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

The value for Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in Tunisia was 92.00 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 24 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 99.00 in 2009 and a minimum value of 83.00 in 1996.

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/).

See also:

Year Value
1996 83.00
1997 88.00
1998 91.00
1999 94.00
2000 94.00
2001 94.00
2002 93.00
2003 92.00
2004 96.00
2005 97.00
2006 99.00
2007 98.00
2008 99.00
2009 99.00
2010 98.00
2011 98.00
2012 95.00
2013 95.00
2014 94.00
2015 93.00
2016 93.00
2017 92.00
2018 90.00
2019 92.00
2020 92.00

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