The tables below detail the immunization record of the less populous countries as of 1994 (the latest year for which data are available).

In total, 24 out of the 40 less populous countries have already reached or surpassed the year 2000 goal of 90% immunization coverage (for DPT3 vaccine). For measles vaccine, 20 out of the 40 have attained the 90% target.

Measles and DPT

Percentage of children under one immunized, less populous countries, 1994

	DPT 3 % immunized 1994	Measles % immunized 1994
British Virgin Islands	100	100
Montserrat	100	100
Saint Kitts/Nevis	100	100
St. Vincent/Grenadines	100	100
Turks/Caicos Islands	100	100
Dominica	99	99
Seychelles	99	99
Iceland	98	98
Barbados	90	97
Maldives	96	97
Fiji	96	96
Micronesia, Fed. States	94	94
Samoa	93	94
Swaziland	96	94
Bahrain	98	93
Grenada	83	93
Antigua/Barbuda	100	92
Brunei Darussalam	96	92
Saint Lucia	93	92
Malta	63	90
Bahamas	91	88
Solomon Islands	92	88
Qatar	91	86
Tonga	89	86
Cape Verde	85	83
Cyprus	96	83
Guyana	90	83
Belize	88	82
Luxembourg	95	80
Kiribati	86	77
Djibouti	61	75
Sao Tome/Principe	79	74
Cook Islands	85	72
Suriname	74	69
Vanuatu	77	66
Tuvalu	82	64
Equatorial Guinea	64	61
Comoros	58	59
Marshall Islands	67	59
Palau	67	41

Rising

Less populous countries in which the level of measles immunization has risen by 10 percentage points or more between 1988 and 1994.

	% immunized		% pt. rise
	1988	1994
Malta	41	90	49
British Virgin Islands	62	100	38
Grenada	58	93	35
Marshall Islands	25	59	34
Guyana	55	83	28
Fiji	69	96	27
Qatar	60	86	26
Equatorial Guinea	38	61	23
Kiribati	54	77	23
Saint Kitts/Nevis	77	100	23
Swaziland	74	94	20
Vanuatu	46	66	20
Samoa	75	94	19
Solomon Islands	69	88	19
Bahrain	78	93	15
Montserrat	86	100	14
Barbados	84	97	13
Belize	70	82	12
Bahamas	78	88	10
Micronesia, Fed. States	84	94	10

Falling

Less populous countries in which the level of measles immunization has fallen by 10 percentage points or more between 1988 and 1994

	% immunized		% pt. rise
	1988	1994
Suriname	83	69	-14
Cook Islands	92	72	-20
Tuvalu	90	64	-26
Palau	100	41	-59

SOURCE WHO and UNICEF, unpublished data.

The following pay all of their own vaccine costs: Antigua/Barbuda; Belize; British Virgin Islands; Dominica; Grenada; Montserrat; Saint Kitts/Nevis; Saint Lucia; Saint Vincent/Grenadines; Turks/Caicos Islands; Vanuatu; Solomon Islands; Fiji; Cook Islands; Djibouti; Kiribati; Micronesia; Palau; Samoa; and Tuvalu.