Which Country Vaccinates Childern Against BCG the Most?

Immunisation, BCG (As % of One-Year-Old Children) (%), 2023 or latest
Health Care | September 1, 2025
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Based on a comparison of 139 countries in 2023, Albania ranked the highest in BCG immunisation as a percentage of one-year-old children with 99.0% followed by Dominican Republic and Jamaica. On the other end of the scale was Sweden with 24.0%, Somalia with 37.0% and Papua New Guinea with 43.0%.

Average BCG immunisation as a percentage of one-year-old children reached 87.2% in 2023 in the World according to World Bank / WHO. This is 0.981 % more than in the previous year and -1.84 % less than 10 years ago.

Historically, average BCG immunisation as a percentage of one-year-old children reached an all time high of 90.1% in 2018 and an all time low of 16.5% in 1980. The average annual growth amounted to 2.23 % since 1980.

Data for more countries are available at Immunisation, BCG (As % of One-Year-Old Children) indicator page.

Immunisation, BCG (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
Albania % 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 98.0% 99.0%
Bangladesh % 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0%
Dominican Republic % 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 85.0% 99.0%
Fiji % 94.0% 96.0% 97.0% 99.0% 99.0%
Guyana % 97.0% 99.0% 99.0% 94.0% 90.0%
Hungary % 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0%
Iran % 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 98.0% 99.0%
Jamaica % 93.0% 93.0% 97.0% 99.0% 97.0%
Malaysia % 99.0% 98.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0%
Maldives % 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0%
Panama % 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0%
Tajikistan % 98.0% 99.0% 98.0% 98.0% 98.0%
Thailand % 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0%
Uruguay % 98.0% 98.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0%
Uzbekistan % 99.0% 96.0% 99.0% 99.0% 99.0%