Vaccination coverage who unicef in Nicaragua
Nicaragua: Vaccination coverage who unicef was 94 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Vaccination coverage who unicef in Nicaragua, 1980–2025
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
In 2025, vaccination coverage who unicef in Nicaragua stood at 94.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 1.1% on the previous year and down 5.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination coverage who unicef in Nicaragua peaked at 99 in 2001 and was at its lowest, 15, in 1980.
Nicaragua ranks 64th of 195 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 46 years of available data.
Vaccination coverage who unicef in Nicaragua, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 15 | — |
| 1981 | 20 | +33.3% |
| 1982 | 40 | +100.0% |
| 1983 | 41 | +2.5% |
| 1984 | 56 | +36.6% |
| 1985 | 59 | +5.4% |
| 1986 | 51 | -13.6% |
| 1987 | 47 | -7.8% |
| 1988 | 63 | +34.0% |
| 1989 | 63 | +0.0% |
| 1990 | 82 | +30.2% |
| 1991 | 54 | -34.1% |
| 1992 | 83 | +53.7% |
| 1993 | 84 | +1.2% |
| 1994 | 84 | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 85 | +1.2% |
| 1996 | 85 | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 86 | +1.2% |
| 1998 | 91 | +5.8% |
| 1999 | 87 | -4.4% |
| 2000 | 86 | -1.1% |
| 2001 | 99 | +15.1% |
| 2002 | 98 | -1.0% |
| 2003 | 93 | -5.1% |
| 2004 | 84 | -9.7% |
| 2005 | 96 | +14.3% |
| 2006 | 98 | +2.1% |
| 2007 | 99 | +1.0% |
| 2008 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99 | +0.0% |
| 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 | 95 | -4.0% |
| 2025 | 94 | -1.1% |
Nicaragua compared with similar countries
- Nicaragua's 94 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84, 1.1× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Nicaragua's 94 is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 90, 1.0× the median. (33 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vaccination coverage who unicef in Nicaragua 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 | +100.0% | 20 | 40 |
| 1992 | +53.7% | 54 | 83 |
| 1984 | +36.6% | 41 | 56 |
| 1988 | +34.0% | 47 | 63 |
| 1991 | -34.1% | 82 | 54 |
| 1981 | +33.3% | 15 | 20 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 45.5 | 15 | 63 | 10 |
| 1990s | 82.1 | 54 | 91 | 10 |
| 2000s | 95.1 | 84 | 99 | 10 |
| 2010s | 99 | 99 | 99 | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.5 | 94 | 99 | 6 |
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More health data for Nicaragua
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.83 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.6599 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 215 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.3497 % 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 0.0458 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.323 % 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 0.0473 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vaccination coverage who unicef in Nicaragua?
- Vaccination coverage who unicef in Nicaragua was 94 in 2025, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest vaccination coverage who unicef recorded in Nicaragua?
- The highest recorded value was 99 in 2001.
- What is the lowest vaccination coverage who unicef recorded in Nicaragua?
- The lowest recorded value was 15 in 1980.
- How does Nicaragua rank for vaccination coverage who unicef?
- Nicaragua ranks 64th out of 195 countries with data for 2025.
- Is vaccination coverage who unicef rising or falling in Nicaragua?
- Over the last ten years it is down 5.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nicaragua 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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