Immunization, BCG in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income): Immunization, BCG was 93.2% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Immunization, BCG in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), 1980–2024
Source: WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/). Measured in % of one-year-old children.
Analysis
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) recorded 93.2% for immunization, bcg in 2024.
The figure is down 0.7% on the previous year and down 3.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, immunization, bcg in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) peaked at 96.6% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 16.3%, in 1981.
East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 5th of 35 groups on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Immunization, BCG in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income), year by year
| Year | % of one-year-old children | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 16.9% | — |
| 1981 | 16.3% | -3.5% |
| 1982 | 17.2% | +5.8% |
| 1983 | 39.5% | +129.1% |
| 1984 | 58.4% | +48.1% |
| 1985 | 63.8% | +9.1% |
| 1986 | 68.3% | +7.1% |
| 1987 | 80.6% | +18.0% |
| 1988 | 91.7% | +13.8% |
| 1989 | 93.1% | +1.5% |
| 1990 | 94.6% | +1.6% |
| 1991 | 92.9% | -1.8% |
| 1992 | 90.7% | -2.4% |
| 1993 | 89.6% | -1.3% |
| 1994 | 87.4% | -2.5% |
| 1995 | 81.1% | -7.2% |
| 1996 | 85.7% | +5.7% |
| 1997 | 85.2% | -0.6% |
| 1998 | 85.1% | -0.1% |
| 1999 | 85.6% | +0.7% |
| 2000 | 85.6% | -0.0% |
| 2001 | 85.3% | -0.4% |
| 2002 | 85.5% | +0.3% |
| 2003 | 85.8% | +0.3% |
| 2004 | 87.5% | +2.0% |
| 2005 | 87.2% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 91.3% | +4.7% |
| 2007 | 91.6% | +0.3% |
| 2008 | 93.0% | +1.5% |
| 2009 | 94.4% | +1.5% |
| 2010 | 95.3% | +1.0% |
| 2011 | 96.5% | +1.2% |
| 2012 | 96.3% | -0.2% |
| 2013 | 96.2% | -0.1% |
| 2014 | 96.1% | -0.1% |
| 2015 | 95.9% | -0.3% |
| 2016 | 96.0% | +0.1% |
| 2017 | 96.6% | +0.6% |
| 2018 | 96.0% | -0.6% |
| 2019 | 95.6% | -0.4% |
| 2020 | 94.7% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 89.9% | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 94.5% | +5.1% |
| 2023 | 93.9% | -0.6% |
| 2024 | 93.2% | -0.7% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Immunization, BCG in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | +129.1% | 17.2% | 39.5% |
| 1984 | +48.1% | 39.5% | 58.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 54.6% | 16.3% | 93.1% | 10 |
| 1990s | 87.8% | 81.1% | 94.6% | 10 |
| 2000s | 88.7% | 85.3% | 94.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.1% | 95.3% | 96.6% | 10 |
| 2020s | 93.2% | 89.9% | 94.7% | 5 |
More health data for East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)
- Population ages 35-39, female, annual growth rate 2.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per capita 0.0353 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 40-44, female, annual growth rate 1.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per capita 0.0424 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, male, annual growth rate 2.76 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per capita 0.0396 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 35-39, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 25-29, male, per capita 0.0341 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is immunization, bcg in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Immunization, bcg in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) was 93.2% in 2024, according to WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/).
- What is the highest immunization, bcg recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The highest recorded value was 96.6% in 2017.
- What is the lowest immunization, bcg recorded in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- The lowest recorded value was 16.3% in 1981.
- How does East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) rank for immunization, bcg?
- East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) ranks 5th out of 35 groups with data for 2024.
- Is immunization, bcg rising or falling in East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income)?
- Over the last ten years it is down 3.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this East Asia & Pacific (excluding high income) data come from?
- The figures come from WHO and UNICEF (http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/), published as part of Immunization, BCG (% of one-year-old children). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Child immunization rate, BCG is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey for BCG. A child is considered adequately immunized after one dose.