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The WHO estimates are based mainly on data from national administrative records and household surveys, such as the Expanded Programme on Immunization cluster survey, the UNICEF Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey, and the Demographic and Health Survey (DHS). These surveys assess the vaccination coverage among children aged 12-23 who received a vaccination anytime before the survey. In 2023, an estimated 87% of 1-year olds got at least one vaccine.\n\nGapminder has compiled the estimates on the percentage of 1-year-old children who received nine different vaccinations (Haemophilus influenzae type B, diphtheria, tetanus, pertussis, hepatitis B, tuberculosis BCG, measles, pneumococcal disease, poliomyelitis and rotavirus) for the period 1980-2021 for countries and territories and average global immunization coverage [2].  Global coverage is a weighted sum of WHO\u002FUNICEF estimates of national coverage by target population (which is the national annual number of infants surviving their first year of life) from the United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects [3]. \n\n[1]  [WHO Global Health Observatory](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.who.int\u002Fdata\u002Fgho\u002Fdata\u002Findicators\u002Findicator-details\u002FGHO\u002Fbcg-immunization-coverage-among-1-year-olds-(-))  \n[2]  [Gapminder: Vaccinations for one-year-olds Dataset](https:\u002F\u002Fdocs.google.com\u002Fspreadsheets\u002Fd\u002F1Lly6Noee7mpZ1zgyeuj7-ZEeOa77dEdOU8sQCJs40SY\u002Fedit?gid=569008164#gid=569008164)  \n[3]  [United Nations Population Division's World Population Prospects](https:\u002F\u002Fpopulation.un.org\u002Fwpp\u002FDownload\u002FStandard\u002FPopulation\u002F)\n[4]  [UNICEF – The State of the World’s Children 2023](https:\u002F\u002Fwww.unicef.org\u002Fmedia\u002F108161\u002Ffile\u002FSOWC-2023-full-report-English.pdf)","Back in 1980, just over 20% of babies had been vaccinated against at least one disease. Today that number is over 85%!\n\nMany of these babies still don’t get all the vaccines they should, but the high number shows that the basic requirements for modern health care - such as electricity, roads and educated nurses - exist for the vast majority of people. But most people haven’t taken notice of this rapid improvement.\n\n### Why are people wrong about this?\nGlobal development and improvement in basic health care is something that is extremely important, but it improves slowly. The successes don't produce any captivating newsworthy images, and rarely get media attention. So for the most part people don’t notice these huge improvements.\n\n### Why is it a problem people are wrong about this?\nIf you don’t realize the progress in the rest of the world, just because it doesn’t get media attention, you may conclude that all the struggle to improve the world is in vain and progress is impossible. As a majority of people end up with such a pessimistic mindset, that mindset itself becomes the greatest obstacle to progress.\n\n### How come so many children are getting vaccinated today?\nThrough funding of vaccines and improvement to public health systems - particularly in poorer countries - modern medicine has reached most of the world and more and more babies now have access to vaccination.\n\nThe progress that had been made on vaccinating children did reverse a little during the Coronavirus pandemic, as fewer child were able to get their shots due to pressure on health services and staff, and recommendations for people to stay home. The share of children getting at last one vaccine still didn't dip below 80%, though.\n\n### Can I trust this data?\nYes, you can. It is of course an estimate but we have calculated our own estimate from the WHO data.","Most babies are modern"]