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

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.

Countries reporting
188
Highest
99.0%
Antigua and Barbuda
Lowest
39.0%
Sudan
Median
91.0%
Years covered
40
1985–2024
Data points
6,534

What the numbers show

Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) is currently reported for 188 countries. The highest value is 99.0% in Antigua and Barbuda; the lowest is 39.0% in Sudan.

The median across all reporting countries is 91.0%, and the mean is 86.0%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3.

Over the past decade 65 countries rose and 102 fell. The largest increase was in Ukraine (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Sudan (down 58.5%).

Immunization, HepB3: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Brunei 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Costa Rica 99.0% 2024 up 8.8% rising
1 Cuba 99.0% 2024 up 2.1% flat
1 Jamaica 99.0% 2024 up 7.6% rising
1 Kuwait 99.0% 2024 up 3.1% rising
1 Saint Lucia 99.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Latvia 99.0% 2024 up 7.6% rising
1 Monaco 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Maldives 99.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 Oman 99.0% 2024 unchanged flat
1 Palau 99.0% 2024 unchanged rising
1 North Korea 99.0% 2024 up 6.5% rising
1 Portugal 99.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
1 Turkmenistan 99.0% 2024 up 2.1% flat
1 Tonga 99.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
1 Turkey 99.0% 2024 up 3.1% rising
1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
19 Belarus 98.0% 2024 up 1.0% rising
19 Bhutan 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
19 Guyana 98.0% 2024 unchanged rising
19 Iran 98.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
19 Kazakhstan 98.0% 2024 up 3.2% rising
19 Luxembourg 98.0% 2024 up 4.3% rising
19 Rwanda 98.0% 2024 unchanged flat
26 Albania 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% flat
26 Andorra 97.0% 2024 up 2.1% rising
26 Belgium 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
26 Bangladesh 97.0% 2024 unchanged rising
26 Egypt 97.0% 2024 up 3.2% rising
26 Saint Kitts and Nevis 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
26 South Korea 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
26 Sri Lanka 97.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
26 Malta 97.0% 2024 up 7.8% rising
26 Nepal 97.0% 2024 up 5.4% rising
26 Nauru 97.0% 2024 up 2.1% rising
26 Russia 97.0% 2024 unchanged rising
26 Saudi Arabia 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
26 Tajikistan 97.0% 2024 unchanged rising
26 Tunisia 97.0% 2024 down 1.0% rising
26 Vietnam 97.0% 2024 up 2.1% flat
42 Bahrain 96.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
42 China 96.0% 2024 down 3.0% rising
42 France 96.0% 2024 up 15.7% rising
42 Israel 96.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
42 Jordan 96.0% 2024 down 2.0% rising
42 Morocco 96.0% 2024 down 3.0% rising
42 Mongolia 96.0% 2024 down 3.0% rising
42 Norway 96.0% 2024 unchanged flat
42 Qatar 96.0% 2024 up 7.9% rising
42 Singapore 96.0% 2024 unchanged rising
42 Slovakia 96.0% 2024 down 1.0% flat
53 Australia 95.0% 2024 up 4.4% flat
53 Botswana 95.0% 2024 unchanged rising
53 Chile 95.0% 2024 unchanged flat
53 Eritrea 95.0% 2024 up 1.1% rising
53 Ghana 95.0% 2024 down 3.1% rising
53 Japan 95.0% 2024 down 4.0% flat
53 El Salvador 95.0% 2024 up 1.1% rising
53 Sweden 95.0% 2024 up 126.2% rising
61 Armenia 94.0% 2024 up 1.1% rising
61 Bulgaria 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% flat
61 Barbados 94.0% 2024 unchanged rising
61 Cyprus 94.0% 2024 down 2.1% rising
61 Spain 94.0% 2024 down 2.1% rising
61 India 94.0% 2024 up 22.1% volatile
61 Italy 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% flat
61 Kiribati 94.0% 2024 up 25.3% rising
61 Seychelles 94.0% 2024 down 5.1% flat
61 Tuvalu 94.0% 2024 up 5.6% rising
61 Uruguay 94.0% 2024 down 1.1% flat
72 United Arab Emirates 93.0% 2024 down 6.1% rising
72 Cape Verde 93.0% 2024 down 2.1% rising
72 Fiji 93.0% 2024 down 6.1% rising
72 Mauritius 93.0% 2024 down 4.1% flat
72 Malaysia 93.0% 2024 down 3.1% rising
72 Serbia 93.0% 2024 up 1.1% rising
72 United States 93.0% 2024 up 1.1% rising
79 Algeria 92.0% 2024 down 3.2% flat
79 United Kingdom 92.0% 2024 down 1.1% flat
79 Greece 92.0% 2024 down 4.2% rising
79 Ireland 92.0% 2024 down 3.2% rising
79 Thailand 92.0% 2024 down 7.1% rising
79 Trinidad and Tobago 92.0% 2024 unchanged rising
85 Burkina Faso 91.0% 2024 unchanged flat
85 Croatia 91.0% 2024 down 4.2% falling
85 Kenya 91.0% 2024 down 1.1% rising
85 North Macedonia 91.0% 2024 down 6.2% flat
85 Malawi 91.0% 2024 unchanged rising
85 Palestine 91.0% 2024 down 8.1% flat
85 Senegal 91.0% 2024 up 2.2% rising
85 Sierra Leone 91.0% 2024 up 9.6% rising
85 Uganda 91.0% 2024 up 7.1% rising
85 Zambia 91.0% 2024 up 5.8% rising
85 Zimbabwe 91.0% 2024 unchanged rising
96 Bahamas 90.0% 2024 down 6.2% rising
96 Brazil 90.0% 2024 down 6.2% rising
96 Dominica 90.0% 2024 down 7.2% rising
96 Georgia 90.0% 2024 down 1.1% rising
96 Iraq 90.0% 2024 up 30.4% rising
96 Togo 90.0% 2024 up 7.1% rising
102 Burundi 89.0% 2024 down 6.3% flat
102 Colombia 89.0% 2024 down 1.1% rising
102 Marshall Islands 89.0% 2024 up 12.7% rising
102 Nicaragua 89.0% 2023 down 9.2% rising
102 Netherlands 89.0% 2024 down 6.3% rising
102 New Zealand 89.0% 2024 down 4.3% rising
108 Belize 88.0% 2024 down 7.4% falling
108 Moldova 88.0% 2024 down 4.3% rising
108 San Marino 88.0% 2024 up 6.0% falling
108 Ukraine 88.0% 2024 up 300.0% rising
108 Uzbekistan 88.0% 2024 down 11.1% rising
113 Lithuania 87.0% 2024 down 7.4% flat
113 Pakistan 87.0% 2024 up 26.1% rising
113 Poland 87.0% 2024 down 9.4% rising
113 Solomon Islands 87.0% 2024 up 13.0% rising
113 Sao Tome and Principe 87.0% 2024 down 8.4% rising
118 Switzerland 86.0% 2024 up 24.6% rising
118 Czechia 86.0% 2024 down 13.1% flat
118 Dominican Republic 86.0% 2024 down 3.4% rising
118 Grenada 86.0% 2024 down 11.3% falling
118 Libya 86.0% 2024 down 8.5% falling
118 Lesotho 86.0% 2024 down 2.3% rising
118 Mauritania 86.0% 2024 up 6.2% rising
118 Niger 86.0% 2024 up 4.9% rising
126 Austria 85.0% 2024 down 13.3% rising
126 Germany 85.0% 2024 down 2.3% rising
126 Micronesia (country) 85.0% 2024 up 4.9% rising
126 Samoa 85.0% 2024 up 4.9% rising
130 Kyrgyzstan 84.0% 2024 down 12.5% rising
130 Eswatini 84.0% 2024 down 14.3% rising
132 Canada 83.0% 2024 up 50.9% rising
132 Cambodia 83.0% 2024 down 7.8% flat
132 Liberia 83.0% 2024 up 31.7% flat
132 East Timor 83.0% 2024 up 7.8% rising
132 Tanzania 83.0% 2024 down 14.4% flat
137 Bosnia and Herzegovina 82.0% 2024 down 7.9% flat
137 Mali 82.0% 2024 up 24.2% flat
139 Estonia 81.0% 2024 down 12.9% falling
139 Guatemala 81.0% 2024 up 9.5% falling
141 Gambia 80.0% 2024 down 16.7% rising
141 Peru 80.0% 2024 down 9.1% falling
141 Paraguay 80.0% 2024 down 14.0% falling
144 Romania 79.0% 2024 down 16.0% falling
145 Congo 78.0% 2024 up 9.9% rising
145 Indonesia 78.0% 2024 down 11.4% rising
145 Mexico 78.0% 2024 down 7.1% falling
148 Cote d'Ivoire 77.0% 2024 up 5.5% rising
148 Cameroon 77.0% 2024 up 1.3% falling
148 Djibouti 77.0% 2024 down 1.3% flat
151 Argentina 75.0% 2024 down 20.2% falling
151 Comoros 75.0% 2024 down 6.2% rising
151 Honduras 75.0% 2024 down 24.2% falling
154 Namibia 74.0% 2024 down 15.9% flat
154 South Africa 74.0% 2024 down 12.9% rising
156 Ethiopia 73.0% 2024 up 19.7% rising
156 South Sudan 73.0% 2024 up 58.7% rising
156 Syria 73.0% 2024 up 30.4% flat
159 Panama 72.0% 2024 down 10.0% falling
160 Myanmar 71.0% 2024 down 19.3% rising
160 Philippines 71.0% 2024 down 10.1% rising
160 Vanuatu 71.0% 2024 down 17.4% rising
163 Ecuador 70.0% 2024 down 15.7% flat
163 Mozambique 70.0% 2024 down 17.6% rising
163 Somalia 70.0% 2024 up 52.2% rising
166 Suriname 69.0% 2024 down 2.8% falling
167 Guinea-Bissau 68.0% 2024 down 20.9% falling
167 Equatorial Guinea 68.0% 2024 up 28.3% rising
167 Chad 68.0% 2024 up 88.9% rising
170 Laos 67.0% 2024 down 19.3% rising
170 Nigeria 67.0% 2024 up 55.8% rising
172 Democratic Republic of Congo 65.0% 2024 down 11.0% flat
173 Angola 64.0% 2024 up 16.4% rising
174 Benin 63.0% 2024 down 14.9% rising
174 Guinea 63.0% 2024 up 21.2% flat
176 Venezuela 62.0% 2024 down 20.5% flat
177 Gabon 61.0% 2024 down 12.9% rising
177 Montenegro 61.0% 2024 down 29.9% falling
179 Haiti 60.0% 2024 down 4.8% falling
179 Madagascar 60.0% 2024 down 11.8% falling
181 Afghanistan 59.0% 2024 down 4.8% falling
181 Bolivia 59.0% 2024 down 30.6% falling
183 Azerbaijan 51.0% 2024 down 31.1% flat
184 Lebanon 46.0% 2024 down 42.5% falling
185 Central African Republic 42.0% 2024 down 6.7% falling
185 Papua New Guinea 42.0% 2024 down 19.2% rising
185 Yemen 42.0% 2024 down 40.0% rising
188 Sudan 39.0% 2024 down 58.5% rising

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

About this data

Indicator
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)
Unit
% of one-year-old children
Source
World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
235 places, 6,534 data points, 1985–2024
Last refreshed

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.