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Measles immunization — Gambia

Measles immunization in the Gambia in 2024 — 83%. Ranked 133 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 14 pp.

2024 83% +3 pp vs 2023
World rank 133of 192
Period maximum 97%2015
Period minimum 62%1986

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Gambia, 1980–20246070809010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 69%1981: 70%1982: 71%1983: 70%1984: 79%1985: 75%1986: 62%1987: 88%1988: 80%1989: 85%1990: 86%1991: 87%1992: 83%1993: 87%1994: 89%1995: 91%1996: 94%1997: 91%1998: 90%1999: 90%2000: 89%2001: 89%2002: 90%2003: 90%2004: 92%2005: 91%2006: 89%2007: 88%2008: 92%2009: 96%2010: 92%2011: 91%2012: 95%2013: 96%2014: 96%2015: 97%2016: 97%2017: 90%2018: 91%2019: 85%2020: 82%2021: 79%2022: 74%2023: 80%2024: 83%
Change over the period: +14 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Gambia 83%
World 84.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 69.1%
Western Africa computed 67.5%
Low-income countries computed 68.3%
Measles immunization — Gambia, by year Gambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 83 +3 pp
2023 80 +6 pp
2022 74 −5 pp
2021 79 −3 pp
2020 82 −3 pp
2019 85 −6 pp
2018 91 +1 pp
2017 90 −7 pp
2016 97 +0 pp
2015 97 +1 pp
2014 96 +0 pp
2013 96 +1 pp
2012 95 +4 pp
2011 91 −1 pp
2010 92 −4 pp
2009 96 +4 pp
2008 92 +4 pp
2007 88 −1 pp
2006 89 −2 pp
2005 91 −1 pp
2004 92 +2 pp
2003 90 +0 pp
2002 90 +1 pp
2001 89 +0 pp
2000 89 −1 pp
1999 90 +0 pp
1998 90 −1 pp
1997 91 −3 pp
1996 94 +3 pp
1995 91 +2 pp
1994 89 +2 pp
1993 87 +4 pp
1992 83 −4 pp
1991 87 +1 pp
1990 86 +1 pp
1989 85 +5 pp
1988 80 −8 pp
1987 88 +26 pp
1986 62 −13 pp
1985 75 −4 pp
1984 79 +9 pp
1983 70 −1 pp
1982 71 +1 pp
1981 70 +1 pp
1980 69 —

Western Africa, 2024

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

CV Cabo Verde 95 MR Mauritania 93 GH Ghana 90 SL Sierra Leone 90 BF Burkina Faso 88 SN Senegal 87 GM Gambia 83 LR Liberia 82 NE Niger 81 TG Togo 81 CI Côte d'Ivoire 75 ML Mali 72 GW Guinea-Bissau 65 GN Guinea 60 NG Nigeria 57 BJ Benin 44
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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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