Pacific island small states: Newborns protected against tetanus (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Pacific island small states' newborns protected against tetanus (%) rose 0.34 percentage points on 2023 (from 92.33% to 92.67%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.23 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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 21.18 percentage points in 1992 and the biggest yearly fall was 13.78 percentage points in 1994. 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 0.67 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 86% 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.

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 35 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 Pacific island small states

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 10.75% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 11.4% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 442,167 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 32.2% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 467,482 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 33.82% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 909,646 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 33.01% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Pacific island small states's newborns protected against tetanus (%)?

92.67% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 61.53 percentage points from 31.14% in 1990. The highest value was 92.67% in 2024 and the lowest 31.14% in 1990.

Is the latest change in newborns protected against tetanus (%) unusual for Pacific island small states?

In 2024, Pacific island small states' newborns protected against tetanus (%) rose 0.34 percentage points on 2023 (from 92.33% to 92.67%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.44 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 3.23 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.0 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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