Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Mercosur

Measles immunization in Mercosur in 2024 — 90%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 34.8 pp.

2024 90% +5 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 98%2009
Period minimum 55.3%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Mercosur, 1980–202440608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 55.3%1981: 70.3%1982: 63.3%1983: 65.2%1984: 71.8%1985: 62.6%1986: 69.8%1987: 66.7%1988: 66.2%1989: 65.1%1990: 79.7%1991: 86.1%1992: 89.9%1993: 85.9%1994: 79.8%1995: 87.7%1996: 82.6%1997: 95.3%1998: 93.4%1999: 97.5%2000: 96.8%2001: 96.7%2002: 95.4%2003: 96.8%2004: 96.9%2005: 97.5%2006: 98%2007: 97.5%2008: 98%2009: 98%2010: 97.7%2011: 98%2012: 97.6%2013: 96.6%2014: 96%2015: 94.4%2016: 93.9%2017: 87.6%2018: 92.3%2019: 89.6%2020: 78.7%2021: 75.3%2022: 80.7%2023: 85%2024: 90%
Change over the period: +34.8 pp Annual average: 0.79 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Mercosur 90%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Mercosur, by year Mercosur All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90 +5 pp
2023 85 +4.4 pp
2022 80.7 +5.3 pp
2021 75.3 −3.3 pp
2020 78.7 −11 pp
2019 89.6 −2.7 pp
2018 92.3 +4.7 pp
2017 87.6 −6.4 pp
2016 93.9 −0.5 pp
2015 94.4 −1.6 pp
2014 96 −0.6 pp
2013 96.6 −1 pp
2012 97.6 −0.4 pp
2011 98 +0.3 pp
2010 97.7 −0.3 pp
2009 98 +0 pp
2008 98 +0.5 pp
2007 97.5 −0.5 pp
2006 98 +0.5 pp
2005 97.5 +0.6 pp
2004 96.9 +0.1 pp
2003 96.8 +1.4 pp
2002 95.4 −1.3 pp
2001 96.7 −0.1 pp
2000 96.8 −0.7 pp
1999 97.5 +4.2 pp
1998 93.4 −1.9 pp
1997 95.3 +12.7 pp
1996 82.6 −5.1 pp
1995 87.7 +7.9 pp
1994 79.8 −6.1 pp
1993 85.9 −3.9 pp
1992 89.9 +3.7 pp
1991 86.1 +6.4 pp
1990 79.7 +14.6 pp
1989 65.1 −1.1 pp
1988 66.2 −0.4 pp
1987 66.7 −3.1 pp
1986 69.8 +7.1 pp
1985 62.6 −9.2 pp
1984 71.8 +6.6 pp
1983 65.2 +1.9 pp
1982 63.3 −6.9 pp
1981 70.3 +15 pp
1980 55.3

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.