Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Latin America & Caribbean

Measles immunization in Latin America & Caribbean in 2024 — 86%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 43.9 pp.

2024 86% +3.4 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 95.1%2012
Period minimum 42.1%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Latin America & Caribbean, 1980–202440608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 42.1%1981: 48.8%1982: 48.7%1983: 47.8%1984: 52%1985: 60.1%1986: 61.3%1987: 60.4%1988: 65.7%1989: 69.4%1990: 75.9%1991: 80.4%1992: 82.6%1993: 82%1994: 82.5%1995: 86.2%1996: 84.1%1997: 88.6%1998: 90.9%1999: 92.1%2000: 93.5%2001: 94.7%2002: 93.5%2003: 93.9%2004: 92.9%2005: 92.5%2006: 94.3%2007: 93.9%2008: 94.8%2009: 94.5%2010: 93.3%2011: 94.4%2012: 95.1%2013: 91.7%2014: 92.9%2015: 93.2%2016: 92.7%2017: 86.2%2018: 91.2%2019: 86.2%2020: 83.4%2021: 82.4%2022: 80.9%2023: 82.6%2024: 86%
Change over the period: +43.9 pp Annual average: 1 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Latin America & Caribbean

Latin America & Caribbean 86%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Latin America & Caribbean, by year Latin America & Caribbean All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 86 +3.4 pp
2023 82.6 +1.7 pp
2022 80.9 −1.5 pp
2021 82.4 −1 pp
2020 83.4 −2.8 pp
2019 86.2 −4.9 pp
2018 91.2 +5 pp
2017 86.2 −6.5 pp
2016 92.7 −0.6 pp
2015 93.2 +0.3 pp
2014 92.9 +1.2 pp
2013 91.7 −3.4 pp
2012 95.1 +0.7 pp
2011 94.4 +1.1 pp
2010 93.3 −1.1 pp
2009 94.5 −0.3 pp
2008 94.8 +0.8 pp
2007 93.9 −0.3 pp
2006 94.3 +1.7 pp
2005 92.5 −0.4 pp
2004 92.9 −0.9 pp
2003 93.9 +0.4 pp
2002 93.5 −1.2 pp
2001 94.7 +1.2 pp
2000 93.5 +1.4 pp
1999 92.1 +1.2 pp
1998 90.9 +2.3 pp
1997 88.6 +4.5 pp
1996 84.1 −2 pp
1995 86.2 +3.7 pp
1994 82.5 +0.5 pp
1993 82 −0.6 pp
1992 82.6 +2.2 pp
1991 80.4 +4.5 pp
1990 75.9 +6.5 pp
1989 69.4 +3.7 pp
1988 65.7 +5.3 pp
1987 60.4 −0.9 pp
1986 61.3 +1.2 pp
1985 60.1 +8.1 pp
1984 52 +4.3 pp
1983 47.8 −0.9 pp
1982 48.7 −0.1 pp
1981 48.8 +6.7 pp
1980 42.1

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.