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We analyzed child immunization coverage as reported to the World Health Organization (WHO) and the United Nations Children\u2019s Fund (UNICEF) between 2000\u20132019 by all WHO Member States for Bacillus Calmette-Gu\u00e9rin (BCG) vaccine birth dose, first and third doses of diphtheria-tetanus-pertussis-containing vaccine (DTP1, DTP3), and first dose of measles-containing vaccine (MCV1). We assessed completeness, consistency, integrity, and congruence and assigned data quality flags in case anomalies were detected. Generalized linear mixed-effects models were used to estimate the probability of flags worldwide and for different country groups over time. The probability of data quality flags was 18.2% globally (95% confidence interval [CI] 14.8\u201322.3). The lowest probability was seen in South-East Asia (6.3%, 3.3\u201311.8, p = 0.002), the highest in the Americas (29.7%, 22.7\u201337.9, p &lt; 0.001). The probability of data quality flags declined by 5.1% per year globally (3.2\u20137.0, p &lt; 0.001). The steepest decline was seen in Africa (-9.6%, -13.0 to -5.8, p &lt; 0.001), followed by Europe (-5.4%, -9.2 to -1.6, p = 0.0055), and the Americas (-4.9%, -9.2 to -0.6, p = 0.026). Most country groups showed a statistically significant decline, and none had a statistically significant increase. Over the past two decades, the quality of global immunization coverage data appears to have improved. However, progress has not been universal. 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