In 1990, 69% of Bangladeshi children aged 12–23 months had received the three-dose DPT vaccine against diphtheria, pertussis (whooping cough) and tetanus, and 65% had received a measles vaccine. By 2024 the figures were 97% and 96%.
69% → 97%
Children aged 12–23 months immunized with three doses of DPT, 1990 to 2024.
Most of the gain came by the mid-2000s: DPT coverage passed 90% in 2005 and measles coverage reached 97% in 2015. Since then both lines have been essentially flat. DPT coverage was 98% in 2019 and 97% in each year from 2020 to 2024, and measles coverage was 97% in 2019–2021 and 96% in 2022–2024, so the pandemic years left little visible dent in national coverage.
For policy, the remaining task is the last few percentage points. A national average of 97% can hide local gaps, so district-level coverage data would show where the remaining unvaccinated children are.
These are WHO and UNICEF modelled estimates of national coverage and may differ from figures in national surveys or administrative records.
Source: World Health Organization (WHO) and UNICEF, via World Bank WDI (SH.IMM.IDPT, SH.IMM.MEAS).