Immunization, BCG in Rwanda
Rwanda: Immunization, BCG was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Immunization, BCG in Rwanda, 1981–2024
Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/). Measured in % of one-year-old children.
Analysis
Rwanda recorded 99.0% for immunization, bcg in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.6% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, immunization, bcg in Rwanda peaked at 99.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 32.0%, in 1994.
Rwanda ranks 1st of 165 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 74.0% | 49.0% | 92.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 86.1% | 32.0% | 96.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 91.9% | 78.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.6% | 97.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.6% | 89.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Rwanda
- Age population, age 08, female, interpolated 178,700 (2025)
- Population, male 7.11 million (2025)
- Population, male 48.8% (2025)
- Age population, age 06, female, interpolated 181,652 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 38.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 2.71 million (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 184,211 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 180,330 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 182,261 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 170,520 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is immunization, bcg in Rwanda?
- Immunization, bcg in Rwanda was 99.0% in 2024, according to WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).
- What is the highest immunization, bcg recorded in Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest immunization, bcg recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 32.0% in 1994.
- How does Rwanda rank for immunization, bcg?
- Rwanda ranks 1st out of 165 countries with data for 2024.
- Is immunization, bcg rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda data come from?
- The figures come from WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/), published as part of Immunization, BCG (% of one-year-old children). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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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.