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Measles immunization — Cameroon

Measles immunization in Cameroon in 2024 — 71%. Ranked 165 in the world out of 192. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 55 pp.

2024 71% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 165of 192
Period maximum 80%2008
Period minimum 16%1981

Trend over time

1981–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Cameroon, 1981–202402040608019811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 16%1982: 21%1983: 25%1984: 31%1985: 39%1986: 44%1987: 44%1988: 48%1989: 56%1990: 56%1991: 48%1992: 37%1993: 32%1994: 38%1995: 46%1996: 39%1997: 43%1998: 47%1999: 46%2000: 49%2001: 51%2002: 53%2003: 61%2004: 64%2005: 68%2006: 73%2007: 74%2008: 80%2009: 74%2010: 79%2011: 76%2012: 74%2013: 71%2014: 71%2015: 71%2016: 72%2017: 67%2018: 61%2019: 61%2020: 63%2021: 65%2022: 68%2023: 71%2024: 71%
Change over the period: +55 pp Annual average: 1.28 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Cameroon 71%
World 84.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 69.1%
Middle Africa computed 58.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 89.6%
Measles immunization — Cameroon, by year Cameroon All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 71 +0 pp
2023 71 +3 pp
2022 68 +3 pp
2021 65 +2 pp
2020 63 +2 pp
2019 61 +0 pp
2018 61 −6 pp
2017 67 −5 pp
2016 72 +1 pp
2015 71 +0 pp
2014 71 +0 pp
2013 71 −3 pp
2012 74 −2 pp
2011 76 −3 pp
2010 79 +5 pp
2009 74 −6 pp
2008 80 +6 pp
2007 74 +1 pp
2006 73 +5 pp
2005 68 +4 pp
2004 64 +3 pp
2003 61 +8 pp
2002 53 +2 pp
2001 51 +2 pp
2000 49 +3 pp
1999 46 −1 pp
1998 47 +4 pp
1997 43 +4 pp
1996 39 −7 pp
1995 46 +8 pp
1994 38 +6 pp
1993 32 −5 pp
1992 37 −11 pp
1991 48 −8 pp
1990 56 +0 pp
1989 56 +8 pp
1988 48 +4 pp
1987 44 +0 pp
1986 44 +5 pp
1985 39 +8 pp
1984 31 +6 pp
1983 25 +4 pp
1982 21 +5 pp
1981 16 —

Middle Africa, 2024

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

ST Sao Tome and Principe 87 CG Republic of the Congo 72 CM Cameroon 71 TD Chad 66 GA Gabon 57 CD Democratic Republic of the Congo 55 AO Angola 53 GQ Equatorial Guinea 53 CF Central African Republic 41
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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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