Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — North America

Measles immunization in North America in 2024 — 92%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 14 pp.

2024 92% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 96.8%1988
Period minimum 78%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — North America, 1980–2024758085909510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 78%1981: 88.1%1982: 88.1%1983: 89.1%1984: 89.1%1985: 88.2%1986: 88.3%1987: 80.9%1988: 96.8%1989: 93.4%1990: 89.9%1991: 87.5%1992: 84%1993: 85.1%1994: 89.7%1995: 88.7%1996: 91.6%1997: 91.5%1998: 92.4%1999: 92.3%2000: 91.4%2001: 91.3%2002: 91.3%2003: 93.2%2004: 93.1%2005: 92.2%2006: 92.1%2007: 92.2%2008: 92.1%2009: 90.1%2010: 91.8%2011: 91.7%2012: 90.8%2013: 91.8%2014: 91.8%2015: 91.7%2016: 91.7%2017: 90.9%2018: 91.8%2019: 90%2020: 90.9%2021: 91.8%2022: 92%2023: 92%2024: 92%
Change over the period: +14 pp Annual average: 0.32 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

North America 92%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — North America, by year North America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 92 +0 pp
2023 92 +0 pp
2022 92 +0.2 pp
2021 91.8 +0.9 pp
2020 90.9 +0.9 pp
2019 90 −1.8 pp
2018 91.8 +0.9 pp
2017 90.9 −0.8 pp
2016 91.7 +0 pp
2015 91.7 −0.1 pp
2014 91.8 −0 pp
2013 91.8 +1 pp
2012 90.8 −0.8 pp
2011 91.7 −0.2 pp
2010 91.8 +1.7 pp
2009 90.1 −2 pp
2008 92.1 −0.1 pp
2007 92.2 +0.1 pp
2006 92.1 −0.1 pp
2005 92.2 −0.9 pp
2004 93.1 −0.1 pp
2003 93.2 +1.8 pp
2002 91.3 −0 pp
2001 91.3 −0.1 pp
2000 91.4 −0.9 pp
1999 92.3 −0 pp
1998 92.4 +0.9 pp
1997 91.5 −0.1 pp
1996 91.6 +2.8 pp
1995 88.7 −1 pp
1994 89.7 +4.6 pp
1993 85.1 +1.1 pp
1992 84 −3.5 pp
1991 87.5 −2.5 pp
1990 89.9 −3.5 pp
1989 93.4 −3.5 pp
1988 96.8 +15.9 pp
1987 80.9 −7.3 pp
1986 88.3 +0.1 pp
1985 88.2 −0.9 pp
1984 89.1 +0 pp
1983 89.1 +1 pp
1982 88.1 +0.1 pp
1981 88.1 +10.1 pp
1980 78

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.