Newborns protected against tetanus in Low & middle income
Low & middle income: Newborns protected against tetanus was 85.6% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Newborns protected against tetanus in Low & middle income, 1992–2024
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in %.
Analysis
Low & middle income recorded 85.6% for newborns protected against tetanus in 2024.
The figure is down 0.4% on the previous year and up 3.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, newborns protected against tetanus in Low & middle income peaked at 86.3% in 2022 and was at its lowest, 63.5%, in 1992.
That places Low & middle income 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 33 years of available data.
Newborns protected against tetanus in Low & middle income, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | 63.5% | — |
| 1993 | 66.1% | +4.0% |
| 1994 | 66.9% | +1.2% |
| 1995 | 68.1% | +1.8% |
| 1996 | 68.3% | +0.3% |
| 1997 | 70.5% | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 70.7% | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 72.0% | +1.8% |
| 2000 | 74.0% | +2.9% |
| 2001 | 74.2% | +0.2% |
| 2002 | 76.3% | +2.9% |
| 2003 | 77.3% | +1.2% |
| 2004 | 78.7% | +1.8% |
| 2005 | 78.4% | -0.3% |
| 2006 | 80.3% | +2.3% |
| 2007 | 80.2% | -0.0% |
| 2008 | 80.9% | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 83.0% | +2.7% |
| 2010 | 83.7% | +0.8% |
| 2011 | 81.9% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 81.4% | -0.6% |
| 2013 | 81.8% | +0.4% |
| 2014 | 82.5% | +0.9% |
| 2015 | 83.0% | +0.6% |
| 2016 | 83.2% | +0.2% |
| 2017 | 85.8% | +3.2% |
| 2018 | 86.1% | +0.4% |
| 2019 | 86.1% | -0.1% |
| 2020 | 86.2% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 86.0% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 86.3% | +0.4% |
| 2023 | 85.9% | -0.4% |
| 2024 | 85.6% | -0.4% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 68.3% | 63.5% | 72.0% | 8 |
| 2000s | 78.3% | 74.0% | 83.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.5% | 81.4% | 86.1% | 10 |
| 2020s | 86.0% | 85.6% | 86.3% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Low & middle income
More health data for Low & middle income
- Population ages 0-14, total, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1277 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -0.3789 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1352 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total, annual growth rate -0.3111 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, male, annual growth rate 1.33 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female, per capita 0.3221 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is newborns protected against tetanus in Low & middle income?
- Newborns protected against tetanus in Low & middle income was 85.6% in 2024, according to World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest newborns protected against tetanus recorded in Low & middle income?
- The highest recorded value was 86.3% in 2022.
- What is the lowest newborns protected against tetanus recorded in Low & middle income?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.5% in 1992.
- How does Low & middle income rank for newborns protected against tetanus?
- Low & middle income ranks 10th out of 27 groups with data for 2024.
- Is newborns protected against tetanus rising or falling in Low & middle income?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Low & middle income data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Newborns protected against tetanus (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Newborns protected against tetanus are the percentage of births by women of child-bearing age who are immunized against tetanus.