IDA blend: Newborns protected against tetanus (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, IDA blend's newborns protected against tetanus (%) fell 0.53 percentage points on 2023 (from 78.61% to 78.08%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.96 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.23 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.7 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 8.92 percentage points in 1987 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.31 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 the straight-line trend is upward, about 1.08 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 87% 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.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 83.06% for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 0.72%, against 0.9% for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

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 44 values

Newborns protected against tetanus (%) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 62% (2024)
• Algeria — 97% (2024)
• Bahrain — 100% (2024)
• Djibouti — 99% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 88% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 97% (2024)
• Iraq — 80% (2024)
• Jordan — 91% (2024)
• Kuwait — 99% (2024)
• Morocco — 93% (2024)
• Oman

More health data for IDA blend

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 13.28% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 13.48% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 128.45 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 37.58% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 132.88 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 38.18% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 261.33 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 37.89% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 12.41% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is IDA blend's newborns protected against tetanus (%)?

78.08% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1981?

It is up 72.09 percentage points from 5.99% in 1981. The highest value was 78.61% in 2023 and the lowest 5.99% in 1981.

Is the latest change in newborns protected against tetanus (%) unusual for IDA blend?

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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