Figures checked 1 November 2026
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Children 12–23 months with all basic vaccinations (%)

39.4% Nigeria, 2024

Up 8.1 points from 31.3% in 2018.

Survey estimateEach survey round

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission · Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) · CH_VACC_C_BAS · version 3, published 2 Nov 2026 · DHS-TERMS, no commercial reuse without permission

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By state

2024 · darker means higher
Abia: 38.0%Adamawa: 38.4%Akwa Ibom: 50.8%Anambra: 48.7%Bauchi: 51.4%Benue: 25.4%Borno: 28.5%Bayelsa: 63.4%Cross River: 68.6%Delta: 68.1%Ebonyi: 57.9%Edo: 58.4%Ekiti: 56.6%Enugu: 51.8%FCT, Abuja: 45.6%Gombe: 49.2%Imo: 59.1%Jigawa: 56.9%Kaduna: 35.7%Kebbi: 9.7%Kano: 35.8%Kogi: 16.8%Katsina: 45.3%Kwara: 28.1%Lagos: 66.1%Nasarawa: 42.3%Niger: 28.3%Ogun: 51.4%Ondo: 50.9%Osun: 55.3%Oyo: 31.1%Plateau: 25.3%Rivers: 55.7%Sokoto: 8.4%Taraba: 26.0%Yobe: 37.4%Zamfara: 9.6%
8.4%–28.1%28.1%–38.0%38.0%–50.9%50.9%–56.9%56.9%–68.6%
  1. 1Cross River68.6%
  2. 2Delta68.1%
  3. 3Lagos66.1%
  4. 4Bayelsa63.4%
  5. 5Imo59.1%
  6. 6Edo58.4%
  7. 7Ebonyi57.9%
  8. 8Jigawa56.9%
  9. 9Ekiti56.6%
  10. 10Rivers55.7%
  11. 11Osun55.3%
  12. 12Enugu51.8%
  13. 13Ogun51.4%
  14. 14Bauchi51.4%
  15. 15Ondo50.9%
  16. 16Akwa Ibom50.8%
  17. 17Gombe49.2%
  18. 18Anambra48.7%
  19. 19FCT, Abuja45.6%
  20. 20Katsina45.3%
  21. 21Nasarawa42.3%
  22. 22Adamawa38.4%
  23. 23Abia38.0%
  24. 24Yobe37.4%
  25. 25Kano35.8%
  26. 26Kaduna35.7%
  27. 27Oyo31.1%
  28. 28Borno28.5%
  29. 29Niger28.3%
  30. 30Kwara28.1%
  31. 31Taraba26.0%
  32. 32Benue25.4%
  33. 33Plateau25.3%
  34. 34Kogi16.8%
  35. 35Kebbi9.7%
  36. 36Zamfara9.6%
  37. 37Sokoto8.4%

Black line: Nigeria overall, 39.4%.

Who is behind the national figure

2024 · black line: Nigeria overall
Urban or rural
Urban
47.7%
Rural
33.8%
Wealth group
Poorest fifth
27.9%
Second fifth
28.5%
Middle fifth
39.6%
Fourth fifth
46.1%
Richest fifth
62.6%
Education level
No education
26.7%
Primary
37.3%
Secondary
47.4%
More than secondary
68.3%
Sex
Women and girls
39.1%
Men and boys
39.6%

Source: The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (NG2024DHS), version 3. Survey estimates have margins of error; groups whose bars are close may not differ. Download breakdowns (CSV)

How we know

Definition
Share of children aged 12 to 23 months who received all basic vaccinations.
Type of figure
Survey estimate. Estimated from a household survey, so it has a margin of error. Where the survey publishes one, the 95% confidence interval is shown.
Updated
Each survey round
Source
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API) (DHS:CH_VACC_C_BAS)
Licence
DHS-TERMS
Version
Dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026
Cite this
The DHS Program (ICF), with the National Population Commission, Nigeria Demographic and Health Survey (DHS Program API), indicator DHS:CH_VACC_C_BAS. Retrieved via DataNigeria (dataset dhs-nigeria-states, version 3, published 2 November 2026). Licence: DHS-TERMS.

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All years

YearValue
202439.4%
201831.3%
201325.3%
200822.7%
200312.9%
199029.0%