Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Japan

Measles immunization in Japan in 2024 — 95%. Ranked 60 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 26 pp.

2024 95% +1 pp vs 2023
World rank 60of 192
Period maximum 98%2001
Period minimum 66%1982

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Japan, 1980–20246070809010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 69%1981: 68%1982: 66%1983: 70%1984: 73%1985: 73%1986: 74%1987: 75%1988: 76%1989: 77%1990: 73%1991: 71%1992: 69%1993: 68%1994: 81%1995: 93%1996: 94%1997: 94%1998: 95%1999: 95%2000: 96%2001: 98%2002: 98%2003: 98%2004: 98%2005: 98%2006: 97%2007: 96%2008: 95%2009: 94%2010: 94%2011: 94%2012: 96%2013: 95%2014: 98%2015: 96%2016: 96%2017: 97%2018: 97%2019: 96%2020: 98%2021: 95%2022: 98%2023: 94%2024: 95%
Change over the period: +26 pp Annual average: 0.59 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Japan 95%
World 84.3%
Eastern Asia computed 95.1%
High-income countries computed 93.8%
Measles immunization — Japan, by year Japan All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 95 +1 pp
2023 94 −4 pp
2022 98 +3 pp
2021 95 −3 pp
2020 98 +2 pp
2019 96 −1 pp
2018 97 +0 pp
2017 97 +1 pp
2016 96 +0 pp
2015 96 −2 pp
2014 98 +3 pp
2013 95 −1 pp
2012 96 +2 pp
2011 94 +0 pp
2010 94 +0 pp
2009 94 −1 pp
2008 95 −1 pp
2007 96 −1 pp
2006 97 −1 pp
2005 98 +0 pp
2004 98 +0 pp
2003 98 +0 pp
2002 98 +0 pp
2001 98 +2 pp
2000 96 +1 pp
1999 95 +0 pp
1998 95 +1 pp
1997 94 +0 pp
1996 94 +1 pp
1995 93 +12 pp
1994 81 +13 pp
1993 68 −1 pp
1992 69 −2 pp
1991 71 −2 pp
1990 73 −4 pp
1989 77 +1 pp
1988 76 +1 pp
1987 75 +1 pp
1986 74 +1 pp
1985 73 +0 pp
1984 73 +3 pp
1983 70 +4 pp
1982 66 −2 pp
1981 68 −1 pp
1980 69

Eastern Asia, 2024

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

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.