Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Southern Asia

Measles immunization in Southern Asia in 2024 — 94.8%. Since 1982, the indicator has risen by 83.3 pp.

2024 94.8% +3.1 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 94.8%2024
Period minimum 8.2%1985

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Southern Asia, 1982–202402550751001982198719921997200220072012201720221982: 11.5%1983: 14.9%1984: 20%1985: 8.2%1986: 15.4%1987: 26.4%1988: 35%1989: 45.9%1990: 57.7%1991: 48.6%1992: 55.2%1993: 61.4%1994: 67.8%1995: 70.7%1996: 66.2%1997: 58.7%1998: 57.3%1999: 59.9%2000: 60.1%2001: 61.3%2002: 60.6%2003: 63.8%2004: 67.2%2005: 70.4%2006: 70.9%2007: 71.8%2008: 73.4%2009: 77.9%2010: 80.4%2011: 82.5%2012: 81.6%2013: 82.4%2014: 84.5%2015: 86.6%2016: 87.4%2017: 89%2018: 91.5%2019: 93%2020: 88.8%2021: 88.5%2022: 92.9%2023: 91.7%2024: 94.8%
Change over the period: +83.3 pp Annual average: 1.98 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Asia 94.8%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Southern Asia, by year Southern Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.8 +3.1 pp
2023 91.7 −1.2 pp
2022 92.9 +4.4 pp
2021 88.5 −0.3 pp
2020 88.8 −4.1 pp
2019 93 +1.5 pp
2018 91.5 +2.5 pp
2017 89 +1.6 pp
2016 87.4 +0.7 pp
2015 86.6 +2.1 pp
2014 84.5 +2.1 pp
2013 82.4 +0.8 pp
2012 81.6 −0.9 pp
2011 82.5 +2.1 pp
2010 80.4 +2.5 pp
2009 77.9 +4.5 pp
2008 73.4 +1.6 pp
2007 71.8 +0.9 pp
2006 70.9 +0.5 pp
2005 70.4 +3.3 pp
2004 67.2 +3.3 pp
2003 63.8 +3.3 pp
2002 60.6 −0.7 pp
2001 61.3 +1.2 pp
2000 60.1 +0.2 pp
1999 59.9 +2.6 pp
1998 57.3 −1.4 pp
1997 58.7 −7.5 pp
1996 66.2 −4.6 pp
1995 70.7 +3 pp
1994 67.8 +6.4 pp
1993 61.4 +6.2 pp
1992 55.2 +6.6 pp
1991 48.6 −9.1 pp
1990 57.7 +11.7 pp
1989 45.9 +11 pp
1988 35 +8.6 pp
1987 26.4 +11 pp
1986 15.4 +7.1 pp
1985 8.2 −11.7 pp
1984 20 +5.1 pp
1983 14.9 +3.3 pp
1982 11.5

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.