Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Bulgaria

Measles immunization in Bulgaria in 2024 — 94%. Ranked 68 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has fallen by 4 pp.

2024 94% +2 pp vs 2023
World rank 68of 192
Period maximum 99%1985
Period minimum 88%1993

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Bulgaria, 1980–202485909510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 98%1981: 98%1982: 90%1983: 98%1984: 98%1985: 99%1986: 99%1987: 99%1988: 99%1989: 99%1990: 99%1991: 98%1992: 92%1993: 88%1994: 93%1995: 94%1996: 95%1997: 93%1998: 95%1999: 96%2000: 89%2001: 90%2002: 92%2003: 96%2004: 95%2005: 96%2006: 96%2007: 96%2008: 96%2009: 96%2010: 97%2011: 95%2012: 94%2013: 95%2014: 93%2015: 92%2016: 92%2017: 94%2018: 93%2019: 95%2020: 88%2021: 89%2022: 91%2023: 92%2024: 94%
Change over the period: −4 pp Annual average: -0.09 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Bulgaria 94%
World 84.3%
Eastern Europe computed 93.8%
Measles immunization — Bulgaria, by year Bulgaria All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94 +2 pp
2023 92 +1 pp
2022 91 +2 pp
2021 89 +1 pp
2020 88 −7 pp
2019 95 +2 pp
2018 93 −1 pp
2017 94 +2 pp
2016 92 +0 pp
2015 92 −1 pp
2014 93 −2 pp
2013 95 +1 pp
2012 94 −1 pp
2011 95 −2 pp
2010 97 +1 pp
2009 96 +0 pp
2008 96 +0 pp
2007 96 +0 pp
2006 96 +0 pp
2005 96 +1 pp
2004 95 −1 pp
2003 96 +4 pp
2002 92 +2 pp
2001 90 +1 pp
2000 89 −7 pp
1999 96 +1 pp
1998 95 +2 pp
1997 93 −2 pp
1996 95 +1 pp
1995 94 +1 pp
1994 93 +5 pp
1993 88 −4 pp
1992 92 −6 pp
1991 98 −1 pp
1990 99 +0 pp
1989 99 +0 pp
1988 99 +0 pp
1987 99 +0 pp
1986 99 +0 pp
1985 99 +1 pp
1984 98 +0 pp
1983 98 +8 pp
1982 90 −8 pp
1981 98 +0 pp
1980 98

Eastern Europe, 2024

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

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.