Immunization, BCG (% of one-year-old children) by country
Child immunization rate, BCG is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey for BCG. A child is considered adequately immunized after one dose.
Countries reporting
165
Highest
99.0%
Albania
Lowest
0.0%
Ireland
Median
93.0%
Years covered
45
1980–2024
Data points
8,092
What the numbers show
Immunization, BCG (% of one-year-old children) is currently reported for 165 countries. The highest value is 99.0% in Albania; the lowest is 0.0% in Ireland.
The median across all reporting countries is 93.0%, and the mean is 88.1%.
Over the past decade 43 countries rose and 84 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 138.5%), and the largest decrease in Ireland (down 100.0%).
Immunization, BCG: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Albania | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Benin | 99.0% | 2024 | up 3.1% | rising |
| 1 | Bangladesh | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Brunei | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Bhutan | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Chile | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | China | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Cape Verde | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Costa Rica | 99.0% | 2024 | up 4.2% | rising |
| 1 | Cuba | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Dominican Republic | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Guyana | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Hungary | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Kuwait | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Latvia | 99.0% | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Mongolia | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Malawi | 99.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 1 | Nepal | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Nauru | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Oman | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Panama | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | North Korea | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Qatar | 99.0% | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 1 | Rwanda | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | El Salvador | 99.0% | 2024 | up 13.8% | rising |
| 1 | Seychelles | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Thailand | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Tajikistan | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Tonga | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Tuvalu | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Uruguay | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Samoa | 99.0% | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 37 | Armenia | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 37 | Burkina Faso | 98.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Belarus | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 37 | Botswana | 98.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Czechia | 98.0% | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 37 | Algeria | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 37 | Egypt | 98.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 37 | Finland | 98.0% | 2006 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 37 | Sri Lanka | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 37 | Morocco | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 37 | Mauritius | 98.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 37 | Serbia | 98.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 37 | Turkmenistan | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | flat |
| 37 | Tunisia | 98.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 51 | Bulgaria | 97.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 51 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 97.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 51 | Eritrea | 97.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 51 | Jamaica | 97.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 51 | Japan | 97.0% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 51 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 97.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 51 | South Korea | 97.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 51 | Saudi Arabia | 97.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 51 | Sierra Leone | 97.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 60 | United Arab Emirates | 96.0% | 2024 | up 6.7% | rising |
| 60 | Azerbaijan | 96.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 60 | Georgia | 96.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Croatia | 96.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 60 | Malta | 96.0% | 1996 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 60 | Pakistan | 96.0% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 60 | Russia | 96.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 60 | Slovenia | 96.0% | 2004 | down 3.0% | flat |
| 60 | Togo | 96.0% | 2024 | up 17.1% | rising |
| 60 | Turkey | 96.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 60 | Vietnam | 96.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 60 | Zimbabwe | 96.0% | 2024 | down 3.0% | rising |
| 72 | Brazil | 95.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 72 | Dominica | 95.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 72 | Iraq | 95.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 72 | Mauritania | 95.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 72 | Singapore | 95.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 77 | Kazakhstan | 94.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 77 | Kiribati | 94.0% | 2024 | up 30.6% | rising |
| 77 | Moldova | 94.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 77 | Namibia | 94.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 77 | Romania | 94.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 82 | Cameroon | 93.0% | 2024 | up 8.1% | rising |
| 82 | Fiji | 93.0% | 2024 | up 3.3% | flat |
| 82 | Lithuania | 93.0% | 2024 | down 5.1% | flat |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 93.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 82 | Mozambique | 93.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 82 | Niger | 93.0% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 82 | Ukraine | 93.0% | 2024 | up 138.5% | falling |
| 89 | Ghana | 92.0% | 2024 | down 7.1% | rising |
| 89 | Kyrgyzstan | 92.0% | 2024 | down 5.2% | flat |
| 89 | Senegal | 92.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 89 | Chad | 92.0% | 2024 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 89 | Uganda | 92.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 94 | India | 91.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | rising |
| 94 | Mali | 91.0% | 2024 | up 23.0% | rising |
| 94 | Poland | 91.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 97 | Austria | 90.0% | 1989 | unchanged | flat |
| 97 | Jordan | 90.0% | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 97 | Cambodia | 90.0% | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 97 | Malaysia | 90.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | flat |
| 97 | Slovakia | 90.0% | 2012 | down 8.2% | flat |
| 97 | East Timor | 90.0% | 2024 | up 13.9% | rising |
| 97 | Zambia | 90.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | rising |
| 104 | Burundi | 89.0% | 2024 | down 3.3% | rising |
| 104 | Monaco | 89.0% | 2012 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 104 | Mexico | 89.0% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 104 | Tanzania | 89.0% | 2024 | down 10.1% | rising |
| 108 | Cote d'Ivoire | 88.0% | 2024 | up 3.5% | rising |
| 108 | Indonesia | 88.0% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 108 | Laos | 88.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 111 | Estonia | 87.0% | 2024 | down 8.4% | falling |
| 111 | Kenya | 87.0% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 111 | Saint Lucia | 87.0% | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 111 | Palestine | 87.0% | 2024 | down 12.1% | flat |
| 115 | Philippines | 86.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 115 | Eswatini | 86.0% | 2024 | down 13.1% | rising |
| 117 | Belize | 85.0% | 2024 | down 13.3% | rising |
| 117 | Colombia | 85.0% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 117 | Libya | 85.0% | 2024 | down 14.1% | falling |
| 117 | Montenegro | 85.0% | 2024 | down 6.6% | falling |
| 117 | Vanuatu | 85.0% | 2024 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 122 | Comoros | 84.0% | 2024 | up 7.7% | flat |
| 122 | Ethiopia | 84.0% | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 122 | Syria | 84.0% | 2024 | up 3.7% | rising |
| 125 | Guatemala | 83.0% | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 125 | Solomon Islands | 83.0% | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 127 | Liberia | 82.0% | 2024 | up 12.3% | rising |
| 127 | Lesotho | 82.0% | 2024 | down 15.5% | rising |
| 127 | Peru | 82.0% | 2024 | down 12.8% | rising |
| 130 | Argentina | 81.0% | 2024 | down 18.2% | flat |
| 130 | Marshall Islands | 81.0% | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 132 | Sao Tome and Principe | 80.0% | 2024 | down 15.8% | rising |
| 133 | Gambia | 79.0% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 133 | Myanmar | 79.0% | 2024 | down 14.1% | rising |
| 133 | Nicaragua | 79.0% | 2023 | down 20.2% | rising |
| 133 | Paraguay | 79.0% | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 137 | France | 78.0% | 2007 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 137 | Gabon | 78.0% | 2024 | down 13.3% | flat |
| 139 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 77.0% | 2024 | down 3.8% | rising |
| 139 | Djibouti | 77.0% | 2024 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 139 | Equatorial Guinea | 77.0% | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 142 | Ecuador | 76.0% | 2024 | down 14.6% | falling |
| 143 | Guinea | 75.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 144 | Somalia | 74.0% | 2024 | up 76.2% | rising |
| 144 | South Africa | 74.0% | 2024 | down 20.4% | rising |
| 146 | Honduras | 73.0% | 2024 | down 24.0% | rising |
| 147 | South Sudan | 72.0% | 2024 | up 30.9% | rising |
| 148 | Guinea-Bissau | 71.0% | 2024 | down 23.7% | flat |
| 149 | Micronesia (country) | 70.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 150 | Nigeria | 69.0% | 2024 | up 35.3% | rising |
| 151 | Afghanistan | 68.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 151 | Angola | 68.0% | 2024 | down 5.6% | rising |
| 151 | Bolivia | 68.0% | 2024 | down 26.1% | rising |
| 151 | Haiti | 68.0% | 2024 | down 20.0% | rising |
| 155 | Congo | 67.0% | 2024 | down 29.5% | flat |
| 156 | Venezuela | 66.0% | 2024 | down 32.0% | flat |
| 157 | Madagascar | 64.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 158 | Central African Republic | 61.0% | 2024 | down 9.0% | rising |
| 159 | Papua New Guinea | 52.0% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 160 | Greece | 50.0% | 1994 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 160 | Yemen | 50.0% | 2024 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 162 | Sudan | 49.0% | 2024 | down 48.4% | rising |
| 163 | Portugal | 32.0% | 2015 | down 64.0% | rising |
| 164 | Sweden | 24.0% | 2022 | unchanged | rising |
| 165 | Ireland | 0.0% | 2021 | down 100.0% | volatile |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Late-demographic dividend 96.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (excluding high income) 96.6%
- Europe & Central Asia (IDA & IBRD countries) 96.0%
- East Asia & Pacific 93.4%
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 93.2%
- East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) 93.1%
- Upper middle income 92.8%
- South Asia 92.3%
- South Asia (IDA & IBRD) 92.3%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 90.3%
- Middle income 90.0%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 90.0%
About this data
Child immunization rate, BCG is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey for BCG. A child is considered adequately immunized after one dose.