10 Provinces with the Lowest Infant Immunization Rates, Jakarta Included

Aceh has the lowest national coverage rate for complete basic immunization in infants.

According to data from the Directorate General of Disease Prevention and Control (P2P) of the Ministry of Health, the coverage of complete basic immunization in infants in Aceh was only 42.7% of the total 101,520 live births in the province in 2021.

Infants in Aceh who received complete basic immunization consisted of 22,000 male infants (43%) and 21,000 female infants (42.3%).

The next lowest province for complete basic immunization coverage in infants was Papua, at 52.7%. This was followed by West Sumatra at 58.4%, West Papua at 60.4%, and Riau at 62.9%.

Following these were DKI Jakarta with complete basic immunization coverage in infants of 63.8%, then North Kalimantan at 71%, Maluku at 73%, East Nusa Tenggara at 73.5%, and West Kalimantan at 73.8%.

The complete basic immunization coverage in infants in these 10 provinces was below the national average of 84.4% in the previous year.

The following is a list of complete basic immunization coverage in infants in 34 Indonesian provinces in 2021, ordered from lowest to highest:

1. Aceh: 42.70%
2. Papua: 53.50%
3. West Sumatra: 58.40%
4. West Papua: 60.40%
5. Riau: 62.90%
6. DKI Jakarta: 63.30%
7. North Kalimantan: 71.00%
8. Maluku: 73.00%
9. East Nusa Tenggara: 73.50%
10. West Kalimantan: 73.80%
11. West Sulawesi: 76.40%
12. South Kalimantan: 80.20%
13. North Sumatra: 80.90%
14. North Maluku: 81.00%
15. Riau Islands: 81.30%
16. North Sulawesi: 81.40%
17. Southeast Sulawesi: 83.40%
18. National Average: 84.20%
19. Central Kalimantan: 84.90%
20. Jambi: 86.20%
21. Bangka Belitung Islands: 87.30%
22. Central Sulawesi: 87.80%
23. Central Java: 88.80%
24. South Sumatra: 89.00%
25. West Java: 89.80%
26. Gorontalo: 89.90%
27. Lampung: 89.90%
28. East Kalimantan: 90.00%
29. East Java: 90.30%
30. Bengkulu: 94.10%
31. Banten: 94.80%
32. Yogyakarta Special Region: 95.30%
33. West Nusa Tenggara: 95.50%
34. Bali: 98.80%
35. South Sulawesi: 100.00%

In November 2022, the Ministry of Health declared a polio outbreak (KLB) after a child with polio was found in Pidie Regency, Aceh.

One of the risk factors in this polio case is the low immunization coverage in Aceh. In 2021, only about 51% of infants under one year old in Aceh had received the polio vaccine.