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

The value for Immunization, DPT (% of children ages 12-23 months) in India was 85.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 40 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 91.00 in 2019 and a minimum value of 6.00 in 1980.

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 6.00
1981 6.00
1982 12.00
1983 14.00
1984 16.00
1985 18.00
1986 20.00
1987 30.00
1988 40.00
1989 50.00
1990 70.00
1991 57.00
1992 56.00
1993 61.00
1994 67.00
1995 71.00
1996 66.00
1997 62.00
1998 61.00
1999 59.00
2000 58.00
2001 59.00
2002 59.00
2003 61.00
2004 63.00
2005 65.00
2006 65.00
2007 64.00
2008 70.00
2009 74.00
2010 79.00
2011 82.00
2012 82.00
2013 83.00
2014 85.00
2015 87.00
2016 88.00
2017 89.00
2018 90.00
2019 91.00
2020 85.00

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