Immunization, BCG in Uruguay
Uruguay: Immunization, BCG was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Immunization, BCG in Uruguay, 1980–2024
Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/). Measured in % of one-year-old children.
Analysis
Uruguay recorded 99.0% for immunization, bcg in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, immunization, bcg in Uruguay peaked at 99.0% in 1983 and was at its lowest, 56.0%, in 1980.
That places Uruguay 1st out of 165 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 87.9% | 56.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 98.9% | 98.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.5% | 98.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.6% | 97.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Uruguay
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 23,572 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 13.2% (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 23,494 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 22,492 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, male 216,510 (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 19.2% (2025)
- Population ages 65 and above, female 334,582 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 22,834 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, female, interpolated 22,948 (2025)
- Age population, age 11, male, interpolated 24,094 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is immunization, bcg in Uruguay?
- Immunization, bcg in Uruguay 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 Uruguay?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 1983.
- What is the lowest immunization, bcg recorded in Uruguay?
- The lowest recorded value was 56.0% in 1980.
- How does Uruguay rank for immunization, bcg?
- Uruguay ranks 1st out of 165 countries with data for 2024.
- Is immunization, bcg rising or falling in Uruguay?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uruguay 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.