Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — South Asia

Measles immunization in South Asia in 2024 — 96.9%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 96.9 pp.

2024 96.9% +3.4 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 96.9%2024
Period minimum 0%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — South Asia, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 0%1981: 0.1%1982: 0.2%1983: 0.4%1984: 0.7%1985: 2%1986: 10.2%1987: 22.5%1988: 30.7%1989: 44%1990: 57.4%1991: 46.7%1992: 53.6%1993: 61%1994: 68.2%1995: 72.6%1996: 66.6%1997: 57.8%1998: 55.8%1999: 58.8%2000: 58.9%2001: 60.1%2002: 59%2003: 62.6%2004: 66.5%2005: 70.8%2006: 71.3%2007: 72.8%2008: 74.8%2009: 80.2%2010: 83%2011: 85.2%2012: 83.8%2013: 84.1%2014: 86.2%2015: 88.2%2016: 89%2017: 90.9%2018: 93.5%2019: 95.2%2020: 90%2021: 90.1%2022: 95.1%2023: 93.5%2024: 96.9%
Change over the period: +96.9 pp Annual average: 2.2 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

South Asia 96.9%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — South Asia, by year South Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 96.9 +3.4 pp
2023 93.5 −1.6 pp
2022 95.1 +5 pp
2021 90.1 +0.1 pp
2020 90 −5.2 pp
2019 95.2 +1.7 pp
2018 93.5 +2.6 pp
2017 90.9 +1.9 pp
2016 89 +0.8 pp
2015 88.2 +2 pp
2014 86.2 +2 pp
2013 84.1 +0.4 pp
2012 83.8 −1.4 pp
2011 85.2 +2.3 pp
2010 83 +2.8 pp
2009 80.2 +5.4 pp
2008 74.8 +2 pp
2007 72.8 +1.4 pp
2006 71.3 +0.5 pp
2005 70.8 +4.3 pp
2004 66.5 +3.9 pp
2003 62.6 +3.6 pp
2002 59 −1.1 pp
2001 60.1 +1.2 pp
2000 58.9 +0.2 pp
1999 58.8 +2.9 pp
1998 55.8 −1.9 pp
1997 57.8 −8.8 pp
1996 66.6 −6 pp
1995 72.6 +4.4 pp
1994 68.2 +7.2 pp
1993 61 +7.4 pp
1992 53.6 +6.9 pp
1991 46.7 −10.7 pp
1990 57.4 +13.3 pp
1989 44 +13.3 pp
1988 30.7 +8.2 pp
1987 22.5 +12.4 pp
1986 10.2 +8.2 pp
1985 2 +1.3 pp
1984 0.7 +0.3 pp
1983 0.4 +0.2 pp
1982 0.2 +0.1 pp
1981 0.1 +0.1 pp
1980 0

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.