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Newborns protected against tetanus (%)

Compare newborns protected against tetanus (%) across 105 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2024.

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Key Insights

Global Average
87.6%
Median: 90.0%
Countries Covered
105
with available data
Highest
Seychelles
100.0%
Lowest
Somalia
50.0%
Top 5 Countries
1Seychelles100.0%
2Bahamas100.0%
3Bahrain100.0%
4Dominican Republic99.0%
5Eritrea99.0%
By Region
South America94.8%(4 countries)
North America94.0%(2 countries)
Asia89.1%(15 countries)
Other87.3%(75 countries)
Africa83.0%(9 countries)
Key Findings
  • 105 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
  • Seychelles has the highest published value (100 %).
  • Somalia has the lowest published value (50 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (50.0%)High (100.0%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 87.6%)

South America (4)
North America (2)
Asia (15)
Other (75)
Africa (9)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Newborns protected against tetanus are the percentage of births by women of child-bearing age who are immunized against tetanus.

Values use one fixed 2024 reference year from World Development Indicators series SH.VAC.TTNS.ZS. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.

Methodology

Newborns protected against tetanus are the percentage of births by women of child-bearing age who are immunized against tetanus.

Full Data

Rank Country Value
1Seychelles100.0%
2Bahamas100.0%
3Bahrain100.0%
4Dominican Republic99.0%
5Eritrea99.0%
6Djibouti99.0%
7Honduras99.0%
8Kuwait99.0%
9Maldives99.0%
10Oman99.0%
11Colombia98.0%
12Fiji98.0%
13North Korea98.0%
14Mexico98.0%
15Tunisia98.0%
16Albania98.0%
17Bangladesh98.0%
18Sri Lanka97.0%
19Islamic Republic of Iran97.0%
20Mauritius97.0%
21Peru97.0%
22Sao Tome and Principe97.0%
23Türkiye97.0%
24Algeria97.0%
25Brunei Darussalam97.0%
26Cape Verde96.0%
27Republic of The Gambia96.0%
28Guyana96.0%
29Malaysia96.0%
30Vietnam96.0%
31Thailand96.0%
32Cambodia95.0%
33Paraguay95.0%
34Rwanda95.0%
35Bhutan95.0%
36Belize95.0%
37Brazil94.0%
38Kiribati93.0%
39India93.0%
40Jamaica93.0%
41Malawi93.0%
42Morocco93.0%
43Nepal93.0%
44Senegal93.0%
45Suriname93.0%
46Eswatini93.0%
47Burkina Faso93.0%
48Botswana93.0%
49Solomon Islands93.0%
50El Salvador92.0%
51United Republic of Tanzania92.0%
52Jordan91.0%
53Ecuador90.0%
54Ghana90.0%
55Guatemala90.0%
56Liberia90.0%
57Philippines90.0%
58Sierra Leone90.0%
59Zimbabwe90.0%
60Bolivia90.0%
61Namibia88.0%
62Syrian Arab Republic88.0%
63Egypt88.0%
64Lao People's Democratic Republic87.0%
65Myanmar86.0%
66Burundi85.0%
67Kenya85.0%
68Pakistan85.0%
69South Africa85.0%
70Zambia85.0%
71Cameroon83.0%
72Comoros83.0%
73Indonesia83.0%
74Lesotho83.0%
75Mali83.0%
76Guinea-Bissau83.0%
77Timor-Leste83.0%
78Togo83.0%
79Uganda83.0%
80Vanuatu82.0%
81Republic of the Congo80.0%
82Benin80.0%
83Ethiopia80.0%
84Iraq80.0%
85Cote d'Ivoire80.0%
86Mozambique80.0%
87Niger80.0%
88Gabon79.0%
89Democratic Republic of the Congo78.0%
90Haiti78.0%
91Mauritania77.0%
92Guinea75.0%
93Sudan75.0%
94Chad73.0%
95Madagascar73.0%
96Yemen73.0%
97Nigeria69.0%
98Venezuela69.0%
99Papua New Guinea63.0%
100South Sudan63.0%
101Afghanistan62.0%
102Central African Republic60.0%
103Equatorial Guinea60.0%
104Angola60.0%
105Somalia50.0%
Showing 105 of 105 countries

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Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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