Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Sub-Saharan Africa

Measles immunization in Sub-Saharan Africa in 2024 — 69.1%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 62.9 pp.

2024 69.1% +0.8 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 71.5%2009
Period minimum 6.2%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Sub-Saharan Africa, 1980–202402040608019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 6.2%1981: 12.1%1982: 13.9%1983: 21%1984: 25.8%1985: 32.4%1986: 39.3%1987: 43.6%1988: 48.4%1989: 55%1990: 56.5%1991: 53.3%1992: 50.1%1993: 50.8%1994: 54.2%1995: 53.8%1996: 53.5%1997: 53.1%1998: 50.4%1999: 48.7%2000: 49.9%2001: 51.8%2002: 53.3%2003: 56.1%2004: 58.6%2005: 60.6%2006: 63.3%2007: 64.4%2008: 67.2%2009: 71.5%2010: 71.3%2011: 70.7%2012: 69.4%2013: 68.4%2014: 68.3%2015: 67.9%2016: 68.3%2017: 69.8%2018: 70.3%2019: 71.1%2020: 69.8%2021: 68.1%2022: 67.6%2023: 68.3%2024: 69.1%
Change over the period: +62.9 pp Annual average: 1.43 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Sub-Saharan Africa

Sub-Saharan Africa 69.1%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Sub-Saharan Africa, by year Sub-Saharan Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 69.1 +0.8 pp
2023 68.3 +0.7 pp
2022 67.6 −0.5 pp
2021 68.1 −1.7 pp
2020 69.8 −1.3 pp
2019 71.1 +0.8 pp
2018 70.3 +0.5 pp
2017 69.8 +1.5 pp
2016 68.3 +0.4 pp
2015 67.9 −0.3 pp
2014 68.3 −0.2 pp
2013 68.4 −1 pp
2012 69.4 −1.3 pp
2011 70.7 −0.5 pp
2010 71.3 −0.2 pp
2009 71.5 +4.3 pp
2008 67.2 +2.8 pp
2007 64.4 +1.1 pp
2006 63.3 +2.7 pp
2005 60.6 +2 pp
2004 58.6 +2.5 pp
2003 56.1 +2.8 pp
2002 53.3 +1.5 pp
2001 51.8 +1.9 pp
2000 49.9 +1.2 pp
1999 48.7 −1.7 pp
1998 50.4 −2.7 pp
1997 53.1 −0.4 pp
1996 53.5 −0.3 pp
1995 53.8 −0.4 pp
1994 54.2 +3.4 pp
1993 50.8 +0.8 pp
1992 50.1 −3.2 pp
1991 53.3 −3.3 pp
1990 56.5 +1.6 pp
1989 55 +6.6 pp
1988 48.4 +4.8 pp
1987 43.6 +4.3 pp
1986 39.3 +6.9 pp
1985 32.4 +6.6 pp
1984 25.8 +4.9 pp
1983 21 +7 pp
1982 13.9 +1.9 pp
1981 12.1 +5.9 pp
1980 6.2

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.