Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Kuwait

Measles immunization in Kuwait in 2024 — 98%. Ranked 20 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 50 pp.

2024 98% −1 pp vs 2023
World rank 20of 192
Period maximum 99%1996
Period minimum 48%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Kuwait, 1980–202440608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 48%1981: 71%1982: 79%1983: 80%1984: 88%1985: 91%1986: 93%1987: 95%1988: 97%1989: 98%1990: 66%1991: 75%1992: 85%1993: 95%1994: 98%1995: 98%1996: 99%1997: 95%1998: 99%1999: 96%2000: 99%2001: 99%2002: 97%2003: 97%2004: 97%2005: 99%2006: 99%2007: 99%2008: 99%2009: 99%2010: 98%2011: 99%2012: 99%2013: 99%2014: 94%2015: 93%2016: 99%2017: 99%2018: 98%2019: 97%2020: 95%2021: 94%2022: 99%2023: 99%2024: 98%
Change over the period: +50 pp Annual average: 1.14 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Kuwait 98%
World 84.3%
Western Asia computed 85.4%
High-income countries computed 93.8%
Measles immunization — Kuwait, by year Kuwait All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 98 −1 pp
2023 99 +0 pp
2022 99 +5 pp
2021 94 −1 pp
2020 95 −2 pp
2019 97 −1 pp
2018 98 −1 pp
2017 99 +0 pp
2016 99 +6 pp
2015 93 −1 pp
2014 94 −5 pp
2013 99 +0 pp
2012 99 +0 pp
2011 99 +1 pp
2010 98 −1 pp
2009 99 +0 pp
2008 99 +0 pp
2007 99 +0 pp
2006 99 +0 pp
2005 99 +2 pp
2004 97 +0 pp
2003 97 +0 pp
2002 97 −2 pp
2001 99 +0 pp
2000 99 +3 pp
1999 96 −3 pp
1998 99 +4 pp
1997 95 −4 pp
1996 99 +1 pp
1995 98 +0 pp
1994 98 +3 pp
1993 95 +10 pp
1992 85 +10 pp
1991 75 +9 pp
1990 66 −32 pp
1989 98 +1 pp
1988 97 +2 pp
1987 95 +2 pp
1986 93 +2 pp
1985 91 +3 pp
1984 88 +8 pp
1983 80 +1 pp
1982 79 +8 pp
1981 71 +23 pp
1980 48

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.