What share of India's children are fully vaccinated?
NFHS · IIPS · released 29 May 2026
| Period | Value (%) |
|---|---|
| NFHS-6 (2023-24) | 87.1 |
| NFHS-5 (2019-21) | 83.8 |
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87.1% of children aged 12–23 months with a vaccination card were fully vaccinated in NFHS-6 (2023-24), compared with 83.8% in NFHS-5 (2019-21) (National Family Health Survey). Source: IIPS and Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6) 2023-24 Fact Sheets.
Cite as: National Family Health Survey (NFHS-6), 2023-24 (IIPS, Health Ministry)
What this shows
- 87.1% of children aged 12–23 months whose vaccination card was seen were fully vaccinated in NFHS-6 (2023-24), up from 83.8% in NFHS-5 (2019-21).
- Counting the mother's recall for children without a card, 82.6% were fully vaccinated in NFHS-6, against 76.6% for NFHS-5 on the NFHS-6 fact sheet's basis (the NFHS-5 report itself gave 76.5%).
- Three doses of rotavirus vaccine reached 85.4% of children, up from 36.4%, and the second dose of measles-containing vaccine (age 24–35 months) 71.8%, up from 58.6%.
The latest figure, as people NFHS-6 (2023-24)
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Source and method
What exactly is measured
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.
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- 2 periods, latest NFHS-6 (2023-24): 87.1% · first snapshotArchived source
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Release notes (1)
- 87.1%NFHS-6 (2023-24), fact sheets (provisional)
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