Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Central America

Measles immunization in Central America in 2024 — 82.3%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 47.2 pp.

2024 82.3% +3 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 97.8%2012
Period minimum 27.1%1984

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Central America, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 35.1%1981: 33.4%1982: 37.9%1983: 27.8%1984: 27.1%1985: 61.3%1986: 60%1987: 52.8%1988: 69.3%1989: 81.5%1990: 76.9%1991: 82.6%1992: 83.7%1993: 79.9%1994: 87.2%1995: 89.2%1996: 90.3%1997: 89.8%1998: 94.2%1999: 92.7%2000: 94.5%2001: 94.6%2002: 95.5%2003: 95.2%2004: 94.9%2005: 95.7%2006: 95.9%2007: 95%2008: 95.7%2009: 95.2%2010: 94.7%2011: 96.3%2012: 97.8%2013: 90.3%2014: 94.8%2015: 95.9%2016: 96.2%2017: 81.4%2018: 95.5%2019: 78.6%2020: 90.8%2021: 95.7%2022: 85.7%2023: 79.3%2024: 82.3%
Change over the period: +47.2 pp Annual average: 1.07 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Central America

Central America 82.3%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Central America, by year Central America All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 82.3 +3 pp
2023 79.3 −6.4 pp
2022 85.7 −10.1 pp
2021 95.7 +4.9 pp
2020 90.8 +12.2 pp
2019 78.6 −16.9 pp
2018 95.5 +14.1 pp
2017 81.4 −14.8 pp
2016 96.2 +0.3 pp
2015 95.9 +1.1 pp
2014 94.8 +4.5 pp
2013 90.3 −7.5 pp
2012 97.8 +1.5 pp
2011 96.3 +1.6 pp
2010 94.7 −0.5 pp
2009 95.2 −0.5 pp
2008 95.7 +0.7 pp
2007 95 −0.8 pp
2006 95.9 +0.1 pp
2005 95.7 +0.8 pp
2004 94.9 −0.2 pp
2003 95.2 −0.4 pp
2002 95.5 +0.9 pp
2001 94.6 +0.1 pp
2000 94.5 +1.8 pp
1999 92.7 −1.5 pp
1998 94.2 +4.4 pp
1997 89.8 −0.5 pp
1996 90.3 +1.1 pp
1995 89.2 +2 pp
1994 87.2 +7.3 pp
1993 79.9 −3.8 pp
1992 83.7 +1.1 pp
1991 82.6 +5.8 pp
1990 76.9 −4.6 pp
1989 81.5 +12.2 pp
1988 69.3 +16.5 pp
1987 52.8 −7.2 pp
1986 60 −1.3 pp
1985 61.3 +34.2 pp
1984 27.1 −0.7 pp
1983 27.8 −10.1 pp
1982 37.9 +4.5 pp
1981 33.4 −1.8 pp
1980 35.1

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.