Vaccine Coverage and Confidence Aren’t Always Correlated

DTP3 vaccination coverage and share of people who agree that vaccines are safe, 2024*

A scatter plot showing the relationship between DTP3 vaccination coverage and confidence in vaccine safety across countries.

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*2023 data is shown if 2024 is unavailable

Note: Confidence in vaccine safety is the share of respondents who “strongly agree” or “tend to agree” with the statement “Vaccines are safe.”

Sources: WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage; Vaccine Confidence Index Map; World Bank