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Number of countries worldwide that included WHO-recommended vaccines in their national immunization programs from 2016 to 2021, by vaccine

Characteristic	DTPCV4	HepB-BD	Hib	HPV	MCV2	PCV	RCV	RV
2016	135	100	190	69	164	132	155	84
2017	136	104	190	79	167	135	160	91
2018	137	106	191	87	171	138	168	95
2019	138	109	192	103	177	144	173	105
2020	137	110	192	107	179	146	173	111
2021	140	111	192	114	183	152	173	116

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July 2023

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Worldwide

Survey time period

2016 to 2021

Number of respondents

194 countries

Special properties

including new and underutilized vaccines

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Vaccine abbreviations:

DTPCV4 = First booster dose of diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis–containing vaccine
HepB-BD = Universal hepatitis B vaccine birth dose
Hib = Haemophilus influenzae type b vaccine
HPV = Human papillomavirus vaccine
MCV2 = Second dose of measles-containing vaccine
PCV = Pneumococcal conjugate vaccine
RCV = Rubella-containing vaccine
RV = Rotavirus vaccine

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From 2016 to 2021, the number of countries worldwide including vaccines recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) in their national immunization programs increased among all selected vaccines. The Human Papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, a two-dose immunization scheme recommended for girls aged 9 to 14, was included in 69 countries in 2016, increasing to 114 nations by 2021. This statistic shows the number of countries worldwide that included WHO-recommended vaccines in their national immunization programs from 2016 to 2021, by vaccine.