Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. in Cuba
Cuba: Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. GDP per capita in Cuba, 1980–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Cuba recorded 99.0% for vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita in 2024. That is the highest value across all 45 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita in Cuba peaked at 99.0% in 1982 and was at its lowest, 67.0%, in 1980.
That places Cuba 1st out of 194 countries with data for 2024, putting it 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. in Cuba, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 67.0% | — |
| 1981 | 68.0% | +1.5% |
| 1982 | 99.0% | +45.6% |
| 1983 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 1984 | 86.0% | -13.1% |
| 1985 | 91.0% | +5.8% |
| 1986 | 99.0% | +8.8% |
| 1987 | 87.0% | -12.1% |
| 1988 | 98.0% | +12.6% |
| 1989 | 96.0% | -2.0% |
| 1990 | 92.0% | -4.2% |
| 1991 | 99.0% | +7.6% |
| 1992 | 94.0% | -5.1% |
| 1993 | 99.0% | +5.3% |
| 1994 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 90.0% | -9.1% |
| 1997 | 99.0% | +10.0% |
| 1998 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 95.0% | -4.0% |
| 2000 | 95.0% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 98.0% | +3.2% |
| 2002 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2003 | 72.0% | -27.3% |
| 2004 | 88.0% | +22.2% |
| 2005 | 89.0% | +1.1% |
| 2006 | 89.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 93.0% | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 95.0% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 96.0% | +1.1% |
| 2010 | 96.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 97.0% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 99.0% | +2.1% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
Cuba compared with similar countries
- Cuba's 99.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 91.5%, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Cuba's 99.0% is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 90.0%, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. in Cuba 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +45.6% | 68.0% | 99.0% |
| 2003 | -27.3% | 99.0% | 72.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 89.0% | 67.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 1990s | 96.5% | 90.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 91.4% | 72.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.5% | 96.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Cuba
- 1 Antigua and Barbuda 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei 99.0% compare
- 1 Costa Rica 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 Nauru 99.0% compare
- 1 Niue 99.0% compare
- 1 North Korea 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 Turkey 99.0% compare
More economy & growth data for Cuba
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2016)
- SDRs holdings, US dollar, per capita 0 units per person (2016)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2016)
- SDRs holdings, SDR, per capita 0 units per person (2016)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1969)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2016)
- IMF holdings of currency, US dollar, per capita 0 units per person (2016)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, annual growth rate -100 % change on previous year (1969)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2016)
- IMF holdings of currency, SDR, per capita 0 units per person (2016)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita in Cuba?
- Vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita in Cuba 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 Cuba?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 1982.
- What is the lowest vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita recorded in Cuba?
- The lowest recorded value was 67.0% in 1980.
- How does Cuba rank for vaccination coverage against diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis vs. gdp per capita?
- Cuba 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 Cuba?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Cuba 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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About this data
Share of one-year-olds who have had three doses of the combined diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis vaccine in a given year.