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Measles immunization — Sierra Leone

Measles immunization in Sierra Leone in 2024 — 90%. Ranked 92 in the world out of 192. Since 1999, the indicator has risen by 28 pp.

2024 90% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank 92of 192
Period maximum 93%2019
Period minimum 37%2000

Trend over time

1999–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Sierra Leone, 1999–2024204060801001999200220052008201120142017202020231999: 62%2000: 37%2001: 50%2002: 62%2003: 73%2004: 76%2005: 71%2006: 65%2007: 60%2008: 73%2009: 80%2010: 82%2011: 84%2012: 86%2013: 85%2014: 80%2015: 78%2016: 85%2017: 80%2018: 87%2019: 93%2020: 87%2021: 87%2022: 90%2023: 90%2024: 90%
Change over the period: +28 pp Annual average: 1.12 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Sierra Leone 90%
World 84.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 69.1%
Western Africa computed 67.5%
Low-income countries computed 68.3%
Measles immunization — Sierra Leone, by year Sierra Leone All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 90 +0 pp
2023 90 +0 pp
2022 90 +3 pp
2021 87 +0 pp
2020 87 −6 pp
2019 93 +6 pp
2018 87 +7 pp
2017 80 −5 pp
2016 85 +7 pp
2015 78 −2 pp
2014 80 −5 pp
2013 85 −1 pp
2012 86 +2 pp
2011 84 +2 pp
2010 82 +2 pp
2009 80 +7 pp
2008 73 +13 pp
2007 60 −5 pp
2006 65 −6 pp
2005 71 −5 pp
2004 76 +3 pp
2003 73 +11 pp
2002 62 +12 pp
2001 50 +13 pp
2000 37 −25 pp
1999 62 —

Western Africa, 2024

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

CV Cabo Verde 95 MR Mauritania 93 GH Ghana 90 SL Sierra Leone 90 BF Burkina Faso 88 SN Senegal 87 GM Gambia 83 LR Liberia 82 NE Niger 81 TG Togo 81 CI Côte d'Ivoire 75 ML Mali 72 GW Guinea-Bissau 65 GN Guinea 60 NG Nigeria 57 BJ Benin 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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