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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Afghanistan was 70.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 72.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 3.00 in 1981.

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 4.00
1981 3.00
1982 5.00
1983 5.00
1984 16.00
1985 15.00
1986 11.00
1987 25.00
1988 35.00
1989 33.00
1990 25.00
1991 23.00
1992 21.00
1993 18.00
1994 12.00
1995 20.00
1996 31.00
1997 28.00
1998 27.00
1999 27.00
2000 24.00
2001 33.00
2002 36.00
2003 41.00
2004 50.00
2005 58.00
2006 58.00
2007 63.00
2008 64.00
2009 63.00
2010 66.00
2011 68.00
2012 67.00
2013 64.00
2014 62.00
2015 64.00
2016 66.00
2017 66.00
2018 72.00
2019 72.00
2020 70.00

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