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Measles immunization — Ghana

Measles immunization in Ghana in 2024 — 90%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 74 pp.

2024 90% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 92of 192
Period maximum 95%2007
Period minimum 10%1984

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Ghana, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 16%1981: 23%1982: 21%1983: 16%1984: 10%1985: 21%1986: 31%1987: 51%1988: 59%1989: 65%1990: 61%1991: 63%1992: 64%1993: 66%1994: 68%1995: 70%1996: 71%1997: 73%1998: 78%1999: 81%2000: 90%2001: 78%2002: 78%2003: 80%2004: 83%2005: 83%2006: 85%2007: 95%2008: 86%2009: 93%2010: 93%2011: 91%2012: 89%2013: 89%2014: 92%2015: 89%2016: 89%2017: 95%2018: 92%2019: 92%2020: 88%2021: 94%2022: 95%2023: 90%2024: 90%
Change over the period: +74 pp Annual average: 1.68 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Ghana 90%
World 84.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 69.1%
Western Africa computed 67.5%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 89.6%
Measles immunization — Ghana, by year Ghana All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90 +0 pp
2023 90 −5 pp
2022 95 +1 pp
2021 94 +6 pp
2020 88 −4 pp
2019 92 +0 pp
2018 92 −3 pp
2017 95 +6 pp
2016 89 +0 pp
2015 89 −3 pp
2014 92 +3 pp
2013 89 +0 pp
2012 89 −2 pp
2011 91 −2 pp
2010 93 +0 pp
2009 93 +7 pp
2008 86 −9 pp
2007 95 +10 pp
2006 85 +2 pp
2005 83 +0 pp
2004 83 +3 pp
2003 80 +2 pp
2002 78 +0 pp
2001 78 −12 pp
2000 90 +9 pp
1999 81 +3 pp
1998 78 +5 pp
1997 73 +2 pp
1996 71 +1 pp
1995 70 +2 pp
1994 68 +2 pp
1993 66 +2 pp
1992 64 +1 pp
1991 63 +2 pp
1990 61 −4 pp
1989 65 +6 pp
1988 59 +8 pp
1987 51 +20 pp
1986 31 +10 pp
1985 21 +11 pp
1984 10 −6 pp
1983 16 −5 pp
1982 21 −2 pp
1981 23 +7 pp
1980 16 —

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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