Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Latvia
Latvia: 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 Latvia, 1997–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Latvia is 99.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 28 years on record.
That represents a change of up 2.1% on the previous year and up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Latvia peaked at 99.0% in 2005 and was at its lowest, 6.0%, in 1997.
Latvia ranks 1st of 189 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 28 years of available data.
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Latvia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 6.0% | — |
| 1998 | 9.0% | +50.0% |
| 1999 | 94.0% | +944.4% |
| 2000 | 95.0% | +1.1% |
| 2001 | 96.0% | +1.1% |
| 2002 | 98.0% | +2.1% |
| 2003 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2006 | 94.0% | -5.1% |
| 2007 | 91.0% | -3.2% |
| 2008 | 93.0% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 92.0% | -1.1% |
| 2010 | 91.0% | -1.1% |
| 2011 | 89.0% | -2.2% |
| 2012 | 90.0% | +1.1% |
| 2013 | 94.0% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 92.0% | -2.1% |
| 2015 | 94.0% | +2.2% |
| 2016 | 98.0% | +4.3% |
| 2017 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 96.0% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 99.0% | +3.1% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 94.0% | -5.1% |
| 2022 | 95.0% | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 97.0% | +2.1% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +2.1% |
Latvia compared with similar countries
- Latvia's 99.0% is above the median for high income countries, which is 95.0%, 1.0× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Latvia's 99.0% is above the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 92.5%, 1.1× the median. (46 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Latvia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | +944.4% | 9.0% | 94.0% |
| 1998 | +50.0% | 6.0% | 9.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 36.3% | 6.0% | 94.0% | 3 |
| 2000s | 95.4% | 91.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 94.1% | 89.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.8% | 94.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Latvia
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei 99.0% compare
- 1 Costa Rica 99.0% compare
- 1 Cuba 99.0% compare
- 1 Jamaica 99.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 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
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- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 2.27 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.3666 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Latvia?
- Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Latvia 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 Latvia?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2005.
- What is the lowest share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b recorded in Latvia?
- The lowest recorded value was 6.0% in 1997.
- How does Latvia rank for share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b?
- Latvia ranks 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b rising or falling in Latvia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Latvia 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.