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Share who agree vaccines are important for children to have
The share of people who responded that they "strongly agree" or "somewhat agree" with the statement 'I think vaccines are important for children to have'.
Source
Vaccine Confidence Project (2024) – processed by
Last updated
February 13, 2025
Next expected update
February 2026
Date range
2015–2024
Unit
%

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Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

The Vaccine Confidence Index uses a standardized methodology and questions to examine individuals’ overall perceptions of the importance, safety, effectiveness, and compatibility of vaccines with people’s beliefs.

The data indicates the percentage of respondents who agree with the four statements on vaccine importance, safety, effectiveness, and compatibility with beliefs (encompassing both “tend to agree” and “strongly agree” responses). The data is a combination of multiple sources, the full list of which can be found here:

Where VCI performed multiple data collections in a given country in a given year, either one data set is chosen to display, or a simple average is calculated to provide an overall benchmark.

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Vaccine Confidence Index (2024). Vaccine Confidence Project.

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“Data Page: Share who agree vaccines are important for children to have”, part of the following publication: Samantha Vanderslott, Saloni Dattani, Fiona Spooner, and Max Roser (2022) - “Vaccination”. Data adapted from Vaccine Confidence Project. Retrieved from /grapher/share-agrees-vaccines-are-important-wellcome [online resource]
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Vaccine Confidence Project (2024) – processed by . “Share who agree vaccines are important for children to have” [dataset]. Vaccine Confidence Project, “Vaccine Confidence Index” [original data]. Retrieved April 29, 2025 from /grapher/share-agrees-vaccines-are-important-wellcome