.6%2016: 85.5%2017: 84.8%2018: 83.1%2019: 85.7%2020: 85%2021: 86.8%2022: 85.4%2023: 80.2%2024: 75.3%
Change over the period: +18.5 pp Annual average: 0.43 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Africa 75.3%
World 84.8%
DPT immunization coverage — Southern Africa, by year Southern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 75.3 −4.9 pp
2023 80.2 −5.3 pp
2022 85.4 −1.3 pp
2021 86.8 +1.8 pp
2020 85 −0.7 pp
2019 85.7 +2.6 pp
2018 83.1 −1.7 pp
2017 84.8 −0.7 pp
2016 85.5 −0.1 pp
2015 85.6 −0.2 pp
2014 85.8 +3.3 pp
2013 82.5 +8.9 pp
2012 73.5 −3.4 pp
2011 76.9 −1.7 pp
2010 78.6 −3.5 pp
2009 82 −0.8 pp
2008 82.8 −2.7 pp
2007 85.5 +0.8 pp
2006 84.7 +2.7 pp
2005 82 +6.3 pp
2004 75.8 +4.5 pp
2003 71.3 −0.7 pp
2002 71.9 −0.7 pp
2001 72.6 −2 pp
2000 74.6 −0.8 pp
1999 75.3 −1 pp
1998 76.3 −0.5 pp
1997 76.8 +2.5 pp
1996 74.3 +0.8 pp
1995 73.6 −1.2 pp
1994 74.8 −6.7 pp
1993 81.5 +1.8 pp
1992 79.7 −1.4 pp
1991 81.1 +7.7 pp
1990 73.3 +1 pp
1989 72.4 +1.1 pp
1988 71.3 −1.7 pp
1987 73 +2 pp
1986 71 −4.3 pp
1985 75.3 +0.6 pp
1984 74.7 +1.4 pp
1983 73.3 +10 pp
1982 63.3 +6.5 pp
1981 56.8

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.