Vaccination coverage in Maldives
Maldives: Vaccination coverage was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vaccination coverage in Maldives, 1993–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vaccination coverage in Maldives is 99.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 32 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination coverage in Maldives peaked at 99.0% in 2012 and was at its lowest, 21.0%, in 1993.
Maldives ranks 1st of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 32 years of available data.
Vaccination coverage in Maldives, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1993 | 21.0% | — |
| 1994 | 63.0% | +200.0% |
| 1995 | 80.0% | +27.0% |
| 1996 | 96.0% | +20.0% |
| 1997 | 50.0% | -47.9% |
| 1998 | 45.0% | -10.0% |
| 1999 | 90.0% | +100.0% |
| 2000 | 96.0% | +6.7% |
| 2001 | 98.0% | +2.1% |
| 2002 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 97.0% | -1.0% |
| 2005 | 98.0% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 97.0% | -1.0% |
| 2011 | 96.0% | -1.0% |
| 2012 | 99.0% | +3.1% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98.0% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 95.0% | -3.1% |
| 2022 | 98.0% | +3.2% |
| 2023 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
Maldives compared with similar countries
- Maldives's 99.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Maldives's 99.0% is above the median for South Asia, which is 97.0%, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vaccination coverage in Maldives changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1994 | +200.0% | 21.0% | 63.0% |
| 1999 | +100.0% | 45.0% | 90.0% |
| 1997 | -47.9% | 96.0% | 50.0% |
| 1995 | +27.0% | 63.0% | 80.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 63.6% | 21.0% | 96.0% | 7 |
| 2000s | 97.7% | 96.0% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.1% | 96.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.6% | 95.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei 99.0% compare
- 1 Costa Rica 99.0% compare
- 1 Cuba 99.0% compare
- 1 Jamaica 99.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 99.0% compare
- 1 Latvia 99.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 99.0% compare
- 1 Niue 99.0% compare
- 1 North Korea 99.0% compare
- 1 Oman 99.0% compare
- 1 Palau 99.0% compare
- 1 Portugal 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% compare
- 1 Tonga 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkey 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 99.0% compare
More health data for Maldives
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -2.69 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,560 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 5 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.2 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0264 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -3.8 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vaccination coverage in Maldives?
- Vaccination coverage in Maldives was 99.0% in 2024, according to WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest vaccination coverage recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2012.
- What is the lowest vaccination coverage recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 21.0% in 1993.
- How does Maldives rank for vaccination coverage?
- Maldives ranks 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vaccination coverage rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Vaccination coverage. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of one-year-olds who have had three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in a given year.