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DPT immunization coverage — Saint Lucia

DPT immunization coverage in Saint Lucia in 2024 — 99%. Ranked 1 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 43 pp.

2024 99% +25 pp vs 2023
World rank 1of 192
Period maximum 99%2001
Period minimum 56%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

DPT immunization coverage — Saint Lucia, 1980–202440608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 56%1981: 64%1982: 79%1983: 81%1984: 83%1985: 87%1986: 78%1987: 85%1988: 78%1989: 92%1990: 89%1991: 96%1992: 96%1993: 97%1994: 93%1995: 98%1996: 88%1997: 98%1998: 88%1999: 89%2000: 70%2001: 99%2002: 74%2003: 90%2004: 91%2005: 95%2006: 85%2007: 99%2008: 96%2009: 95%2010: 97%2011: 99%2012: 98%2013: 99%2014: 99%2015: 99%2016: 95%2017: 80%2018: 95%2019: 92%2020: 86%2021: 80%2022: 81%2023: 74%2024: 99%
Change over the period: +43 pp Annual average: 0.98 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia 99%
World 84.8%
Latin America & Caribbean 81.8%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 91.3%
DPT immunization coverage — Saint Lucia, by year Saint Lucia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 99 +25 pp
2023 74 −7 pp
2022 81 +1 pp
2021 80 −6 pp
2020 86 −6 pp
2019 92 −3 pp
2018 95 +15 pp
2017 80 −15 pp
2016 95 −4 pp
2015 99 +0 pp
2014 99 +0 pp
2013 99 +1 pp
2012 98 −1 pp
2011 99 +2 pp
2010 97 +2 pp
2009 95 −1 pp
2008 96 −3 pp
2007 99 +14 pp
2006 85 −10 pp
2005 95 +4 pp
2004 91 +1 pp
2003 90 +16 pp
2002 74 −25 pp
2001 99 +29 pp
2000 70 −19 pp
1999 89 +1 pp
1998 88 −10 pp
1997 98 +10 pp
1996 88 −10 pp
1995 98 +5 pp
1994 93 −4 pp
1993 97 +1 pp
1992 96 +0 pp
1991 96 +7 pp
1990 89 −3 pp
1989 92 +14 pp
1988 78 −7 pp
1987 85 +7 pp
1986 78 −9 pp
1985 87 +4 pp
1984 83 +2 pp
1983 81 +2 pp
1982 79 +15 pp
1981 64 +8 pp
1980 56 —

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

AG Antigua and Barbuda 99 CU Cuba 99 JM Jamaica 99 LC Saint Lucia 99 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 97 BB Barbados 94 GD Grenada 93 TT Trinidad and Tobago 92 BS Bahamas 90 DM Dominica 90 DO Dominican Republic 87 HT Haiti 60
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About the indicator

The share of children aged 12–23 months who have received three doses of the combined vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis and tetanus. The indicator is used as a gauge of whether the whole system of primary health care works: if a child has had three doses, the family has reached a health facility at least three times.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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