Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Euro area

Measles immunization in the Euro area in 2024 — 94.8%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 79.5 pp.

2024 94.8% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 95.2%2021
Period minimum 15.3%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Euro area, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 15.3%1981: 25.1%1982: 28%1983: 33.3%1984: 43.1%1985: 49.6%1986: 55.5%1987: 58.9%1988: 61.3%1989: 64.6%1990: 74.3%1991: 74.2%1992: 75.5%1993: 77.6%1994: 80.3%1995: 81.8%1996: 83.9%1997: 84.2%1998: 83.9%1999: 86.2%2000: 86.9%2001: 88.5%2002: 89.6%2003: 91%2004: 91.6%2005: 91.7%2006: 92.8%2007: 93.5%2008: 93.6%2009: 93.5%2010: 93.4%2011: 93.5%2012: 94%2013: 93.7%2014: 93.6%2015: 93.2%2016: 93.3%2017: 94.2%2018: 94.6%2019: 95.1%2020: 94.9%2021: 95.2%2022: 94.7%2023: 94.5%2024: 94.8%
Change over the period: +79.5 pp Annual average: 1.81 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Euro area 94.8%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Euro area, by year Euro area All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.8 +0.3 pp
2023 94.5 −0.2 pp
2022 94.7 −0.4 pp
2021 95.2 +0.3 pp
2020 94.9 −0.2 pp
2019 95.1 +0.5 pp
2018 94.6 +0.4 pp
2017 94.2 +0.9 pp
2016 93.3 +0.1 pp
2015 93.2 −0.4 pp
2014 93.6 −0.2 pp
2013 93.7 −0.3 pp
2012 94 +0.5 pp
2011 93.5 +0.2 pp
2010 93.4 −0.1 pp
2009 93.5 −0.1 pp
2008 93.6 +0.1 pp
2007 93.5 +0.7 pp
2006 92.8 +1.1 pp
2005 91.7 +0.1 pp
2004 91.6 +0.6 pp
2003 91 +1.4 pp
2002 89.6 +1.1 pp
2001 88.5 +1.5 pp
2000 86.9 +0.7 pp
1999 86.2 +2.3 pp
1998 83.9 −0.4 pp
1997 84.2 +0.4 pp
1996 83.9 +2.1 pp
1995 81.8 +1.5 pp
1994 80.3 +2.7 pp
1993 77.6 +2.1 pp
1992 75.5 +1.4 pp
1991 74.2 −0.1 pp
1990 74.3 +9.7 pp
1989 64.6 +3.2 pp
1988 61.3 +2.5 pp
1987 58.9 +3.4 pp
1986 55.5 +5.9 pp
1985 49.6 +6.5 pp
1984 43.1 +9.8 pp
1983 33.3 +5.3 pp
1982 28 +2.9 pp
1981 25.1 +9.9 pp
1980 15.3

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.