Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Southern Europe

Measles immunization in Southern Europe in 2024 — 93.7%. Since 1992, the indicator has risen by 24.4 pp.

2024 93.7% +0.7 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 94.7%2019
Period minimum 69.2%1992

Trend over time

1992–2024 · % of children aged 12–23 months

Measles immunization — Southern Europe, 1992–2024607080901001992199620002004200820122016202020241992: 69.2%1993: 71.2%1994: 71%1995: 71.6%1996: 76.1%1997: 78.1%1998: 76.9%1999: 83%2000: 84.4%2001: 86.9%2002: 89.3%2003: 90.7%2004: 91.6%2005: 92.3%2006: 92.6%2007: 94%2008: 94%2009: 94.2%2010: 93.7%2011: 93.9%2012: 93.7%2013: 93.3%2014: 91.8%2015: 90.7%2016: 91%2017: 93.6%2018: 94.3%2019: 94.7%2020: 92.3%2021: 92.4%2022: 93.1%2023: 93%2024: 93.7%
Change over the period: +24.4 pp Annual average: 0.76 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Southern Europe 93.7%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Southern Europe, by year Southern Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 93.7 +0.7 pp
2023 93 −0.1 pp
2022 93.1 +0.8 pp
2021 92.4 +0 pp
2020 92.3 −2.3 pp
2019 94.7 +0.4 pp
2018 94.3 +0.7 pp
2017 93.6 +2.6 pp
2016 91 +0.3 pp
2015 90.7 −1.1 pp
2014 91.8 −1.5 pp
2013 93.3 −0.4 pp
2012 93.7 −0.2 pp
2011 93.9 +0.2 pp
2010 93.7 −0.4 pp
2009 94.2 +0.2 pp
2008 94 +0 pp
2007 94 +1.4 pp
2006 92.6 +0.2 pp
2005 92.3 +0.8 pp
2004 91.6 +0.9 pp
2003 90.7 +1.4 pp
2002 89.3 +2.3 pp
2001 86.9 +2.5 pp
2000 84.4 +1.4 pp
1999 83 +6.1 pp
1998 76.9 −1.1 pp
1997 78.1 +2 pp
1996 76.1 +4.5 pp
1995 71.6 +0.6 pp
1994 71 −0.2 pp
1993 71.2 +1.9 pp
1992 69.2

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.