Share of countries with WHO-recommended vaccines in their immunization schedules worldwide 2016-2021

From 2016 to 2021, the percentage of countries that included the WHO-recommended rotavirus vaccination (RV) in their national immunization programs increased by about 17 percentage points. Meanwhile, around 89 percent of the analyzed countries included the rubella-containing vaccine (RCV) in their national immunization program as of 2021. This statistic shows the percentage of countries worldwide that included WHO-recommended vaccines in their national immunization programs from 2016 to 2021, by vaccine.

Percentage of countries worldwide that included WHO-recommended vaccines in their national immunization programs from 2016 to 2021, by vaccine

Characteristic	DTPCV4	HepB-BD	Hib	HPV	MCV2	PCV	RCV	RV
2016	70%	52%	98%	36%	85%	68%	80%	43%
2017	70%	54%	98%	41%	86%	70%	82%	47%
2018	71%	55%	98%	45%	88%	71%	87%	49%
2019	71%	56%	99%	53%	91%	74%	89%	54%
2020	71%	57%	99%	55%	92%	75%	89%	57%
2021	72%	57%	99%	59%	94%	78%	89%	60%

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Release date

July 2023

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2016 to 2021

Number of respondents

194 countries

Special properties

including new and underutilized vaccines

Supplementary notes

Vaccine abbreviations:

DTPCV4 = First booster dose of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis–containing vaccine
HepB-BD = Universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose
Hib = Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine
HPV = Human papillomavirus vaccine
MCV2 = Second dose of measles-containing vaccine
PCV = Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
RCV = Rubella-containing vaccine
RV = Rotavirus vaccine

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