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Measles immunization — Barbados

Measles immunization in Barbados in 2024 — 88%. Ranked 112 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 47 pp.

2024 88% −1 pp vs 2023
World rank 112of 192
Period maximum 99%1996
Period minimum 41%1980

Trend over time

1980–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Barbados, 1980–202440608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 41%1981: 47%1982: 53%1983: 55%1984: 84%1985: 88%1986: 84%1987: 85%1988: 84%1989: 85%1990: 87%1991: 92%1992: 90%1993: 92%1994: 97%1995: 92%1996: 99%1997: 92%1998: 97%1999: 86%2000: 94%2001: 93%2002: 91%2003: 90%2004: 98%2005: 93%2006: 92%2007: 75%2008: 94%2009: 94%2010: 85%2011: 93%2012: 90%2013: 87%2014: 95%2015: 96%2016: 92%2017: 92%2018: 85%2019: 92%2020: 89%2021: 77%2022: 85%2023: 89%2024: 88%
Change over the period: +47 pp Annual average: 1.07 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Barbados

Barbados 88%
World 84.3%
Latin America & Caribbean 86%
High-income countries computed 93.8%
Measles immunization — Barbados, by year Barbados All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 88 −1 pp
2023 89 +4 pp
2022 85 +8 pp
2021 77 −12 pp
2020 89 −3 pp
2019 92 +7 pp
2018 85 −7 pp
2017 92 +0 pp
2016 92 −4 pp
2015 96 +1 pp
2014 95 +8 pp
2013 87 −3 pp
2012 90 −3 pp
2011 93 +8 pp
2010 85 −9 pp
2009 94 +0 pp
2008 94 +19 pp
2007 75 −17 pp
2006 92 −1 pp
2005 93 −5 pp
2004 98 +8 pp
2003 90 −1 pp
2002 91 −2 pp
2001 93 −1 pp
2000 94 +8 pp
1999 86 −11 pp
1998 97 +5 pp
1997 92 −7 pp
1996 99 +7 pp
1995 92 −5 pp
1994 97 +5 pp
1993 92 +2 pp
1992 90 −2 pp
1991 92 +5 pp
1990 87 +2 pp
1989 85 +1 pp
1988 84 −1 pp
1987 85 +1 pp
1986 84 −4 pp
1985 88 +4 pp
1984 84 +29 pp
1983 55 +2 pp
1982 53 +6 pp
1981 47 +6 pp
1980 41 —

Caribbean, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

CU Cuba 99 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99 AG Antigua and Barbuda 97 TT Trinidad and Tobago 96 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 95 JM Jamaica 94 DO Dominican Republic 89 BB Barbados 88 BS Bahamas 86 GD Grenada 83 LC Saint Lucia 83 DM Dominica 80 HT Haiti 77
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About the indicator

The share of children aged 12–23 months who have been vaccinated against measles. Measles is more contagious than almost any other infection, and its threshold of herd immunity is higher than the rest — about 95% — so a fall in coverage by a few points brings outbreaks back to countries where the disease was considered beaten. This series shows how coverage sagged in 2020–2021 and where it has not recovered since.

Important: The first dose. Reliable protection requires two, and coverage of the second dose is lower; the World Bank has no separate series for it.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.

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