Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B was 89.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Marshall Islands, 1989–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Marshall Islands recorded 89.0% for share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in 2024.
That represents a change of up 12.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Marshall Islands peaked at 99.0% in 2009 and was at its lowest, 3.0%, in 1989.
Marshall Islands ranks 103rd of 189 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 36 years of available data.
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1989 | 3.0% | — |
| 1990 | 10.0% | +233.3% |
| 1991 | 17.0% | +70.0% |
| 1992 | 24.0% | +41.2% |
| 1993 | 17.0% | -29.2% |
| 1994 | 46.0% | +170.6% |
| 1995 | 47.0% | +2.2% |
| 1996 | 68.0% | +44.7% |
| 1997 | 70.0% | +2.9% |
| 1998 | 80.0% | +14.3% |
| 1999 | 80.0% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 38.0% | -52.5% |
| 2001 | 76.0% | +100.0% |
| 2002 | 80.0% | +5.3% |
| 2003 | 74.0% | -7.5% |
| 2004 | 72.0% | -2.7% |
| 2005 | 89.0% | +23.6% |
| 2006 | 97.0% | +9.0% |
| 2007 | 93.0% | -4.1% |
| 2008 | 97.0% | +4.3% |
| 2009 | 99.0% | +2.1% |
| 2010 | 97.0% | -2.0% |
| 2011 | 89.0% | -8.2% |
| 2012 | 80.0% | -10.1% |
| 2013 | 80.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 79.0% | -1.2% |
| 2015 | 85.0% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 73.0% | -14.1% |
| 2017 | 82.0% | +12.3% |
| 2018 | 84.0% | +2.4% |
| 2019 | 82.0% | -2.4% |
| 2020 | 86.0% | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 89.0% | +3.5% |
| 2022 | 87.0% | -2.2% |
| 2023 | 89.0% | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
Marshall Islands compared with similar countries
- Marshall Islands's 89.0% is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 98% of the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Marshall Islands's 89.0% is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 93.0%, 96% of the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Marshall Islands 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | +233.3% | 3.0% | 10.0% |
| 1994 | +170.6% | 17.0% | 46.0% |
| 2001 | +100.0% | 38.0% | 76.0% |
| 1991 | +70.0% | 10.0% | 17.0% |
| 2000 | -52.5% | 80.0% | 38.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 3.0% | 3.0% | 3.0% | 1 |
| 1990s | 45.9% | 10.0% | 80.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 81.5% | 38.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 83.1% | 73.0% | 97.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.0% | 86.0% | 89.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
- 103 Burundi 89.0% compare
- 103 Colombia 89.0% compare
- 103 Netherlands 89.0% compare
- 103 New Zealand 89.0% compare
More reference data data for Marshall Islands
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 0 (2019)
- Political opposition, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Elected parliament and government, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2025)
- Global number of reported disasters by size, gaps filled 0 events (2024)
- Free country 2 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 1 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Marshall Islands?
- Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Marshall Islands was 89.0% 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 Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2009.
- What is the lowest share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 3.0% in 1989.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b?
- Marshall Islands ranks 103rd out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 12.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Marshall Islands 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.