Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — European Union

Measles immunization in the European Union in 2024 — 93.6%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 65.9 pp.

2024 93.6% +0.3 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 94.7%2019
Period minimum 27.7%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — European Union, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 27.7%1981: 35.3%1982: 37.4%1983: 47.4%1984: 55%1985: 59.8%1986: 63.7%1987: 68%1988: 68.7%1989: 71.9%1990: 79.3%1991: 79.1%1992: 79.9%1993: 81.9%1994: 83.9%1995: 85.1%1996: 86.7%1997: 87%1998: 86.7%1999: 88.4%2000: 89.1%2001: 90.3%2002: 91.3%2003: 92.2%2004: 92.7%2005: 92.8%2006: 93.7%2007: 94.2%2008: 94.2%2009: 94.2%2010: 94.1%2011: 94.1%2012: 94.6%2013: 94.3%2014: 93.9%2015: 93.5%2016: 93.6%2017: 94.2%2018: 94.5%2019: 94.7%2020: 94.3%2021: 94.5%2022: 94%2023: 93.4%2024: 93.6%
Change over the period: +65.9 pp Annual average: 1.5 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

European Union 93.6%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — European Union, by year European Union All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 93.6 +0.3 pp
2023 93.4 −0.6 pp
2022 94 −0.6 pp
2021 94.5 +0.2 pp
2020 94.3 −0.4 pp
2019 94.7 +0.3 pp
2018 94.5 +0.3 pp
2017 94.2 +0.6 pp
2016 93.6 +0.1 pp
2015 93.5 −0.5 pp
2014 93.9 −0.3 pp
2013 94.3 −0.3 pp
2012 94.6 +0.5 pp
2011 94.1 +0.1 pp
2010 94.1 −0.1 pp
2009 94.2 −0.1 pp
2008 94.2 +0 pp
2007 94.2 +0.6 pp
2006 93.7 +0.8 pp
2005 92.8 +0.1 pp
2004 92.7 +0.5 pp
2003 92.2 +1 pp
2002 91.3 +1 pp
2001 90.3 +1.2 pp
2000 89.1 +0.7 pp
1999 88.4 +1.8 pp
1998 86.7 −0.3 pp
1997 87 +0.3 pp
1996 86.7 +1.6 pp
1995 85.1 +1.2 pp
1994 83.9 +2 pp
1993 81.9 +2 pp
1992 79.9 +0.8 pp
1991 79.1 −0.2 pp
1990 79.3 +7.4 pp
1989 71.9 +3.1 pp
1988 68.7 +0.8 pp
1987 68 +4.3 pp
1986 63.7 +3.9 pp
1985 59.8 +4.8 pp
1984 55 +7.6 pp
1983 47.4 +10.1 pp
1982 37.4 +2.1 pp
1981 35.3 +7.6 pp
1980 27.7

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.