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Table 7 List of countries in the Americas and their vaccine production capabilities as well as their share in the exportation market

From: Vaccine market and production capabilities in the Americas

Country

Number of vaccines introduced in the EPI [74]

Vaccine produced in own facility

Local vaccine productiona (%)

Ranking in world exports of vaccines for human use [75]

bVaccine Type and target achieved [76]

Antigua and Barbuda

16

0

0

No information reported

HepB3

Hib3

IPV

Pol3

DTP3

MCV2

MCV1

RCV1

99%

99%

99%

95%

95%

95%

93%

93%

Argentina

26

9

34.62

49

MCV1

RCV1

BCG

IPV

MCV2

PCV3

HepB3

Hib3

DTP3

Pol3

RV

YFV

94%

94%

93%

90%

89%

88%

86%

86%

86%

84%

72%

8%

Bahamas

22

0

0

No information reported

IPV

Hep3

Hib3

PCV3

Pol3

DTP3

MCV1

RCV1

MCV2

RV

91%

86%

86%

86%

86%

86%

86%

85%

82%

78%

Barbados

15

0

0

63

IPV

PCV3

MCV1

RCV1

Pol3

HepB3

Hib3

DTP3

MCV

94%

93%

92%

92%

91%

90%

90%

90%

77%

Belize

16

0

0

No information reported

IPV

Hib3

Pol3

DTP3

MCV1

RCV1

BCG

MCV2

HepB3

99%

98%

98%

98%

96%

96%

95%

95%

98%

Bolivia

14

1

7.14

No information reported

IPV

BCG

MCV1

RCV1

RV

YFV

HepB3

Hib3

PCV3

Pol3

DTP

MCV2

81%

80%

79%

78%

77%

75%

75%

75%

75%

75%

75%

44%

Brazil

27

13

48.15

32

MCV1

RCV1

IPV

Poli3

PCV3

RV

HepB3

Hib3

BCG

DTP3

YFV

MCV2

91%

91%

86%

85%

84%

83%

80%

80%

79%

73%

60%

54%

Canada

21

5

23.81

11

IPV

Hib3

Pol3

DTP3

MCV1

RCV1

MCV2

PCV3

RV

HepB3

94%

91%

91%

91%

90%

90%

87%

81%

79%

74%

Chile

19

0

0

No information reported

IPV

BCG

HepB3

Hib3

Pol3

DTP3

MCV1

PCV3

RCV1

MCV2

99%

98%

96%

96%

96%

96%

95%

95%

95%

91%

Colombia

22

3

13.64

54

MCV1

RCV1

PCV3

IPV

HepB3

Hib3

Pol3

DTP3

RV

BCG

MCV2

YFV

95%

95%

94%

93%

92%

92%

92%

92%

90%

89%

88%

87%

Costa Rica

15

0

0

74

HepB3

IPV

MCV1

PCV3

RCV1

DTP3

Hib3

Pol3

MCV2

BCG

RV

98%

96%

95%

95%

95%

95%

94%

94%

93%

88%

59%

Cuba

16

9

56.25%

43

BCG

HepB3

Hib3

IPV

MCV1

Pol3

RCV1

DTP3

MCV2

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

Dominica

14

0

0

No information reported

HepB3

Hib3

IPV

Pol3

DTP

BCG

MCV1

RCV1

MCV2

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

98%

92%

92%

92%

Dominican Republic

18

0

0

No information reported

BCG

IPV

MCV1

RCV1

Pol3

DTP3

HepB3

RV

Hib3

PCV3

MCV2

99%

98%

96%

96%

92%

89%

87%

80%

79%

70%

60%

Ecuador

18

2

11.1

No information reported

BCG

HepB3

Hib3

IPV

Pol3

RV

DTP3

YFV

MCV1

PCV3

RCV1

MCV2

86%

85%

85%

85%

85%

85%

85%

84%

83%

83%

83%

76%

El Salvador

19

0

0

No information reported

IPV

Hib3

Pol3

DTP3

MCV1

RCV1

MCV2

BCG

HepB3

PCV3

RV

81%

81%

81%

81%

82%

82%

87%

78%

81%

82%

82%

Grenada

14

0

0

No information reported

IPV

HepB3

Hib3

MCV1

Pol3

RCV1

DTP3

MCV2

96%

94%

94%

94%

94%

94%

92%

82%

Guatemala

18

0

0

No information reported

IPV

Hib3

Pol3

DTP3

MCV1

RCV1

MCV2

PCV3

RV

HepB3

90%

86%

79%

85%

90%

90%

78%

88%

86%

86%

Guyana

16

0

0

81

BCG

HepB3

Hib3

IPV

RV

DTP3

MCV1

PCV3

RCV1

Pol3

YFV

MCV2

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

98%

98%

98%

97%

94%

92%

Haiti

9

0

0

No information reported

IPV

Pol3

BCG

MCV1

RCV1

HepB3

Hib3

DTP3

RV

PVC3

MCV2

78%

74%

73%

65%

65%

51%

51%

51%

48%

42%

41%

Honduras

20

0

0

No information reported

IPV

BCG

RV

HepB3

Hib3

MCV1

PCV3

Pol3

RCV1

DTP3

MCV2

90%

88%

88%

87%

87%

87%

87%

87%

87%

87%

85%

Jamaica

16

0

0

No information reported

BCG

IPV

HepB3

Pol3

DTP3

Mcv1

RCV1

MCV2

97%

97%

96%

96%

96%

94%

94%

92%

Mexico

20

7

35

35

IPV

Hib3

Pol3

DTP3

MCV1

RCV1

MCV2

PCV3

RV

HepB3

84%

82%

82%

82%

73%

73%

73%

86%

82%

56%

Nicaragua

15

4

26.67

31

IPV

MCV1

Pol3

RCV1

MCV2

BCG

HepB3

Hib3

PCV3

RV

DTP3

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

98%

98%

98%

98%

98%

98%

Panama

25

1

4

34

BCG

MCV1

RCV1

MCV2

IPV

PCV3

RV

HepB3

Hib3

Pol3

DTP3

YFV

99%

97%

97%

97%

96%

96%

94%

88%

88%

88%

88%

7%

Paraguay

26

0

0

No information reported

YFV

PCV3

IPV

BCG

MCV1

RCV1

HepB3

Hib3

RV

DTP

Pol3

MCV2

92%

89%

88%

87%

87%

87%

86%

86%

86%

86%

84%

83%

Peru

20

0

0

No information reported

RV

IPV

HepB3

Hib3

DTP

Pol3

MCV1

RCV1

BCG

PCV3

MCV2

YFV

90%

89%

88%

88%

88%

87%

85%

85%

81%

80%

66%

57%

Saint Kitts and Nevis

13

0

0

No information reported

BCG

MCV2

HepB3

Hib3

IPV

MCV1

RCV1

Pol3

DTP3

99%

98%

97%

97%

97%

97%

97%

96%

96%

Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

13

0

0

No information reported

BCG

MCV1

Pol3

RCV1

MCV2

HepB3

Hib3

DTP3

IPV

99%

99%

99%

99%

99%

97%

97%

97%

96%

Suriname

17

0

0

No information reported

IPV

HepB3

Hib3

DTP3

Pol3

MCV1

RCV1

MCV2

YFV

82%

77%

77%

77%

76%

64%

64%

58%

57%

Trinidad and Tobago

16

0

0

83

MCV1

RCV1

YFV

HepB3

Hib3

PCV3

Pol3

DTP3

IPV

MCV2

99%

99%

98%

93%

93%

93%

93%

93%

92%

92%

United States

30

18

60

5

IPV

Hib3

Pol3

DTP3

MCV1

RCV1

MCV2

PCV3

RV

HepB3

97%

91%

93%

94%

90%

90%

95%

92%

74%

91%

Uruguay

19

2

10.53

No information reported

BCG

IPV

MCV2

MCV1

RCV1

PCV3

HepB3

Hib3

DTP3

Pol3

99%

99%

99%

96%

96%

95%

94%

94%

94%

93%

Venezuela

16

4

25

No information reported

MCV1

RCV1

BCG

YFV

HepB3

Hib3

DTP3

Poli3

IPV

MCV2

93%

93%

91%

80%

64%

64%

64%

62%

55%

13%

  1. aThe percentage of self-sufficiency in vaccine production is estimated as the number of different types of vaccines produced by national manufacturers as a function of the number of vaccines in use by the immunization program
  2. bBCG bacille Calmette–Guerin, HepB hepatitis B virus, DTP diphtheria, tetanus, and pertussis, MMR mumps, measles, and rubella, Hib Haemophilus influenzae type B, HPV human papillomavirus, MCV vaccine meningococcal conjugate vaccine, DPT diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis