Guinea's newborns protected against tetanus (%) was 75% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 5 percentage points from 80% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 75% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 80% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 80% | 2014 |
| Highest | 96% | 2008 |
| Lowest | 5% | 1986 |
| Average since 2015 | 79.6% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 5% | 1986 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Guinea's newborns protected against tetanus (%) did not change 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 75% to 75%).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.83 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.22 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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 16 percentage points in 1995 and the biggest yearly fall was 10 percentage points in 2011. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 21% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Guinea had the 92nd 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Guinea | 75% | 2024 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 78.45% | 2024 |
| Lower middle income | 86.68% | 2024 |
Closest to Guinea in the 2024 ranking
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 89th of 105: 78%
- Haiti — 90th of 105: 78%
- Mauritania — 91st of 105: 77%
- Sudan — 93rd of 105: 75%
- Chad — 94th of 105: 73%
- Madagascar — 95th of 105: 73%
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 39 values
| Year | Newborns protected against tetanus (%) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 75 |
| 2023 | 75 |
| 2022 | 80 |
| 2021 | 83 |
| 2020 | 83 |
| 2019 | 80 |
| 2018 | 80 |
| 2017 | 80 |
| 2016 | 80 |
| 2015 | 80 |
| 2014 |
Newborns protected against tetanus (%) in nearby economies
- Angola — 60% (2024)
- Benin — 80% (2024)
- Botswana — 93% (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 93% (2024)
- Burundi — 85% (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 96% (2024)
- Cameroon — 83% (2024)
- Central African Republic — 60% (2024)
- Chad — 73% (2024)
- Comoros — 83% (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep.
More health data for Guinea
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 14.48% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 15.22% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 3.02 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 39.58% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 3.11 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 41.53% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 6.12 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 40.55% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 13.19% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Guinea's newborns protected against tetanus (%)?
- 75% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1986?
- It is up 70 percentage points from 5% in 1986. The highest value was 96% in 2008 and the lowest 5% in 1986.
- How does Guinea rank?
- 92nd highest of 105 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in newborns protected against tetanus (%) unusual for Guinea?
- In 2024, Guinea's newborns protected against tetanus (%) did not change 0 percentage points on 2023 (from 75% to 75%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.83 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.22 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.2 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.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.
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