Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Saudi Arabia

Measles immunization in Saudi Arabia in 2024 — 96%. Ranked 46 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 88 pp.

2024 96% −1 pp vs 2023
World rank 46of 192
Period maximum 98%2009
Period minimum 8%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Saudi Arabia, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 8%1981: 12%1982: 53%1983: 65%1984: 71%1985: 79%1986: 77%1987: 77%1988: 81%1989: 90%1990: 88%1991: 95%1992: 88%1993: 91%1994: 93%1995: 94%1996: 92%1997: 92%1998: 93%1999: 92%2000: 94%2001: 94%2002: 97%2003: 96%2004: 97%2005: 97%2006: 95%2007: 96%2008: 97%2009: 98%2010: 98%2011: 98%2012: 98%2013: 98%2014: 98%2015: 98%2016: 98%2017: 96%2018: 98%2019: 95%2020: 96%2021: 98%2022: 98%2023: 97%2024: 96%
Change over the period: +88 pp Annual average: 2 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Saudi Arabia 96%
World 84.3%
Western Asia computed 85.4%
High-income countries computed 93.8%
Measles immunization — Saudi Arabia, by year Saudi Arabia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 96 −1 pp
2023 97 −1 pp
2022 98 +0 pp
2021 98 +2 pp
2020 96 +1 pp
2019 95 −3 pp
2018 98 +2 pp
2017 96 −2 pp
2016 98 +0 pp
2015 98 +0 pp
2014 98 +0 pp
2013 98 +0 pp
2012 98 +0 pp
2011 98 +0 pp
2010 98 +0 pp
2009 98 +1 pp
2008 97 +1 pp
2007 96 +1 pp
2006 95 −2 pp
2005 97 +0 pp
2004 97 +1 pp
2003 96 −1 pp
2002 97 +3 pp
2001 94 +0 pp
2000 94 +2 pp
1999 92 −1 pp
1998 93 +1 pp
1997 92 +0 pp
1996 92 −2 pp
1995 94 +1 pp
1994 93 +2 pp
1993 91 +3 pp
1992 88 −7 pp
1991 95 +7 pp
1990 88 −2 pp
1989 90 +9 pp
1988 81 +4 pp
1987 77 +0 pp
1986 77 −2 pp
1985 79 +8 pp
1984 71 +6 pp
1983 65 +12 pp
1982 53 +41 pp
1981 12 +4 pp
1980 8

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.