Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Lower-middle-income countries

Measles immunization in lower-middle-income countries in 2024 — 89.6%. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 66.8 pp.

2024 89.6% +2.6 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 89.6%2024
Period minimum 17.8%1985

Trend over time

1983–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Lower-middle-income countries, 1983–202402550751001983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 22.8%1984: 26.5%1985: 17.8%1986: 25.3%1987: 34.5%1988: 43.3%1989: 53.4%1990: 62.6%1991: 56.2%1992: 61.4%1993: 65.6%1994: 70.1%1995: 72.6%1996: 69.6%1997: 64.9%1998: 64.2%1999: 65.4%2000: 65.8%2001: 66.6%2002: 66.1%2003: 68.6%2004: 71.5%2005: 73.6%2006: 74.1%2007: 74.3%2008: 76.2%2009: 80%2010: 80.9%2011: 82.1%2012: 81.1%2013: 81.7%2014: 82.4%2015: 83.5%2016: 84.3%2017: 86%2018: 88%2019: 89%2020: 86%2021: 83.9%2022: 87.1%2023: 87%2024: 89.6%
Change over the period: +66.8 pp Annual average: 1.63 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Lower-middle-income countries

Lower-middle-income countries 89.6%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Lower-middle-income countries, by year Lower-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 89.6 +2.6 pp
2023 87 −0.1 pp
2022 87.1 +3.2 pp
2021 83.9 −2.1 pp
2020 86 −3.1 pp
2019 89 +1 pp
2018 88 +2 pp
2017 86 +1.7 pp
2016 84.3 +0.7 pp
2015 83.5 +1.1 pp
2014 82.4 +0.7 pp
2013 81.7 +0.6 pp
2012 81.1 −1 pp
2011 82.1 +1.2 pp
2010 80.9 +1 pp
2009 80 +3.8 pp
2008 76.2 +1.8 pp
2007 74.3 +0.2 pp
2006 74.1 +0.5 pp
2005 73.6 +2.2 pp
2004 71.5 +2.8 pp
2003 68.6 +2.5 pp
2002 66.1 −0.5 pp
2001 66.6 +0.8 pp
2000 65.8 +0.4 pp
1999 65.4 +1.2 pp
1998 64.2 −0.7 pp
1997 64.9 −4.7 pp
1996 69.6 −3 pp
1995 72.6 +2.5 pp
1994 70.1 +4.5 pp
1993 65.6 +4.2 pp
1992 61.4 +5.2 pp
1991 56.2 −6.3 pp
1990 62.6 +9.1 pp
1989 53.4 +10.1 pp
1988 43.3 +8.8 pp
1987 34.5 +9.2 pp
1986 25.3 +7.6 pp
1985 17.8 −8.7 pp
1984 26.5 +3.7 pp
1983 22.8

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.