Percentage of live births who received bacille Calmette-Guerin in Egypt
Egypt: Percentage of live births who received bacille Calmette-Guerin was 99 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of live births who received bacille Calmette-Guerin in Egypt, 1980–2025
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of live births who received bacille calmette-guerin in Egypt is 99, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
The figure is up 1.0% on the previous year and up 3.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of live births who received bacille calmette-guerin in Egypt peaked at 99 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 50, in 1980.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Percentage of live births who received bacille Calmette-Guerin in Egypt, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 50 | — |
| 1981 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 50 | +0.0% |
| 1983 | 53 | +6.0% |
| 1984 | 53 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 80 | +50.9% |
| 1986 | 77 | -3.8% |
| 1987 | 72 | -6.5% |
| 1988 | 80 | +11.1% |
| 1989 | 83 | +3.8% |
| 1990 | 89 | +7.2% |
| 1991 | 92 | +3.4% |
| 1992 | 92 | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 95 | +3.3% |
| 1994 | 95 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 93 | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 95 | +2.2% |
| 1997 | 98 | +3.2% |
| 1998 | 99 | +1.0% |
| 1999 | 98 | -1.0% |
| 2000 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 99 | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 98 | -1.0% |
| 2008 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 95 | -3.1% |
| 2013 | 98 | +3.2% |
| 2014 | 96 | -2.0% |
| 2015 | 96 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 96 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 86 | -10.4% |
| 2018 | 95 | +10.5% |
| 2019 | 96 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 96 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 97 | +1.0% |
| 2022 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 98 | +1.0% |
| 2025 | 99 | +1.0% |
Egypt compared with similar countries
- Egypt's 99 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 98, 1.0× the median. (17 countries reporting)
- Egypt's 99 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 98, 1.0× the median. (5 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Percentage of live births who received bacille Calmette-Guerin in Egypt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | +50.9% | 53 | 80 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 64.8 | 50 | 83 | 10 |
| 1990s | 94.6 | 89 | 99 | 10 |
| 2000s | 98.1 | 98 | 99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 95.4 | 86 | 98 | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.33 | 96 | 99 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Egypt
More health data for Egypt
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.46 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7884 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 946 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 7,225 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.3993 % 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 0.0487 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.4524 % 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 percentage of live births who received bacille calmette-guerin in Egypt?
- Percentage of live births who received bacille calmette-guerin in Egypt was 99 in 2025, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest percentage of live births who received bacille calmette-guerin recorded in Egypt?
- The highest recorded value was 99 in 1998.
- What is the lowest percentage of live births who received bacille calmette-guerin recorded in Egypt?
- The lowest recorded value was 50 in 1980.
- How does Egypt rank for percentage of live births who received bacille calmette-guerin?
- Egypt ranks 1st out of 18 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of live births who received bacille calmette-guerin rising or falling in Egypt?
- Over the last ten years it is up 3.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Egypt data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Percentage of live births who received bacille Calmette-Guerin (vaccine against tuberculosis). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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