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DPT immunization coverage — Tanzania

DPT immunization coverage in Tanzania in 2024 — 83%. Ranked 136 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 24 pp.

2024 83% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 136of 192
Period maximum 97%2014
Period minimum 50%1982

Trend over time

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

DPT immunization coverage — Tanzania, 1980–202440608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 59%1981: 55%1982: 50%1983: 52%1984: 58%1985: 67%1986: 74%1987: 79%1988: 85%1989: 77%1990: 78%1991: 81%1992: 83%1993: 83%1994: 84%1995: 81%1996: 82%1997: 79%1998: 79%1999: 76%2000: 79%2001: 87%2002: 89%2003: 95%2004: 95%2005: 90%2006: 90%2007: 83%2008: 86%2009: 85%2010: 91%2011: 90%2012: 92%2013: 91%2014: 97%2015: 96%2016: 92%2017: 90%2018: 89%2019: 91%2020: 91%2021: 86%2022: 87%2023: 83%2024: 83%
Change over the period: +24 pp Annual average: 0.55 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Tanzania 83%
World 84.8%
Sub-Saharan Africa 74%
Eastern Africa computed 80.6%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 88.8%
DPT immunization coverage — Tanzania, by year Tanzania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 83 +0 pp
2023 83 −4 pp
2022 87 +1 pp
2021 86 −5 pp
2020 91 +0 pp
2019 91 +2 pp
2018 89 −1 pp
2017 90 −2 pp
2016 92 −4 pp
2015 96 −1 pp
2014 97 +6 pp
2013 91 −1 pp
2012 92 +2 pp
2011 90 −1 pp
2010 91 +6 pp
2009 85 −1 pp
2008 86 +3 pp
2007 83 −7 pp
2006 90 +0 pp
2005 90 −5 pp
2004 95 +0 pp
2003 95 +6 pp
2002 89 +2 pp
2001 87 +8 pp
2000 79 +3 pp
1999 76 −3 pp
1998 79 +0 pp
1997 79 −3 pp
1996 82 +1 pp
1995 81 −3 pp
1994 84 +1 pp
1993 83 +0 pp
1992 83 +2 pp
1991 81 +3 pp
1990 78 +1 pp
1989 77 −8 pp
1988 85 +6 pp
1987 79 +5 pp
1986 74 +7 pp
1985 67 +9 pp
1984 58 +6 pp
1983 52 +2 pp
1982 50 −5 pp
1981 55 −4 pp
1980 59 —

Eastern Africa, 2024

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

RW Rwanda 98 ER Eritrea 95 SC Seychelles 94 MU Mauritius 93 KE Kenya 91 MW Malawi 91 UG Uganda 91 ZM Zambia 91 ZW Zimbabwe 91 BI Burundi 89 TZ Tanzania 83 DJ Djibouti 77 KM Comoros 75 ET Ethiopia 73 SS South Sudan 73 MZ Mozambique 70 SO Somalia 70 MG Madagascar 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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