Immunisation, HepB3 (As % of One-Year-Old Children) fell 7.06% to 79.0% in South Africa in 2023

Immunisation, HepB3 (As % of One-Year-Old Children) (%), 2023
Health Care | South Africa | September 1, 2025
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HepB3 immunisation as a percentage of one-year-old children fell 7.06% to 79.0% in South Africa in 2023, according to World Bank / WHO.

Historically, HepB3 immunisation as a percentage of one-year-old children in South Africa reached an all time high of 86.0% in 2021 and an all time low of 70.0% in 2012. When compared to South Africa's main peers, HepB3 immunisation as a percentage of one-year-old children in Botswana amounted to 95.0%, 87.0% in Lesotho, 83.0% in Namibia and 85.0% in Swaziland in 2023.

South Africa has been ranked 125th within the group of 168 countries we follow in terms of HepB3 immunisation as a percentage of one-year-old children, 13 places above the position seen 10 years ago.

Immunisation, HepB3 (As % of One-Year-Old Children) Unit 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Angola % ... ... ... ... 56.0% 63.0% 57.0% 51.0% 45.0%
Botswana % 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0% 95.0%
Lesotho % 87.0% 87.0% 87.0% 87.0% 87.0%
Mozambique % 85.0% 85.0% 85.0% 71.0% 56.0%
Namibia % ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 88.0% 89.0% 87.0% 93.0% 94.0%
South Africa % 84.0% 82.0% 85.0% 84.0% 86.0%
Swaziland % 90.0% 90.0% 90.0% 83.0% 77.0%
Zambia % ... ... 94.0% 90.0% 88.0% 84.0% 91.0%
Zimbabwe % 89.0% 89.0% 90.0% 86.0% 88.0%