Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Ethiopia

Measles immunization in Ethiopia in 2024 — 72%. Ranked 160 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 68 pp.

2024 72% +4 pp vs 2023
World rank 160of 192
Period maximum 72%2024
Period minimum 3%1981

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Ethiopia, 1980–202402040608019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 4%1981: 3%1982: 7%1983: 7%1984: 8%1985: 12%1986: 10%1987: 13%1988: 15%1989: 23%1990: 38%1991: 17%1992: 12%1993: 22%1994: 54%1995: 38%1996: 54%1997: 51%1998: 39%1999: 27%2000: 28%2001: 29%2002: 32%2003: 33%2004: 35%2005: 40%2006: 44%2007: 49%2008: 54%2009: 59%2010: 64%2011: 68%2012: 62%2013: 55%2014: 54%2015: 56%2016: 57%2017: 59%2018: 54%2019: 56%2020: 57%2021: 60%2022: 62%2023: 68%2024: 72%
Change over the period: +68 pp Annual average: 1.55 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Ethiopia 72%
World 84.3%
Eastern Africa computed 78.2%
Low-income countries computed 68.3%
Measles immunization — Ethiopia, by year Ethiopia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 72 +4 pp
2023 68 +6 pp
2022 62 +2 pp
2021 60 +3 pp
2020 57 +1 pp
2019 56 +2 pp
2018 54 −5 pp
2017 59 +2 pp
2016 57 +1 pp
2015 56 +2 pp
2014 54 −1 pp
2013 55 −7 pp
2012 62 −6 pp
2011 68 +4 pp
2010 64 +5 pp
2009 59 +5 pp
2008 54 +5 pp
2007 49 +5 pp
2006 44 +4 pp
2005 40 +5 pp
2004 35 +2 pp
2003 33 +1 pp
2002 32 +3 pp
2001 29 +1 pp
2000 28 +1 pp
1999 27 −12 pp
1998 39 −12 pp
1997 51 −3 pp
1996 54 +16 pp
1995 38 −16 pp
1994 54 +32 pp
1993 22 +10 pp
1992 12 −5 pp
1991 17 −21 pp
1990 38 +15 pp
1989 23 +8 pp
1988 15 +2 pp
1987 13 +3 pp
1986 10 −2 pp
1985 12 +4 pp
1984 8 +1 pp
1983 7 +0 pp
1982 7 +4 pp
1981 3 −1 pp
1980 4

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.