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Measles immunization — Jamaica

Measles immunization in Jamaica in 2024 — 94%. Ranked 68 in the world out of 192. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 82 pp.

2024 94% +1 pp vs 2023
World rank 68of 192
Period maximum 96%1996
Period minimum 12%1982

Trend over time

1982–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Jamaica, 1982–202402550751001982198719921997200220072012201720221982: 12%1983: 15%1984: 60%1985: 64%1986: 36%1987: 62%1988: 68%1989: 71%1990: 74%1991: 77%1992: 63%1993: 80%1994: 82%1995: 90%1996: 96%1997: 88%1998: 88%1999: 82%2000: 88%2001: 85%2002: 86%2003: 78%2004: 86%2005: 84%2006: 87%2007: 76%2008: 88%2009: 88%2010: 89%2011: 88%2012: 93%2013: 94%2014: 92%2015: 91%2016: 95%2017: 95%2018: 89%2019: 94%2020: 93%2021: 88%2022: 91%2023: 93%2024: 94%
Change over the period: +82 pp Annual average: 1.95 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Jamaica 94%
World 84.3%
Latin America & Caribbean 86%
Upper-middle-income countries computed 91.6%
Measles immunization — Jamaica, by year Jamaica All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94 +1 pp
2023 93 +2 pp
2022 91 +3 pp
2021 88 −5 pp
2020 93 −1 pp
2019 94 +5 pp
2018 89 −6 pp
2017 95 +0 pp
2016 95 +4 pp
2015 91 −1 pp
2014 92 −2 pp
2013 94 +1 pp
2012 93 +5 pp
2011 88 −1 pp
2010 89 +1 pp
2009 88 +0 pp
2008 88 +12 pp
2007 76 −11 pp
2006 87 +3 pp
2005 84 −2 pp
2004 86 +8 pp
2003 78 −8 pp
2002 86 +1 pp
2001 85 −3 pp
2000 88 +6 pp
1999 82 −6 pp
1998 88 +0 pp
1997 88 −8 pp
1996 96 +6 pp
1995 90 +8 pp
1994 82 +2 pp
1993 80 +17 pp
1992 63 −14 pp
1991 77 +3 pp
1990 74 +3 pp
1989 71 +3 pp
1988 68 +6 pp
1987 62 +26 pp
1986 36 −28 pp
1985 64 +4 pp
1984 60 +45 pp
1983 15 +3 pp
1982 12 —

Caribbean, 2024

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

CU Cuba 99 VC Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99 AG Antigua and Barbuda 97 TT Trinidad and Tobago 96 KN Saint Kitts and Nevis 95 JM Jamaica 94 DO Dominican Republic 89 BB Barbados 88 BS Bahamas 86 GD Grenada 83 LC Saint Lucia 83 DM Dominica 80 HT Haiti 77
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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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