Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Jamaica
Jamaica: Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Jamaica, 2003–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Jamaica stood at 99.0%. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
That represents a change of up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Jamaica peaked at 99.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 36.0%, in 2003.
Jamaica ranks 1st of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 22 years of available data.
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Jamaica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 36.0% | — |
| 2004 | 98.0% | +172.2% |
| 2005 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 97.0% | -2.0% |
| 2007 | 92.0% | -5.2% |
| 2008 | 92.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 90.0% | -2.2% |
| 2010 | 94.0% | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 92.0% | -2.1% |
| 2012 | 96.0% | +4.3% |
| 2013 | 93.0% | -3.1% |
| 2014 | 92.0% | -1.1% |
| 2015 | 91.0% | -1.1% |
| 2016 | 98.0% | +7.7% |
| 2017 | 93.0% | -5.1% |
| 2018 | 97.0% | +4.3% |
| 2019 | 96.0% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 95.0% | -1.0% |
| 2021 | 89.0% | -6.3% |
| 2022 | 98.0% | +10.1% |
| 2023 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
Jamaica compared with similar countries
- Jamaica's 99.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Jamaica's 99.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 89.5%, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Jamaica changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | +172.2% | 36.0% | 98.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 86.3% | 36.0% | 99.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 94.2% | 91.0% | 98.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.0% | 89.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Jamaica
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei 99.0% compare
- 1 Costa Rica 99.0% compare
- 1 Cuba 99.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 99.0% compare
- 1 Latvia 99.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 99.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 99.0% compare
- 1 Niue 99.0% compare
- 1 North Korea 99.0% compare
- 1 Oman 99.0% compare
- 1 Palau 99.0% compare
- 1 Portugal 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Lucia 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% compare
- 1 Tonga 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkey 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 99.0% compare
More reference data data for Jamaica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.045 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1808 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0003 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.2582 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1508 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0583 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.8486 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.19 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0015 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Jamaica?
- Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Jamaica was 99.0% in 2024, according to WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b recorded in Jamaica?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b recorded in Jamaica?
- The lowest recorded value was 36.0% in 2003.
- How does Jamaica rank for share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b?
- Jamaica ranks 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b rising or falling in Jamaica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Jamaica data come from?
- The figures come from WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of one-year-olds who have had three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in a given year.