{
  "id": "hea-vaccine-061",
  "question": "What share of India's children are fully vaccinated?",
  "topic": "Health",
  "unit": "%",
  "decimals": 1,
  "measures": "Share of children aged 12–23 months who had received BCG, a measles-containing vaccine and three doses each of polio (not counting the birth dose) and DPT or pentavalent vaccine, among children whose vaccination card was shown to the interviewer. This is the measure the Health Ministry leads with; the NFHS also gives a broader one that adds the mother's recall for children without a card (see takeaways). NFHS-4 did not report the card-only measure, so the series starts with NFHS-5.",
  "verified": true,
  "source": {
    "name": "IIPS and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24 Fact Sheets",
    "url": "https://www.nfhsiips.in/nfhsuser/assets/National%20Family%20Health%20Survey%20(NFHS-6)%202023-2024%20Fact%20Sheets.pdf",
    "table": "NFHS-6 India fact sheet, indicator 45 (children age 12-23 months fully vaccinated based on information from vaccination card only), Total, NFHS-6 and NFHS-5 columns",
    "licence": "GODL-India"
  },
  "released": "2026-05-29",
  "retrieved": "2026-10-18",
  "nextDueBy": null,
  "processing": "Copied as published.",
  "exam": {
    "publisher": "International Institute for Population Sciences (IIPS), Mumbai, for the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare",
    "survey": "National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), 2023-24",
    "frequency": "Survey rounds every three to five years (NFHS-4 2015-16, NFHS-5 2019-21, NFHS-6 2023-24)",
    "measures": "Children aged 12–23 months who received BCG, a measles-containing vaccine and three doses each of polio (excluding the birth dose) and DPT or pentavalent vaccine, among children whose vaccination card was seen",
    "notes": [
      "NFHS-6 figures come from its fact sheets, which the survey calls provisional; the national report follows.",
      "NFHS-6 covers every state and UT except Manipur.",
      "NFHS also reports a broader measure counting the mother's recall for children without a card; NFHS-4 did not report the card-only measure."
    ]
  },
  "targets": [],
  "values": [
    {
      "period": "NFHS-5 (2019-21)",
      "start": "2019",
      "end": "2021",
      "value": 83.8
    },
    {
      "period": "NFHS-6 (2023-24)",
      "start": "2023",
      "end": "2024",
      "value": 87.1
    }
  ],
  "page": "https://india.tf/c/hea-vaccine-061/",
  "csv": "https://india.tf/c/hea-vaccine-061/data.csv",
  "versions": "https://india.tf/c/hea-vaccine-061/versions.csv"
}