Up to 19% higher than major overseas countries such as Korea's child vaccination rate
Jul 28, 2025
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According to the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's announcement on the 28th, the full vaccination rate for children in 2024 was 93.3% for 1 year old (born in 2023), 93.6% for 2 years old (born in 2022), 88.7% for 3 years old (born in 2021), and 89.4% for 6 years old (born in 2018).
Compared to 2023, the two-year-old inoculation rate rose slightly by 0.7%p, but the number of one, three and six-year-olds decreased slightly. In particular, the number of one-year-olds decreased by 3.1%p, which is attributed to an increase in the number of inoculations to be received at the age of one by 2-3 as rotavirus vaccines were included in the national vaccination in 2023.
However, when excluding rotavirus vaccination, the one-year-old full vaccination rate was 96.2%, similar to the previous year (96.4%). The rotavirus inoculation rate was 94.2%, an increase of more than 5.2%p from the vaccination rate (89.0% of children aged two in 2022) before the introduction of national vaccination.
As a result of comparing the domestic vaccination rate with major overseas countries (US, UK, and Australia), it was found that Korea had a higher vaccination rate (1-19%p) than major overseas countries in all six major vaccines, including DTaP, IPV, and MMR.
Director of the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Lim Seung-kwan thanked parents and children for their active participation in the national vaccination"Since vaccination is the most effective means of building immunity to prevent infectious diseases, parents should continue to complete vaccination according to the standard vaccination schedule."
Reporter Kim So-hyung compact@sportschosun.com
This article was translated by Naver AI translator.
