Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Saint Lucia

Saint Lucia: Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising

Latest (2024)
99.0%
Change on year
up 33.8%
World rank
1st
of 189 countries
All-time high
99.0%
in 2007
All-time low
14.0%
in 2002
Years of data
23
2002–2024

Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Saint Lucia, 2002–2024

204060801002002201320242002: 14 %2003: 84 %2004: 91 %2005: 95 %2006: 85 %2007: 99 %2008: 96 %2009: 95 %2010: 97 %2011: 99 %2012: 98 %2013: 99 %2014: 99 %2015: 99 %2016: 95 %2017: 80 %2018: 95 %2019: 92 %2020: 86 %2021: 80 %2022: 81 %2023: 74 %2024: 99 %

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 Saint Lucia stood at 99.0%. That is the highest value across all 23 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is up 33.8% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.

Over the whole period, share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Saint Lucia peaked at 99.0% in 2007 and was at its lowest, 14.0%, in 2002.

That places Saint Lucia 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 23 years of available data.

Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Saint Lucia, year by year

Annual values for Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis B in Saint Lucia, 2002 to 2024.
Year % Change
2002 14.0% —
2003 84.0% +500.0%
2004 91.0% +8.3%
2005 95.0% +4.4%
2006 85.0% -10.5%
2007 99.0% +16.5%
2008 96.0% -3.0%
2009 95.0% -1.0%
2010 97.0% +2.1%
2011 99.0% +2.1%
2012 98.0% -1.0%
2013 99.0% +1.0%
2014 99.0% +0.0%
2015 99.0% +0.0%
2016 95.0% -4.0%
2017 80.0% -15.8%
2018 95.0% +18.8%
2019 92.0% -3.2%
2020 86.0% -6.5%
2021 80.0% -7.0%
2022 81.0% +1.2%
2023 74.0% -8.6%
2024 99.0% +33.8%

Saint Lucia compared with similar countries

  • Saint Lucia's 99.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
  • Saint Lucia'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 Saint Lucia 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.

YearChange FromTo
2003 +500.0% 14.0% 84.0%

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
2000s 82.4% 14.0% 99.0% 8
2010s 95.3% 80.0% 99.0% 10
2020s 84.0% 74.0% 99.0% 5

Countries ranked near Saint Lucia

  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 Latvia 99.0% compare
  8. 1 Maldives 99.0% compare
  9. 1 Monaco 99.0% compare
  10. 1 Niue 99.0% compare
  11. 1 North Korea 99.0% compare
  12. 1 Oman 99.0% compare
  13. 1 Palau 99.0% compare
  14. 1 Portugal 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

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Frequently asked questions

What is share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Saint Lucia?
Share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b in Saint Lucia 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 Saint Lucia?
The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2007.
What is the lowest share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b recorded in Saint Lucia?
The lowest recorded value was 14.0% in 2002.
How does Saint Lucia rank for share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b?
Saint Lucia ranks 1st out of 189 countries with data for 2024.
Is share of one-year-olds vaccinated against hepatitis b rising or falling in Saint Lucia?
Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this Saint Lucia 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

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
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