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Measles immunization — Nicaragua

Measles immunization in Nicaragua in 2023 — 85%. Ranked 122 in the world out of 193. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 70 pp.

2023 85% −8 pp vs 2022
World rank 122of 193
Period maximum 99%2001
Period minimum 15%1980

Trend over time

1980–2023 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Nicaragua, 1980–2023025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020231980: 15%1981: 20%1982: 40%1983: 41%1984: 56%1985: 59%1986: 51%1987: 47%1988: 63%1989: 63%1990: 82%1991: 54%1992: 83%1993: 84%1994: 84%1995: 85%1996: 85%1997: 86%1998: 91%1999: 87%2000: 86%2001: 99%2002: 98%2003: 93%2004: 84%2005: 96%2006: 99%2007: 99%2008: 99%2009: 99%2010: 99%2011: 99%2012: 99%2013: 99%2014: 99%2015: 99%2016: 99%2017: 99%2018: 99%2019: 99%2020: 97%2021: 83%2022: 93%2023: 85%
Change over the period: +70 pp Annual average: 1.63 pp

Comparison, 2023

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

Nicaragua 85%
World 83%
Latin America & Caribbean 82.6%
Central America computed 79.3%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 87%
Measles immunization — Nicaragua, by year Nicaragua All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2023 85 −8 pp
2022 93 +10 pp
2021 83 −14 pp
2020 97 −2 pp
2019 99 +0 pp
2018 99 +0 pp
2017 99 +0 pp
2016 99 +0 pp
2015 99 +0 pp
2014 99 +0 pp
2013 99 +0 pp
2012 99 +0 pp
2011 99 +0 pp
2010 99 +0 pp
2009 99 +0 pp
2008 99 +0 pp
2007 99 +0 pp
2006 99 +3 pp
2005 96 +12 pp
2004 84 −9 pp
2003 93 −5 pp
2002 98 −1 pp
2001 99 +13 pp
2000 86 −1 pp
1999 87 −4 pp
1998 91 +5 pp
1997 86 +1 pp
1996 85 +0 pp
1995 85 +1 pp
1994 84 +0 pp
1993 84 +1 pp
1992 83 +29 pp
1991 54 −28 pp
1990 82 +19 pp
1989 63 +0 pp
1988 63 +16 pp
1987 47 −4 pp
1986 51 −8 pp
1985 59 +3 pp
1984 56 +15 pp
1983 41 +1 pp
1982 40 +20 pp
1981 20 +5 pp
1980 15 —

Central America, 2023

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

SV El Salvador 99 BZ Belize 93 CR Costa Rica 93 GT Guatemala 89 PA Panama 88 NI Nicaragua 85 HN Honduras 77 MX Mexico 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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