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Measles immunization — Papua New Guinea

Measles immunization in Papua New Guinea in 2024 — 44%. Ranked 188 in the world out of 192. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 43 pp.

2024 44% −8 pp vs 2023
World rank 188of 192
Period maximum 82%2005
Period minimum 1%1983

Trend over time

1983–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Papua New Guinea, 1983–202402550751001983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 1%1984: 26%1985: 33%1986: 39%1987: 37%1988: 46%1989: 52%1990: 67%1991: 69%1992: 70%1993: 28%1994: 36%1995: 42%1996: 24%1997: 50%1998: 63%1999: 67%2000: 69%2001: 65%2002: 73%2003: 77%2004: 77%2005: 82%2006: 82%2007: 72%2008: 66%2009: 65%2010: 63%2011: 66%2012: 71%2013: 72%2014: 65%2015: 57%2016: 46%2017: 41%2018: 37%2019: 37%2020: 44%2021: 35%2022: 41%2023: 52%2024: 44%
Change over the period: +43 pp Annual average: 1.05 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinea 44%
World 84.3%
East Asia & Pacific 89.8%
Melanesia computed 50.1%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 89.6%
Measles immunization — Papua New Guinea, by year Papua New Guinea All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 44 −8 pp
2023 52 +11 pp
2022 41 +6 pp
2021 35 −9 pp
2020 44 +7 pp
2019 37 +0 pp
2018 37 −4 pp
2017 41 −5 pp
2016 46 −11 pp
2015 57 −8 pp
2014 65 −7 pp
2013 72 +1 pp
2012 71 +5 pp
2011 66 +3 pp
2010 63 −2 pp
2009 65 −1 pp
2008 66 −6 pp
2007 72 −10 pp
2006 82 +0 pp
2005 82 +5 pp
2004 77 +0 pp
2003 77 +4 pp
2002 73 +8 pp
2001 65 −4 pp
2000 69 +2 pp
1999 67 +4 pp
1998 63 +13 pp
1997 50 +26 pp
1996 24 −18 pp
1995 42 +6 pp
1994 36 +8 pp
1993 28 −42 pp
1992 70 +1 pp
1991 69 +2 pp
1990 67 +15 pp
1989 52 +6 pp
1988 46 +9 pp
1987 37 −2 pp
1986 39 +6 pp
1985 33 +7 pp
1984 26 +25 pp
1983 1 —

Melanesia, 2024

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

FJ Fiji 91 SB Solomon Islands 78 VU Vanuatu 61 PG Papua New Guinea 44
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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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