Vaccination coverage in Saint Lucia
Saint Lucia: Vaccination coverage was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vaccination coverage in Saint Lucia, 2002–2024
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 Saint Lucia is 99.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.8% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination coverage in Saint Lucia peaked at 99.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2002.
That places Saint Lucia 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.
Vaccination coverage in Saint Lucia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 14.0% | — |
| 2003 | 84.0% | +500.0% |
| 2004 | 91.0% | +8.3% |
| 2005 | 95.0% | +4.4% |
| 2006 | 85.0% | -10.5% |
| 2007 | 99.0% | +16.5% |
| 2008 | 96.0% | -3.0% |
| 2009 | 95.0% | -1.0% |
| 2010 | 97.0% | +2.1% |
| 2011 | 99.0% | +2.1% |
| 2012 | 98.0% | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 95.0% | -4.0% |
| 2017 | 80.0% | -15.8% |
| 2018 | 95.0% | +18.8% |
| 2019 | 92.0% | -3.2% |
| 2020 | 86.0% | -6.5% |
| 2021 | 80.0% | -7.0% |
| 2022 | 81.0% | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 74.0% | -8.6% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +33.8% |
Saint Lucia compared with similar countries
- Saint Lucia's 99.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Saint Lucia's 99.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 89.5%, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vaccination coverage in Saint Lucia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | +500.0% | 14.0% | 84.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 82.4% | 14.0% | 99.0% | 8 |
| 2010s | 95.3% | 80.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 84.0% | 74.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Saint Lucia
- 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 Maldives 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 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 Saint Lucia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.5338 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,807 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 3 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.9421 % 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 0.0274 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.9555 % 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 Saint Lucia?
- Vaccination coverage in Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2007.
- What is the lowest vaccination coverage recorded in Saint Lucia?
- The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2002.
- How does Saint Lucia rank for vaccination coverage?
- Saint Lucia ranks 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vaccination coverage rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Saint Lucia 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.