Share of children vaccinated, by vaccine in Tonga
Tonga: Share of children vaccinated, by vaccine was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children vaccinated, by vaccine in Tonga, 1981–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 99.0% for share of children vaccinated, by vaccine in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children vaccinated, by vaccine in Tonga peaked at 99.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9.0%, in 1981.
Tonga ranks 1st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 59.3% | 9.0% | 88.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 91.5% | 86.0% | 97.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 97.1% | 90.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.5% | 95.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 1 Bahrain 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei 99.0% compare
- 1 Cook Islands 99.0% compare
- 1 Cuba 99.0% compare
- 1 Cyprus 99.0% compare
- 1 Guyana 99.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 99.0% compare
- 1 Iran 99.0% compare
- 1 Jordan 99.0% compare
- 1 Luxembourg 99.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 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 Qatar 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% compare
- 1 Sri Lanka 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 99.0% compare
- 1 Uzbekistan 99.0% compare
More health data for Tonga
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 834.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2 deaths (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts based on where they occurred 0 deaths (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 deaths (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 698 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 842 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 804 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 908 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 865 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, female, interpolated 951 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children vaccinated, by vaccine in Tonga?
- Share of children vaccinated, by vaccine in Tonga 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 share of children vaccinated, by vaccine recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest share of children vaccinated, by vaccine recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.0% in 1981.
- How does Tonga rank for share of children vaccinated, by vaccine?
- Tonga ranks 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children vaccinated, by vaccine rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga 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 Share of children vaccinated, by vaccine. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 44 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Share of one-year-olds who have had the first dose of the measles vaccine in a given year.