Click on the categories at the top of the graph to display data on each ethnic group. Data for 2013 is currently unavailable.

This graph shows childhood immunisation coverage rates in New Zealand at 24 months of age, by ethnic group, between 2009 and 2022. The percentage of two-year-olds who had received the recommended immunisations for their age rose and then fell for all ethnicities. Low immunisation coverage (below 95% of the population fully immunised) means there is a much higher chance of an outbreak of an infectious disease.  

In 2009, 83% of all two-year-olds were fully immunised for their age, well below the government’s 95% target. The figure had improved by 2014 to a high of 93%. It remained above 90% until 2020, after which it fell sharply. This probably reflects the effect of the COVID-19 pandemic. By 2022, the percentage of fully immunised two-year-olds was only 83%. The trend was even more apparent for Māori children: 77% were fully immunised in 2009, 92% in the mid-2010s, and only 68% in 2022.

* ‘Other’ means children enrolled on the National Immunisation Register of any ethnicity except Māori, Pacific, Asian or New Zealand European. Includes European, African, Middle Eastern, Latin American/Hispanic.