Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Mauritania

Measles immunization in Mauritania in 2024 — 93%. Ranked 74 in the world out of 192. Since 1981, the indicator has risen by 48 pp.

2024 93% +1 pp vs 2023
World rank 74of 192
Period maximum 93%2024
Period minimum 27%1987

Trend over time

1981–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Mauritania, 1981–2024025507510019811986199119962001200620112016202120241981: 45%1982: 44%1983: 43%1984: 42%1985: 41%1986: 40%1987: 27%1988: 45%1989: 42%1990: 38%1991: 32%1992: 43%1993: 49%1994: 53%1995: 67%1996: 66%1997: 64%1998: 63%1999: 62%2000: 46%2001: 58%2002: 87%2003: 84%2004: 73%2005: 65%2006: 62%2007: 67%2008: 65%2009: 59%2010: 67%2011: 67%2012: 75%2013: 80%2014: 75%2015: 70%2016: 73%2017: 75%2018: 78%2019: 75%2020: 82%2021: 75%2022: 84%2023: 92%2024: 93%
Change over the period: +48 pp Annual average: 1.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mauritania 93%
World 84.3%
Western Africa computed 67.5%
Measles immunization — Mauritania, by year Mauritania All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 93 +1 pp
2023 92 +8 pp
2022 84 +9 pp
2021 75 −7 pp
2020 82 +7 pp
2019 75 −3 pp
2018 78 +3 pp
2017 75 +2 pp
2016 73 +3 pp
2015 70 −5 pp
2014 75 −5 pp
2013 80 +5 pp
2012 75 +8 pp
2011 67 +0 pp
2010 67 +8 pp
2009 59 −6 pp
2008 65 −2 pp
2007 67 +5 pp
2006 62 −3 pp
2005 65 −8 pp
2004 73 −11 pp
2003 84 −3 pp
2002 87 +29 pp
2001 58 +12 pp
2000 46 −16 pp
1999 62 −1 pp
1998 63 −1 pp
1997 64 −2 pp
1996 66 −1 pp
1995 67 +14 pp
1994 53 +4 pp
1993 49 +6 pp
1992 43 +11 pp
1991 32 −6 pp
1990 38 −4 pp
1989 42 −3 pp
1988 45 +18 pp
1987 27 −13 pp
1986 40 −1 pp
1985 41 −1 pp
1984 42 −1 pp
1983 43 −1 pp
1982 44 −1 pp
1981 45

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.