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Measles immunization — Lesotho

Measles immunization in Lesotho in 2024 — 90%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 41 pp.

2024 90% +14 pp vs 2023
World rank 92of 192
Period maximum 93%2015
Period minimum 49%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Lesotho, 1980–202440608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 49%1981: 49%1982: 51%1983: 53%1984: 63%1985: 73%1986: 76%1987: 78%1988: 79%1989: 79%1990: 80%1991: 81%1992: 81%1993: 82%1994: 82%1995: 83%1996: 82%1997: 80%1998: 79%1999: 77%2000: 74%2001: 70%2002: 78%2003: 85%2004: 84%2005: 83%2006: 82%2007: 81%2008: 80%2009: 84%2010: 88%2011: 92%2012: 91%2013: 90%2014: 92%2015: 93%2016: 90%2017: 89%2018: 89%2019: 90%2020: 90%2021: 90%2022: 84%2023: 76%2024: 90%
Change over the period: +41 pp Annual average: 0.93 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Lesotho 90%
World 84.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 69.1%
Southern Africa computed 77.4%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 89.6%
Measles immunization — Lesotho, by year Lesotho All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90 +14 pp
2023 76 −8 pp
2022 84 −6 pp
2021 90 +0 pp
2020 90 +0 pp
2019 90 +1 pp
2018 89 +0 pp
2017 89 −1 pp
2016 90 −3 pp
2015 93 +1 pp
2014 92 +2 pp
2013 90 −1 pp
2012 91 −1 pp
2011 92 +4 pp
2010 88 +4 pp
2009 84 +4 pp
2008 80 −1 pp
2007 81 −1 pp
2006 82 −1 pp
2005 83 −1 pp
2004 84 −1 pp
2003 85 +7 pp
2002 78 +8 pp
2001 70 −4 pp
2000 74 −3 pp
1999 77 −2 pp
1998 79 −1 pp
1997 80 −2 pp
1996 82 −1 pp
1995 83 +1 pp
1994 82 +0 pp
1993 82 +1 pp
1992 81 +0 pp
1991 81 +1 pp
1990 80 +1 pp
1989 79 +0 pp
1988 79 +1 pp
1987 78 +2 pp
1986 76 +3 pp
1985 73 +10 pp
1984 63 +10 pp
1983 53 +2 pp
1982 51 +2 pp
1981 49 +0 pp
1980 49 —

Southern Africa, 2024

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

BW Botswana 97 LS Lesotho 90 SZ Eswatini 85 NA Namibia 79 ZA South Africa 76
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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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