Vaccination coverage vs. GDP per capita in Cuba
Cuba: Vaccination coverage vs. GDP per capita was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vaccination coverage vs. GDP per capita in Cuba, 1980–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 99.0% for vaccination coverage vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination coverage vs. gdp per capita in Cuba peaked at 99.0% in 1982 and was at its lowest, 67.0%, in 1980.
Cuba ranks 1st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Vaccination coverage vs. GDP per capita in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 67.0% | — |
| 1981 | 68.0% | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 99.0% | +45.6% |
| 1983 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 86.0% | -13.1% |
| 1985 | 91.0% | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 99.0% | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 87.0% | -12.1% |
| 1988 | 98.0% | +12.6% |
| 1989 | 96.0% | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 92.0% | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 99.0% | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 94.0% | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 99.0% | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 90.0% | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 99.0% | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 95.0% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 98.0% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 72.0% | -27.3% |
| 2004 | 88.0% | +22.2% |
| 2005 | 89.0% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 93.0% | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 95.0% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 96.0% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 96.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 97.0% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 99.0% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 99.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.5%, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 99.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 90.0%, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vaccination coverage vs. GDP per capita in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +45.6% | 68.0% | 99.0% |
| 2003 | -27.3% | 99.0% | 72.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 89.0% | 67.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 96.5% | 90.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 91.4% | 72.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.5% | 96.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei 99.0% compare
- 1 Costa Rica 99.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 99.0% compare
- 1 Jamaica 99.0% compare
- 1 Japan 99.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 99.0% compare
- 1 Luxembourg 99.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 99.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 99.0% compare
- 1 Nauru 99.0% compare
- 1 Niue 99.0% compare
- 1 North Korea 99.0% compare
- 1 Oman 99.0% compare
- 1 Portugal 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% compare
- 1 Tonga 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkey 99.0% compare
More health data for Cuba
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.47 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.2059 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,696 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 67 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -2.62 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.021 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -2.64 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2020)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vaccination coverage vs. gdp per capita in Cuba?
- Vaccination coverage vs. gdp per capita in Cuba 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 vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 1982.
- What is the lowest vaccination coverage vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.0% in 1980.
- How does Cuba rank for vaccination coverage vs. gdp per capita?
- Cuba ranks 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vaccination coverage vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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 vs. GDP per capita. 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 combined diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine in a given year.