According to data reported on by The World Health Organization (WHO), more children are being vaccinated globally, but millions still have never received a vaccine. WHO attributes the waning progress to shortages in funding, global instability, and misinformation spread about vaccines.
The WHO and UNICEFF published new national immunization coverage data on July 15, 2025. Key findings:
- Nearly 90% of the world’s infants have had at least a single dose of the diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis (DTP)-containing vaccine. Most of the vaccinated (85%) received all three doses, one million more than in 2023.
- The world is still off track to reach the 2030 Immunization Agenda goals, with 14.3 million of the world’s children having never received a vaccine.
- Conflict, humanitarian crises, and fragility are affecting vaccine progress, according to WHO.
- “Immunization coverage in the 57 low-income countries supported by Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance have improved in the past year, reducing the number of un- and under-vaccinated children by roughly 650,000.”
- 31% of vaccine-eligible females received at least a single dose of the HPV vaccine in 2024, vs. 17% in 2019.
- Global measles vaccination is increasing, but over 30 million children are “under-protected against measles, leading to more large or disruptive outbreaks.”
