Country rankings
Vaccine Mandates by Country
Hungary has the highest % of Children Vaccinated DPT in 2024 (99.9%), followed by Costa Rica (99.1%) and Luxembourg (99.0%). South Africa has the lowest (74.1%).
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% of Children Vaccinated DPT, 2024
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Median
94.0%
Middle half 89.1% – 96.1%
Average
91.6%
50 countries
Highest
99.9%
Hungary
Lowest
74.1%
South Africa
Over time · 2020–2024
The top 5 in 2024, against the median.
- Median of all countries
- Hungary
- Costa Rica
- Luxembourg
- Japan
- Portugal
Data
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192 countries · # = rank by % of Children Vaccinated DPT
| # | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Hungary | Mandatory | 99.9% | — | 99.4% |
| 2 |  Costa Rica | Mandatory | 99.1% | 98.8% | 87.1% |
| 3 |  Luxembourg | Recommended | 99.0% | — | 94.0% |
| 4 |  Japan | Recommended | 98.6% | 95.2% | 95.6% |
| 4 |  Portugal | Recommended | 98.6% | 98.6% | 95.7% |
| 6 |  Israel | Recommended | 98.0% | — | 92.0% |
| 7 |  Latvia | Mandatory | 97.1% | 98.9% | 88.4% |
| 8 |  China | Recommended | 97.0% | 96.0% | 95.1% |
| 8 |  Belgium | Mandatory | 97.0% | — | 82.0% |
| 10 |  Russia | Recommended | 96.8% | 96.9% | 92.6% |
| 11 |  Norway | Recommended | 96.7% | 96.2% | 94.4% |
| 12 |  Denmark | Recommended | 96.3% | — | 93.0% |
| 13 |  Slovakia | Mandatory | 96.1% | 96.1% | 93.9% |
| 14 |  Switzerland | Recommended | 96.0% | 86.0% | 93.0% |
| 15 |  Turkey | Recommended | 95.6% | 95.6% | 93.6% |
| 15 |  France | Mandatory | 95.6% | — | 92.6% |
| 17 |  Italy | Mandatory | 95.4% | 95.4% | 84.5% |
| 17 |  Greece | Mandatory for school entry | 95.4% | 91.9% | 87.1% |
| 19 |  Chile | Mandatory | 95.2% | 95.2% | 72.9% |
| 20 |  Sweden | Recommended | 94.8% | 94.8% | 93.1% |
| 21 |  Poland | Mandatory | 94.3% | 87.3% | 81.8% |
| 22 |  Bulgaria | Mandatory | 94.2% | 94.2% | 90.5% |
| 23 |  India | Recommended | 94.0% | — | 92.0% |
| 23 |  United States | Mandatory for school entry (some states) | 94.0% | 94.0% | 95.0% |
| 23 |  Spain | Recommended | 94.0% | 94.0% | 91.8% |
| 23 |  Iceland | Recommended | 94.0% | — | 98.0% |
| 27 |  Australia | Recommended | 92.7% | 94.6% | 92.0% |
| 28 |  Croatia | Mandatory | 92.3% | 90.9% | 89.4% |
| 29 |  Canada | Recommended | 92.0% | — | 79.0% |
| 30 |  Ireland | Recommended | 91.9% | 91.9% | 90.1% |
| 31 |  United Kingdom | Recommended | 91.6% | 91.6% | 84.5% |
| 32 |  Brazil | Mandatory | 91.0% | 90.3% | 68.2% |
| 32 |  Finland | Recommended | 91.0% | — | 91.0% |
| 34 |  Netherlands | Recommended | 90.6% | 88.5% | 81.2% |
| 35 |  Slovenia | Mandatory | 90.0% | 90.0% | 89.0% |
| 36 |  Colombia | Mandatory for school entry | 89.4% | 89.4% | 86.4% |
| 37 |  Thailand | No source found | 89.2% | 89.2% | 86.5% |
| 38 |  Germany | Mandatory for school entry | 89.1% | 84.9% | 91.6% |
| 39 |  New Zealand | Recommended | 89.0% | 89.1% | 87.3% |
| 40 |  Lithuania | Recommended | 88.8% | 86.8% | 84.6% |
| 41 |  Ukraine | Mandatory | 88.3% | 88.0% | 83.5% |
| 42 |  Czechia | Mandatory | 86.0% | 86.0% | 89.0% |
| 43 |  Austria | Recommended | 85.0% | — | 84.0% |
| 44 |  Estonia | Recommended | 80.5% | 80.5% | 74.2% |
| 45 |  Indonesia | Mandatory | 80.2% | 80.2% | 82.3% |
| 46 |  Peru | Mandatory | 80.0% | 79.9% | 83.2% |
| 47 |  Romania | Recommended | 79.0% | 66.4% | 62.0% |
| 48 |  Mexico | Mandatory | 78.4% | 78.3% | 69.0% |
| 49 |  Argentina | Mandatory | 75.2% | 75.2% | 46.4% |
| 50 |  South Africa | No source found | 74.1% | 74.1% | 82.4% |
| — |  Pakistan | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Nigeria | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Bangladesh | Recommended | — | — | — |
| — |  Ethiopia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Egypt | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Philippines | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  DR Congo | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Vietnam | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Iran | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Tanzania | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Kenya | Recommended | — | — | — |
| — |  Myanmar | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Sudan | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Uganda | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  South Korea | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Algeria | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Iraq | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Afghanistan | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Yemen | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Angola | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Morocco | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Uzbekistan | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Mozambique | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Malaysia | Recommended | — | — | — |
| — |  Ghana | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Saudi Arabia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Madagascar | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Ivory Coast | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Cameroon | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Nepal | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Niger | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Venezuela | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  North Korea | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Syria | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Mali | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Burkina Faso | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Sri Lanka | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Taiwan | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Malawi | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Zambia | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Chad | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Kazakhstan | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Somalia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Senegal | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Guatemala | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Ecuador | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Cambodia | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Zimbabwe | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Guinea | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Benin | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Rwanda | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Bolivia | Recommended | — | — | — |
| — |  South Sudan | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Tunisia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Haiti | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Dominican Republic | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Jordan | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  United Arab Emirates | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Honduras | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Tajikistan | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Papua New Guinea | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Cuba | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Azerbaijan | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Togo | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Sierra Leone | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Belarus | Recommended | — | — | — |
| — |  Laos | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Turkmenistan | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Libya | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Kyrgyzstan | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Nicaragua | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Paraguay | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Serbia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  El Salvador | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Singapore | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Lebanon | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Liberia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Central African Republic | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Oman | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Mauritania | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Kuwait | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Panama | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Georgia | Recommended | — | — | — |
| — |  Eritrea | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Mongolia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Uruguay | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Puerto Rico | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Qatar | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Namibia | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Bosnia and Herzegovina | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Moldova | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Armenia | Recommended | — | — | — |
| — |  Gambia | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Jamaica | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Albania | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Gabon | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Botswana | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Lesotho | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  North Macedonia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Bahrain | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Trinidad and Tobago | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Timor-Leste | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Cyprus | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Mauritius | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Djibouti | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Fiji | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Comoros | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Solomon Islands | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Guyana | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Bhutan | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Suriname | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Montenegro | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Malta | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Maldives | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Cape Verde | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Brunei | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Belize | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Bahamas | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  French Guiana | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  New Caledonia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  French Polynesia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Barbados | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Sao Tome and Principe | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Samoa | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Saint Lucia | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Guam | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Kiribati | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Seychelles | No source found | — | — | — |
| — |  Grenada | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Micronesia | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Antigua and Barbuda | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Andorra | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Dominica | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Saint Kitts and Nevis | Mandatory for school entry | — | — | — |
| — |  Liechtenstein | Recommended | — | — | — |
| — |  British Virgin Islands | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Marshall Islands | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  San Marino | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Palau | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Anguilla | Mandatory | — | — | — |
| — |  Niue | No source found | — | — | — |
What correlates with % of Children Vaccinated DPT (2024)?
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest % of Children Vaccinated DPT?
- Hungary has the highest % of Children Vaccinated DPT in 2024, at 99.9%, followed by Costa Rica (99.1%) and Luxembourg (99.0%).
- Which country has the lowest % of Children Vaccinated DPT?
- South Africa has the lowest % of Children Vaccinated DPT in 2024, at 74.1%.
- What is the median % of Children Vaccinated DPT across countries?
- The median is 94.0% across the 50 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this vaccine mandates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Are childhood vaccinations mandatory? - Our World In Data; Immunizations - OECD.