Costa Rica - Immunization

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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Costa Rica was 98.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 23 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.00 in 2020 and a minimum value of 76.00 in 1997.

Definition: 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.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

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Year Value
1997 76.00
1998 86.00
1999 83.00
2000 89.00
2001 80.00
2002 94.00
2003 86.00
2004 89.00
2005 90.00
2006 88.00
2007 89.00
2008 89.00
2009 87.00
2010 89.00
2011 84.00
2012 91.00
2013 94.00
2014 91.00
2015 92.00
2016 97.00
2017 97.00
2018 98.00
2019 98.00
2020 98.00

Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months)

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Costa Rica was 95.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 97.00 in 2016 and a minimum value of 81.00 in 1982.

Definition: Child immunization, DPT, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received DPT vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against diphtheria, pertussis (or whooping cough), and tetanus (DPT) after receiving three doses of vaccine.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

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Year Value
1980 86.00
1981 85.00
1982 81.00
1983 86.00
1984 93.00
1985 90.00
1986 89.00
1987 94.00
1988 87.00
1989 86.00
1990 95.00
1991 90.00
1992 90.00
1993 88.00
1994 88.00
1995 85.00
1996 85.00
1997 94.00
1998 85.00
1999 86.00
2000 88.00
2001 91.00
2002 94.00
2003 88.00
2004 90.00
2005 91.00
2006 89.00
2007 89.00
2008 90.00
2009 86.00
2010 88.00
2011 85.00
2012 91.00
2013 95.00
2014 91.00
2015 92.00
2016 97.00
2017 96.00
2018 94.00
2019 95.00
2020 95.00

Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)

Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Costa Rica was 95.00 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 40 years was 99.00 in 1997, while its lowest value was 60.00 in 1980.

Definition: Child immunization, measles, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received the measles vaccination before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against measles after receiving one dose of vaccine.

Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).

See also:

Year Value
1980 60.00
1981 79.00
1982 87.00
1983 84.00
1984 76.00
1985 78.00
1986 90.00
1987 93.00
1988 97.00
1989 77.00
1990 90.00
1991 96.00
1992 92.00
1993 89.00
1994 87.00
1995 91.00
1996 84.00
1997 99.00
1998 83.00
1999 88.00
2000 82.00
2001 82.00
2002 94.00
2003 89.00
2004 88.00
2005 89.00
2006 90.00
2007 90.00
2008 89.00
2009 81.00
2010 83.00
2011 83.00
2012 90.00
2013 91.00
2014 95.00
2015 93.00
2016 93.00
2017 96.00
2018 94.00
2019 95.00
2020 95.00

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention