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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Saudi Arabia was 95.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 30 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 98.00 in 2017 and a minimum value of 66.00 in 1990.

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
1990 66.00
1991 86.00
1992 89.00
1993 93.00
1994 94.00
1995 93.00
1996 92.00
1997 91.00
1998 95.00
1999 92.00
2000 93.00
2001 95.00
2002 97.00
2003 95.00
2004 96.00
2005 97.00
2006 96.00
2007 96.00
2008 98.00
2009 98.00
2010 98.00
2011 98.00
2012 98.00
2013 98.00
2014 98.00
2015 98.00
2016 98.00
2017 98.00
2018 97.00
2019 96.00
2020 95.00

Limitations and Exceptions: In many developing countries a lack of precise information on the size of the cohort of one-year-old children makes immunization coverage difficult to estimate from program statistics.

Statistical Concept and Methodology: Governments in developing countries usually finance immunization against measles and diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough), and tetanus (DTP) as part of the basic public health package. The data shown here are based on an assessment of national immunization coverage rates by the WHO and UNICEF. The assessment considered both administrative data from service providers and household survey data on children's immunization histories. Based on the data available, consideration of potential biases, and contributions of local experts, the most likely true level of immunization coverage was determined for each year.

Aggregation method: Weighted average

Periodicity: Annual

Classification

Topic: Health Indicators

Sub-Topic: Disease prevention