Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — OECD

Measles immunization in the OECD in 2024 — 91.4%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 46.7 pp.

2024 91.4% +0.6 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 94.4%2015
Period minimum 44.7%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — OECD, 1980–202440608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 44.7%1981: 51.9%1982: 54.2%1983: 57.5%1984: 61.5%1985: 69.7%1986: 71%1987: 70.3%1988: 79%1989: 81.7%1990: 82.2%1991: 83%1992: 82.2%1993: 82.2%1994: 86.3%1995: 87%1996: 88.7%1997: 88.4%1998: 89%1999: 89.6%2000: 91.1%2001: 91.9%2002: 91.8%2003: 91.7%2004: 92.3%2005: 92.9%2006: 93.8%2007: 93.6%2008: 93.5%2009: 93%2010: 93.3%2011: 93.9%2012: 94.3%2013: 93.1%2014: 94.3%2015: 94.4%2016: 94.3%2017: 91.2%2018: 94.4%2019: 90.7%2020: 93.2%2021: 94.2%2022: 92.4%2023: 90.8%2024: 91.4%
Change over the period: +46.7 pp Annual average: 1.06 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

OECD 91.4%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — OECD, by year OECD All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 91.4 +0.6 pp
2023 90.8 −1.6 pp
2022 92.4 −1.7 pp
2021 94.2 +1 pp
2020 93.2 +2.4 pp
2019 90.7 −3.7 pp
2018 94.4 +3.2 pp
2017 91.2 −3.1 pp
2016 94.3 −0.2 pp
2015 94.4 +0.1 pp
2014 94.3 +1.2 pp
2013 93.1 −1.2 pp
2012 94.3 +0.4 pp
2011 93.9 +0.6 pp
2010 93.3 +0.3 pp
2009 93 −0.6 pp
2008 93.5 −0 pp
2007 93.6 −0.2 pp
2006 93.8 +0.9 pp
2005 92.9 +0.7 pp
2004 92.3 +0.5 pp
2003 91.7 −0.1 pp
2002 91.8 −0.2 pp
2001 91.9 +0.8 pp
2000 91.1 +1.5 pp
1999 89.6 +0.6 pp
1998 89 +0.6 pp
1997 88.4 −0.3 pp
1996 88.7 +1.7 pp
1995 87 +0.7 pp
1994 86.3 +4 pp
1993 82.2 +0.1 pp
1992 82.2 −0.8 pp
1991 83 +0.8 pp
1990 82.2 +0.5 pp
1989 81.7 +2.7 pp
1988 79 +8.7 pp
1987 70.3 −0.6 pp
1986 71 +1.2 pp
1985 69.7 +8.2 pp
1984 61.5 +4 pp
1983 57.5 +3.3 pp
1982 54.2 +2.3 pp
1981 51.9 +7.2 pp
1980 44.7

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.