Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Eastern Africa

Measles immunization in Eastern Africa in 2024 — 78.2%. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 46.3 pp.

2024 78.2% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 78.6%2012
Period minimum 31.9%1982

Trend over time

1982–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Eastern Africa, 1982–2024204060801982198719921997200220072012201720221982: 31.9%1983: 34.9%1984: 33.7%1985: 38.4%1986: 46.6%1987: 48.7%1988: 52.5%1989: 56.3%1990: 61.9%1991: 57%1992: 56.6%1993: 58.6%1994: 65.9%1995: 63.9%1996: 65.8%1997: 63.4%1998: 60.2%1999: 57.6%2000: 58.4%2001: 60.2%2002: 62.4%2003: 64.5%2004: 65.8%2005: 66.3%2006: 69.5%2007: 71.5%2008: 72.6%2009: 75.8%2010: 78%2011: 78.5%2012: 78.6%2013: 77.2%2014: 77%2015: 76.5%2016: 75.3%2017: 75.6%2018: 76.3%2019: 76.7%2020: 75.5%2021: 73.9%2022: 75.4%2023: 77.4%2024: 78.2%
Change over the period: +46.3 pp Annual average: 1.1 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Eastern Africa

Eastern Africa 78.2%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Eastern Africa, by year Eastern Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 78.2 +0.7 pp
2023 77.4 +2 pp
2022 75.4 +1.4 pp
2021 73.9 −1.5 pp
2020 75.5 −1.2 pp
2019 76.7 +0.4 pp
2018 76.3 +0.7 pp
2017 75.6 +0.4 pp
2016 75.3 −1.2 pp
2015 76.5 −0.5 pp
2014 77 −0.2 pp
2013 77.2 −1.4 pp
2012 78.6 +0.2 pp
2011 78.5 +0.5 pp
2010 78 +2.2 pp
2009 75.8 +3.2 pp
2008 72.6 +1.1 pp
2007 71.5 +2 pp
2006 69.5 +3.2 pp
2005 66.3 +0.5 pp
2004 65.8 +1.3 pp
2003 64.5 +2.1 pp
2002 62.4 +2.2 pp
2001 60.2 +1.7 pp
2000 58.4 +0.8 pp
1999 57.6 −2.5 pp
1998 60.2 −3.2 pp
1997 63.4 −2.4 pp
1996 65.8 +1.9 pp
1995 63.9 −2 pp
1994 65.9 +7.4 pp
1993 58.6 +2 pp
1992 56.6 −0.4 pp
1991 57 −4.9 pp
1990 61.9 +5.6 pp
1989 56.3 +3.8 pp
1988 52.5 +3.8 pp
1987 48.7 +2.1 pp
1986 46.6 +8.2 pp
1985 38.4 +4.6 pp
1984 33.7 −1.1 pp
1983 34.9 +3 pp
1982 31.9

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.