Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) in Malta
Malta: Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) was 99.0% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
99.0%
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
1st
of 194 countries
All-time high
99.0%
in 2021
All-time low
0.0%
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) in Malta, 2000–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2025, hepatitis b (hepb3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) in Malta stood at 99.0%. That is the highest value across all 26 years on record.
The figure is up 2.1% on the previous year and up 4.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, hepatitis b (hepb3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) in Malta peaked at 99.0% in 2021 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2000.
Malta ranks 1st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) in Malta, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.0% | — |
| 2001 | 0.0% | — |
| 2002 | 0.0% | — |
| 2003 | 89.0% | — |
| 2004 | 85.0% | -4.5% |
| 2005 | 85.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 86.0% | +1.2% |
| 2007 | 82.0% | -4.7% |
| 2008 | 86.0% | +4.9% |
| 2009 | 86.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 75.0% | -12.8% |
| 2011 | 82.0% | +9.3% |
| 2012 | 93.0% | +13.4% |
| 2013 | 94.0% | +1.1% |
| 2014 | 90.0% | -4.3% |
| 2015 | 95.0% | +5.6% |
| 2016 | 97.0% | +2.1% |
| 2017 | 88.0% | -9.3% |
| 2018 | 98.0% | +11.4% |
| 2019 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 98.0% | -1.0% |
| 2023 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 97.0% | -1.0% |
| 2025 | 99.0% | +2.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 59.9% | 0.0% | 89.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 91.0% | 75.0% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 98.2% | 97.0% | 99.0% | 6 |
Countries ranked near Malta
- 1 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 99.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei Darussalam 99.0% compare
- 1 Bhutan 99.0% compare
- 1 Oman 99.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 99.0% compare
- 1 Ghana 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% compare
- 1 Palestine, State of 99.0% compare
- 1 Cuba 99.0% compare
- 1 Latvia 99.0% compare
- 1 El Salvador 99.0% compare
- 1 Guyana 99.0% compare
- 1 Tuvalu 99.0% compare
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
- 1 Portugal 99.0% compare
More health data for Malta
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -1.1 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 1,737 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 4 (2100)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 1.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, per capita 0.3574 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, total, per capita 0.6656 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is hepatitis b (hepb3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) in Malta?
- Hepatitis b (hepb3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) in Malta was 99.0% in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest hepatitis b (hepb3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2021.
- What is the lowest hepatitis b (hepb3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2000.
- How does Malta rank for hepatitis b (hepb3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%)?
- Malta ranks 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2025.
- Is hepatitis b (hepb3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Hepatitis B (HepB3) immunization coverage among 1-year-olds (%) (WUENIC). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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