Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. GDP per capita in Costa Rica
Costa Rica: Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. GDP per capita was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Latest (2024)
99.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 194 countries
All-time high
99.0%
in 2023
All-time low
81.0%
in 1982
Years of data
45
1980–2024
Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. GDP per capita in Costa Rica, 1980–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita in Costa Rica stood at 99.0%. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of up 8.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita in Costa Rica peaked at 99.0% in 2023 and was at its lowest, 81.0%, in 1982.
Costa Rica ranks 1st of 194 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 45 years of available data.
Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. GDP per capita in Costa Rica, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 86.0% | — |
| 1981 | 85.0% | -1.2% |
| 1982 | 81.0% | -4.7% |
| 1983 | 86.0% | +6.2% |
| 1984 | 93.0% | +8.1% |
| 1985 | 90.0% | -3.2% |
| 1986 | 89.0% | -1.1% |
| 1987 | 94.0% | +5.6% |
| 1988 | 87.0% | -7.4% |
| 1989 | 86.0% | -1.1% |
| 1990 | 95.0% | +10.5% |
| 1991 | 90.0% | -5.3% |
| 1992 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 88.0% | -2.2% |
| 1994 | 88.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 85.0% | -3.4% |
| 1996 | 85.0% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 94.0% | +10.6% |
| 1998 | 85.0% | -9.6% |
| 1999 | 86.0% | +1.2% |
| 2000 | 88.0% | +2.3% |
| 2001 | 91.0% | +3.4% |
| 2002 | 94.0% | +3.3% |
| 2003 | 88.0% | -6.4% |
| 2004 | 90.0% | +2.3% |
| 2005 | 91.0% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 89.0% | -2.2% |
| 2007 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 90.0% | +1.1% |
| 2009 | 86.0% | -4.4% |
| 2010 | 88.0% | +2.3% |
| 2011 | 85.0% | -3.4% |
| 2012 | 91.0% | +7.1% |
| 2013 | 95.0% | +4.4% |
| 2014 | 91.0% | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 92.0% | +1.1% |
| 2016 | 97.0% | +5.4% |
| 2017 | 96.0% | -1.0% |
| 2018 | 94.0% | -2.1% |
| 2019 | 95.0% | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 97.0% | +2.1% |
| 2021 | 93.0% | -4.1% |
| 2022 | 95.0% | +2.2% |
| 2023 | 99.0% | +4.2% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 87.7% | 81.0% | 94.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 88.6% | 85.0% | 95.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 89.6% | 86.0% | 94.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 92.4% | 85.0% | 97.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 96.6% | 93.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Costa Rica
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei Darussalam 99.0% compare
- 1 Cuba 99.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 99.0% compare
- 1 Jamaica 99.0% compare
- 1 Japan 99.0% compare
- 1 Kuwait 99.0% compare
- 1 Luxembourg 99.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 99.0% compare
- 1 Monaco 99.0% compare
- 1 Naoero 99.0% compare
- 1 Niue 99.0% compare
- 1 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 99.0% compare
- 1 Oman 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 Türkiye 99.0% compare
More economy & growth data for Costa Rica
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 04 - Annual real GDP 2.74 Percent per annum (2029)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 02 - Annual real GDP 3.3 Percent per annum (2029)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), annual growth rate 3.71 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per unit of GDP 0.1578 current US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current US$), per capita 3,152 current US$ per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), annual growth rate 1.37 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per unit of GDP 79.48 current LCU per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Gross capital formation (current LCU), per capita 1.59 million current LCU per person (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), annual growth rate 3.31 % change on previous year (2025)
- Gross capital formation (constant 2015 US$), per unit of GDP 0.1312 constant 2015 US$ per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita in Costa Rica?
- Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita in Costa Rica 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 vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2023.
- What is the lowest vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita recorded in Costa Rica?
- The lowest recorded value was 81.0% in 1982.
- How does Costa Rica rank for vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita?
- Costa Rica ranks 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita rising or falling in Costa Rica?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Costa Rica 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 Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. GDP per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of one-year-olds who have had three doses of the combined diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine in a given year.