Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Middle East & North Africa

Measles immunization in Middle East & North Africa in 2024 — 84.4%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 68.1 pp.

2024 84.4% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 84.4%2024
Period minimum 16.2%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Middle East & North Africa, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 16.2%1981: 18%1982: 23.3%1983: 27.3%1984: 34.6%1985: 51.7%1986: 54.6%1987: 57.2%1988: 65.9%1989: 67.5%1990: 69.5%1991: 69.1%1992: 70.4%1993: 70.4%1994: 70.9%1995: 68.8%1996: 71%1997: 70.9%1998: 73.2%1999: 73.7%2000: 73.8%2001: 74.8%2002: 74.3%2003: 75.2%2004: 76.4%2005: 75.9%2006: 75.4%2007: 75.1%2008: 74.9%2009: 76%2010: 76.5%2011: 77.6%2012: 77.4%2013: 79.7%2014: 80.2%2015: 81.6%2016: 83%2017: 82.7%2018: 83.1%2019: 83.1%2020: 83.4%2021: 81.5%2022: 82.6%2023: 84.2%2024: 84.4%
Change over the period: +68.1 pp Annual average: 1.55 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Middle East & North Africa

Middle East & North Africa 84.4%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Middle East & North Africa, by year Middle East & North Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 84.4 +0.1 pp
2023 84.2 +1.6 pp
2022 82.6 +1.1 pp
2021 81.5 −1.9 pp
2020 83.4 +0.3 pp
2019 83.1 −0 pp
2018 83.1 +0.4 pp
2017 82.7 −0.4 pp
2016 83 +1.4 pp
2015 81.6 +1.4 pp
2014 80.2 +0.5 pp
2013 79.7 +2.3 pp
2012 77.4 −0.2 pp
2011 77.6 +1 pp
2010 76.5 +0.6 pp
2009 76 +1.1 pp
2008 74.9 −0.2 pp
2007 75.1 −0.3 pp
2006 75.4 −0.5 pp
2005 75.9 −0.5 pp
2004 76.4 +1.2 pp
2003 75.2 +0.9 pp
2002 74.3 −0.5 pp
2001 74.8 +1 pp
2000 73.8 +0.1 pp
1999 73.7 +0.5 pp
1998 73.2 +2.3 pp
1997 70.9 −0.1 pp
1996 71 +2.2 pp
1995 68.8 −2 pp
1994 70.9 +0.4 pp
1993 70.4 +0 pp
1992 70.4 +1.2 pp
1991 69.1 −0.4 pp
1990 69.5 +2 pp
1989 67.5 +1.6 pp
1988 65.9 +8.7 pp
1987 57.2 +2.7 pp
1986 54.6 +2.9 pp
1985 51.7 +17.1 pp
1984 34.6 +7.3 pp
1983 27.3 +3.9 pp
1982 23.3 +5.3 pp
1981 18 +1.8 pp
1980 16.2

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.