Colombia's immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) was 89% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 1 percentage points from 90% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 89% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 92% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 90% | 2014 |
| Highest | 95% | 1996 |
| Lowest | 71% | 1995 |
| Average since 2015 | 89.9% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 71% | 1995 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Colombia's immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) fell 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 90% to 89%).
Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was +0.68 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 24 percentage points in 1996 and the biggest yearly fall was 10 percentage points in 1997. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 0.42 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 39% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Colombia had the 99th highest value of the 183 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Colombia | 89% | 2024 |
| World | 84.39% | 2024 |
| Latin America & Caribbean | 81.52% | 2024 |
| Upper middle income | 88.05% | 2024 |
Closest to Colombia in the 2024 ranking
- Iraq — 97th of 183: 90%
- Togo — 98th of 183: 90%
- Burundi — 99th of 183: 89%
- Marshall Islands — 101st of 183: 89%
- Netherlands — 102nd of 183: 89%
- New Zealand — 103rd of 183: 89%
What this measures
Child immunization rate, hepatitis B is the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received hepatitis B vaccinations before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized after three doses.
Limitations: In many developing countries a lack of precise information on the size of the cohort of one-year-old children makes immunization coverage difficult to estimate from program statistics.
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 30 values
| Year | Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 89 |
| 2023 | 90 |
| 2022 | 87 |
| 2021 | 87 |
| 2020 | 88 |
| 2019 | 92 |
| 2018 | 92 |
| 2017 | 92 |
| 2016 | 91 |
| 2015 | 91 |
| 2014 |
Immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) in nearby economies
- Antigua and Barbuda — 99% (2024)
- Argentina — 75% (2024)
- Bahamas, The — 90% (2024)
- Barbados — 94% (2024)
- Belize — 88% (2024)
- Bolivia — 59% (2024)
- Brazil — 90% (2024)
- Chile — 95% (2024)
- Costa Rica — 99% (2024)
- Cuba — 99% (2024)
More health data for Colombia
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.4% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 6.85% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 5.23 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 19.33% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 5.45 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 20.68% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 10.68 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 19.99% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 6.39% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Colombia's immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children)?
- 89% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1995?
- It is up 18 percentage points from 71% in 1995. The highest value was 95% in 1996 and the lowest 71% in 1995.
- How does Colombia rank?
- 99th highest of 183 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) unusual for Colombia?
- In 2024, Colombia's immunization, HepB3 (% of one-year-old children) fell 1 percentage points on 2023 (from 90% to 89%). Across the 28 yearly changes before that (1996 to 2023), the average change was +0.68 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 6.4 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.3 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.IMM.HEPB, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Health Organization (WHO), uri: http://www.who.int/immunization/monitoring_surveillance/en/; UN Children's Fund (UNICEF) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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