El Salvador: Newborns protected against tetanus (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, El Salvador's newborns protected against tetanus (%) fell 2 percentage points on 2023 (from 94% to 92%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.86 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 9 percentage points in 1990 and the biggest yearly fall was 4 percentage points in 2007. 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 upward, about 0.34 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 59% 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, El Salvador had the 50th highest value of the 105 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.

Closest to El Salvador in the 2024 ranking

• Senegal — 47th of 105: 93%
• Solomon Islands — 48th of 105: 93%
• Suriname — 49th of 105: 93%
• Tanzania — 51st of 105: 92%
• Jordan — 52nd of 105: 91%
• Bolivia — 53rd of 105: 90%

What this measures

Newborns protected against tetanus are the percentage of births by women of child-bearing age who are immunized against tetanus.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 45 values

Newborns protected against tetanus (%) in nearby economies

• Bahamas, The — 100% (2024)
• Belize — 95% (2024)
• Bolivia — 90% (2024)
• Brazil — 94% (2024)
• Colombia — 98% (2024)
• Dominican Republic — 99% (2024)
• Ecuador — 90% (2024)
• Guatemala — 90% (2024)
• Guyana — 96% (2024)
• Haiti — 78% (2024)
• Honduras

More health data for El Salvador

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.13% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 8.25% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 755,631 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 22.61% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 796,552 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 26.34% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 1.55 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 24.38% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.42% (2025)

Reading data like this

• Where to find free public data, and how to check it before you trust it — 2 min read
• Data analysis examples: 6 worked from one dataset — 3 min read
• Real change or random noise? A plain guide to reading your numbers — 2 min read

Questions people ask

What is El Salvador's newborns protected against tetanus (%)?

92% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1980?

It is up 69 percentage points from 23% in 1980. The highest value was 94% in 2022 and the lowest 22% in 1981.

How does El Salvador rank?

50th highest of 105 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in newborns protected against tetanus (%) unusual for El Salvador?

In 2024, El Salvador's newborns protected against tetanus (%) fell 2 percentage points on 2023 (from 94% to 92%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +1.17 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 1.86 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.7 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.VAC.TTNS.ZS, 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.

Want to ask your own questions of data like this? Try AnalyzeIt: upload a file or ask about public data in plain words, and every figure comes with its working.