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

Latest (2024)
99.0%
Change on year
up 2.1%
World rank
1st
of 189 countries
All-time high
99.0%
in 2005
All-time low
6.0%
in 1997
Years of data
28
1997–2024

Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Latvia, 1997–2024

0204060801001997201020241997: 6 %1998: 9 %1999: 94 %2000: 95 %2001: 96 %2002: 98 %2003: 98 %2004: 98 %2005: 99 %2006: 94 %2007: 91 %2008: 93 %2009: 92 %2010: 91 %2011: 89 %2012: 90 %2013: 94 %2014: 92 %2015: 94 %2016: 98 %2017: 98 %2018: 96 %2019: 99 %2020: 99 %2021: 94 %2022: 95 %2023: 97 %2024: 99 %

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.

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest 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. 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
  2. 1 Brunei 99.0% compare
  3. 1 Costa Rica 99.0% compare
  4. 1 Cuba 99.0% compare
  5. 1 Jamaica 99.0% compare
  6. 1 Kuwait 99.0% compare
  7. 1 Maldives 99.0% compare
  8. 1 Monaco 99.0% compare
  9. 1 Niue 99.0% compare
  10. 1 North Korea 99.0% compare
  11. 1 Oman 99.0% compare
  12. 1 Palau 99.0% compare
  13. 1 Portugal 99.0% compare
  14. 1 Saint Lucia 99.0% compare
  15. 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% compare
  16. 1 Tonga 99.0% compare
  17. 1 Turkey 99.0% compare
  18. 1 Turkmenistan 99.0% compare

See the full ranking of 189 places →

More reference data data for Latvia

All data for Latvia →

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.

Download this data

CSV · JSON — 28 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).

About this data

Indicator
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B
Unit
%
Source
WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
189 places, 4,723 data points, 1989–2024
Last refreshed

Share of one-year-olds who have had three doses of the hepatitis B vaccine in a given year.