Vaccination coverage who unicef in Iran
Iran: Vaccination coverage who unicef was 99 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Vaccination coverage who unicef in Iran, 1980–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Iran recorded 99 for vaccination coverage who unicef in 2025. That is the highest value across all 46 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination coverage who unicef in Iran peaked at 99 in 1996 and was at its lowest, 38, in 1983.
Iran ranks 1st 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 Iran, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 39 | — |
| 1981 | 48 | +23.1% |
| 1982 | 55 | +14.6% |
| 1983 | 38 | -30.9% |
| 1984 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 1985 | 62 | +63.2% |
| 1986 | 55 | -11.3% |
| 1987 | 55 | +0.0% |
| 1988 | 83 | +50.9% |
| 1989 | 79 | -4.8% |
| 1990 | 85 | +7.6% |
| 1991 | 84 | -1.2% |
| 1992 | 96 | +14.3% |
| 1993 | 96 | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 97 | +1.0% |
| 1995 | 95 | -2.1% |
| 1996 | 99 | +4.2% |
| 1997 | 95 | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 99 | +4.2% |
| 1999 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 96 | -3.0% |
| 2002 | 99 | +3.1% |
| 2003 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 96 | -3.0% |
| 2005 | 94 | -2.1% |
| 2006 | 99 | +5.3% |
| 2007 | 97 | -2.0% |
| 2008 | 98 | +1.0% |
| 2009 | 99 | +1.0% |
| 2010 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 98 | -1.0% |
| 2013 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99 | +1.0% |
| 2015 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 99 | +0.0% |
Iran compared with similar countries
- Iran's 99 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Iran's 99 is above the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 96, 1.0× the median. (23 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vaccination coverage who unicef in Iran 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 | +63.2% | 38 | 62 |
| 1988 | +50.9% | 55 | 83 |
| 1983 | -30.9% | 55 | 38 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 55.2 | 38 | 83 | 10 |
| 1990s | 94.5 | 84 | 99 | 10 |
| 2000s | 97.6 | 94 | 99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.8 | 98 | 99 | 10 |
| 2020s | 99 | 99 | 99 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Iran
- 1 Andorra 99 compare
- 1 Bahrain 99 compare
- 1 Brunei 99 compare
- 1 Cuba 99 compare
- 1 Guyana 99 compare
- 1 Hungary 99 compare
- 1 Kuwait 99 compare
- 1 Latvia 99 compare
- 1 Luxembourg 99 compare
- 1 Maldives 99 compare
- 1 Niue 99 compare
- 1 North Korea 99 compare
- 1 Oman 99 compare
- 1 Qatar 99 compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99 compare
- 1 Saudi Arabia 99 compare
- 1 Uzbekistan 99 compare
More health data for Iran
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.38 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.5627 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 1,070 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.88 % 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 0.0311 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.95 % 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 0.0327 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vaccination coverage who unicef in Iran?
- Vaccination coverage who unicef in Iran was 99 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest vaccination coverage who unicef recorded in Iran?
- The highest recorded value was 99 in 1996.
- What is the lowest vaccination coverage who unicef recorded in Iran?
- The lowest recorded value was 38 in 1983.
- How does Iran rank for vaccination coverage who unicef?
- Iran ranks 1st out of 195 countries with data for 2025.
- Is vaccination coverage who unicef rising or falling in Iran?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Iran 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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