Vaccination coverage who unicef in Bhutan
Bhutan: Vaccination coverage who unicef was 98 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Vaccination coverage who unicef in Bhutan, 1980–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
The most recent figure for vaccination coverage who unicef in Bhutan is 98, measured in 2025.
That represents a change of up 1.0% on the previous year and up 1.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination coverage who unicef in Bhutan peaked at 99 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 20, in 1982.
Bhutan ranks 19th of 195 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Vaccination coverage who unicef in Bhutan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 21 | — |
| 1981 | 21 | +0.0% |
| 1982 | 20 | -4.8% |
| 1983 | 21 | +5.0% |
| 1984 | 36 | +71.4% |
| 1985 | 44 | +22.2% |
| 1986 | 51 | +15.9% |
| 1987 | 58 | +13.7% |
| 1988 | 64 | +10.3% |
| 1989 | 79 | +23.4% |
| 1990 | 93 | +17.7% |
| 1991 | 89 | -4.3% |
| 1992 | 86 | -3.4% |
| 1993 | 84 | -2.3% |
| 1994 | 81 | -3.6% |
| 1995 | 85 | +4.9% |
| 1996 | 85 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 84 | -1.2% |
| 1998 | 71 | -15.5% |
| 1999 | 77 | +8.5% |
| 2000 | 78 | +1.3% |
| 2001 | 78 | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 78 | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 88 | +12.8% |
| 2004 | 87 | -1.1% |
| 2005 | 93 | +6.9% |
| 2006 | 90 | -3.2% |
| 2007 | 95 | +5.6% |
| 2008 | 99 | +4.2% |
| 2009 | 94 | -5.1% |
| 2010 | 95 | +1.1% |
| 2011 | 95 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 95 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 94 | -1.1% |
| 2014 | 97 | +3.2% |
| 2015 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 93 | -4.1% |
| 2021 | 97 | +4.3% |
| 2022 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99 | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 97 | -2.0% |
| 2025 | 98 | +1.0% |
Bhutan compared with similar countries
- Bhutan's 98 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84, 1.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Bhutan's 98 is above the median for South Asia, which is 97.5, 1.0× the median. (6 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vaccination coverage who unicef in Bhutan 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1984 | +71.4% | 21 | 36 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 41.5 | 20 | 79 | 10 |
| 1990s | 83.5 | 71 | 93 | 10 |
| 2000s | 88 | 78 | 99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 96.1 | 94 | 97 | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.83 | 93 | 99 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Bhutan
- 19 Belarus 98 compare
- 19 Costa Rica 98 compare
- 19 El Salvador 98 compare
- 19 India 98 compare
- 19 Israel 98 compare
- 19 Morocco 98 compare
- 19 Palestine 98 compare
- 19 Portugal 98 compare
- 19 Seychelles 98 compare
- 19 Turkmenistan 98 compare
- 19 United Arab Emirates 98 compare
- 19 Uruguay 98 compare
- 19 Vietnam 98 compare
More health data for Bhutan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -10 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0915 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 9 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.2986 % 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 0.0299 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.3987 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0313 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vaccination coverage who unicef in Bhutan?
- Vaccination coverage who unicef in Bhutan was 98 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest vaccination coverage who unicef recorded in Bhutan?
- The highest recorded value was 99 in 2008.
- What is the lowest vaccination coverage who unicef recorded in Bhutan?
- The lowest recorded value was 20 in 1982.
- How does Bhutan rank for vaccination coverage who unicef?
- Bhutan ranks 19th out of 195 countries with data for 2025.
- Is vaccination coverage who unicef rising or falling in Bhutan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 1.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bhutan data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Vaccination coverage who unicef. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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