Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Middle Africa

Measles immunization in Middle Africa in 2024 — 58.1%. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 29.2 pp.

2024 58.1% +0.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 67%2012
Period minimum 28%1999

Trend over time

1983–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Middle Africa, 1983–20242030405060701983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 28.8%1984: 29.5%1985: 38%1986: 39%1987: 41.9%1988: 45.5%1989: 46.3%1990: 44.2%1991: 30.7%1992: 31.5%1993: 35.7%1994: 39.8%1995: 34.7%1996: 32.9%1997: 35.5%1998: 32.6%1999: 28%2000: 33.3%2001: 42.6%2002: 47%2003: 50.3%2004: 55.7%2005: 56%2006: 59.5%2007: 61%2008: 61.8%2009: 62%2010: 64.5%2011: 65.1%2012: 67%2013: 64.8%2014: 64.3%2015: 61.7%2016: 59%2017: 58.9%2018: 59.6%2019: 60.4%2020: 58.5%2021: 54.9%2022: 56%2023: 58%2024: 58.1%
Change over the period: +29.2 pp Annual average: 0.71 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Middle Africa 58.1%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Middle Africa, by year Middle Africa All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 58.1 +0.1 pp
2023 58 +2 pp
2022 56 +1.1 pp
2021 54.9 −3.6 pp
2020 58.5 −2 pp
2019 60.4 +0.9 pp
2018 59.6 +0.7 pp
2017 58.9 −0.1 pp
2016 59 −2.7 pp
2015 61.7 −2.6 pp
2014 64.3 −0.5 pp
2013 64.8 −2.2 pp
2012 67 +1.9 pp
2011 65.1 +0.6 pp
2010 64.5 +2.6 pp
2009 62 +0.1 pp
2008 61.8 +0.8 pp
2007 61 +1.5 pp
2006 59.5 +3.5 pp
2005 56 +0.3 pp
2004 55.7 +5.4 pp
2003 50.3 +3.3 pp
2002 47 +4.5 pp
2001 42.6 +9.3 pp
2000 33.3 +5.4 pp
1999 28 −4.6 pp
1998 32.6 −2.9 pp
1997 35.5 +2.6 pp
1996 32.9 −1.9 pp
1995 34.7 −5.1 pp
1994 39.8 +4 pp
1993 35.7 +4.2 pp
1992 31.5 +0.8 pp
1991 30.7 −13.5 pp
1990 44.2 −2.1 pp
1989 46.3 +0.8 pp
1988 45.5 +3.6 pp
1987 41.9 +2.9 pp
1986 39 +1 pp
1985 38 +8.5 pp
1984 29.5 +0.7 pp
1983 28.8

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.