Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — High-income countries

Measles immunization in high-income countries in 2024 — 93.8%. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 12.4 pp.

2024 93.8% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 94.6%2014
Period minimum 81.4%1992

Trend over time

1992–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — High-income countries, 1992–2024808590951992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 81.4%1993: 83.5%1994: 85.5%1995: 87.6%1996: 89.3%1997: 89.7%1998: 90.1%1999: 91.4%2000: 91.9%2001: 92.4%2002: 93%2003: 93.6%2004: 93.8%2005: 93.7%2006: 94%2007: 93.9%2008: 93.9%2009: 93.2%2010: 93.9%2011: 94%2012: 94.2%2013: 94.3%2014: 94.6%2015: 94.2%2016: 94.1%2017: 94.2%2018: 94.6%2019: 94%2020: 94.1%2021: 94.2%2022: 94.3%2023: 93.7%2024: 93.8%
Change over the period: +12.4 pp Annual average: 0.39 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: High-income countries

High-income countries 93.8%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — High-income countries, by year High-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 93.8 +0.1 pp
2023 93.7 −0.7 pp
2022 94.3 +0.1 pp
2021 94.2 +0.1 pp
2020 94.1 +0.1 pp
2019 94 −0.6 pp
2018 94.6 +0.4 pp
2017 94.2 +0 pp
2016 94.1 −0 pp
2015 94.2 −0.4 pp
2014 94.6 +0.3 pp
2013 94.3 +0.1 pp
2012 94.2 +0.2 pp
2011 94 +0.1 pp
2010 93.9 +0.8 pp
2009 93.2 −0.8 pp
2008 93.9 +0 pp
2007 93.9 −0.1 pp
2006 94 +0.3 pp
2005 93.7 −0.1 pp
2004 93.8 +0.2 pp
2003 93.6 +0.6 pp
2002 93 +0.5 pp
2001 92.4 +0.5 pp
2000 91.9 +0.5 pp
1999 91.4 +1.4 pp
1998 90.1 +0.4 pp
1997 89.7 +0.4 pp
1996 89.3 +1.7 pp
1995 87.6 +2.1 pp
1994 85.5 +2 pp
1993 83.5 +2.1 pp
1992 81.4

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.