Newborns protected against tetanus in Eritrea
Eritrea: Newborns protected against tetanus was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Newborns protected against tetanus in Eritrea, 1993–2024
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %.
Analysis
Eritrea recorded 99.0% for newborns protected against tetanus in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 5.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, newborns protected against tetanus in Eritrea peaked at 99.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 5.0%, in 1993.
That places Eritrea 4th out of 106 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 31.9% | 5.0% | 77.0% | 7 |
| 2000s | 83.8% | 80.0% | 86.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.3% | 93.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Eritrea
- Age population, age 19, female, interpolated 41,886 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 43,741 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 42,370 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 42,908 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, male, interpolated 44,025 (2025)
- Age population, age 07, female, interpolated 43,173 (2025)
- Age population, age 06, male, interpolated 44,632 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 42,246 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 42,761 (2025)
- Age population, age 20, male, interpolated 41,479 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is newborns protected against tetanus in Eritrea?
- Newborns protected against tetanus in Eritrea was 99.0% in 2024, according to World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest newborns protected against tetanus recorded in Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest newborns protected against tetanus recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 5.0% in 1993.
- How does Eritrea rank for newborns protected against tetanus?
- Eritrea ranks 4th out of 106 countries with data for 2024.
- Is newborns protected against tetanus rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Newborns protected against tetanus (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Newborns protected against tetanus are the percentage of births by women of child-bearing age who are immunized against tetanus.