World - Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in World was 83.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 35 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 85.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 0.00 in 1985.

Definition: Child immunization rate, hepatitis B is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received hepatitis B vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized after three doses.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

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Year Value
1985 0.00
1986 0.00
1987 0.00
1988 0.00
1989 0.00
1990 1.00
1991 1.00
1992 3.00
1993 4.00
1994 8.00
1995 11.00
1996 13.00
1997 15.00
1998 15.00
1999 18.00
2000 30.00
2001 32.00
2002 38.00
2003 44.00
2004 49.00
2005 54.00
2006 58.00
2007 63.00
2008 69.00
2009 73.00
2010 73.00
2011 75.00
2012 80.00
2013 79.00
2014 81.00
2015 82.00
2016 84.00
2017 84.00
2018 84.00
2019 85.00
2020 83.00

Limitations and Exceptions: In many developing countries a lack of precise information on the size of the cohort of one-year-old children makes immunization coverage difficult to estimate from program statistics.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Governments in developing countries usually finance immunization against measles and diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (DTP) as part of the basic public health package. The data shown here are based on an assessment of national immunization coverage rates by the WHO and UNICEF. The assessment considered both administrative data from service providers and household survey data on children's immunization histories. Based on the data available, consideration of potential biases, and contributions of local experts, the most likely true level of immunization coverage was determined for each year.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention