Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Western Asia

Measles immunization in Western Asia in 2024 — 85.4%. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 63.3 pp.

2024 85.4% −0.9 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 89.3%2011
Period minimum 22%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Western Asia, 1980–2024025507510019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 22%1981: 35.2%1982: 43.8%1983: 44.8%1984: 48%1985: 56.1%1986: 62.6%1987: 65%1988: 73.9%1989: 74.2%1990: 78.7%1991: 75%1992: 73.3%1993: 73.3%1994: 74.8%1995: 72.5%1996: 76.1%1997: 79.1%1998: 83.1%1999: 84%2000: 85%2001: 85.9%2002: 81.7%2003: 78.5%2004: 81.6%2005: 84.8%2006: 85.7%2007: 86.4%2008: 88.3%2009: 88.9%2010: 88.8%2011: 89.3%2012: 86.6%2013: 87.6%2014: 85.2%2015: 85.8%2016: 88.1%2017: 87%2018: 86.9%2019: 87.1%2020: 85.6%2021: 84.6%2022: 85.5%2023: 86.3%2024: 85.4%
Change over the period: +63.3 pp Annual average: 1.44 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Asia 85.4%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Western Asia, by year Western Asia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 85.4 −0.9 pp
2023 86.3 +0.8 pp
2022 85.5 +0.9 pp
2021 84.6 −1 pp
2020 85.6 −1.5 pp
2019 87.1 +0.1 pp
2018 86.9 −0.1 pp
2017 87 −1 pp
2016 88.1 +2.2 pp
2015 85.8 +0.7 pp
2014 85.2 −2.5 pp
2013 87.6 +1 pp
2012 86.6 −2.7 pp
2011 89.3 +0.5 pp
2010 88.8 −0.1 pp
2009 88.9 +0.5 pp
2008 88.3 +2 pp
2007 86.4 +0.7 pp
2006 85.7 +0.8 pp
2005 84.8 +3.2 pp
2004 81.6 +3 pp
2003 78.5 −3.1 pp
2002 81.7 −4.2 pp
2001 85.9 +0.9 pp
2000 85 +1 pp
1999 84 +0.9 pp
1998 83.1 +3.9 pp
1997 79.1 +3.1 pp
1996 76.1 +3.5 pp
1995 72.5 −2.3 pp
1994 74.8 +1.6 pp
1993 73.3 +0 pp
1992 73.3 −1.7 pp
1991 75 −3.7 pp
1990 78.7 +4.5 pp
1989 74.2 +0.3 pp
1988 73.9 +8.9 pp
1987 65 +2.4 pp
1986 62.6 +6.5 pp
1985 56.1 +8.1 pp
1984 48 +3.2 pp
1983 44.8 +1 pp
1982 43.8 +8.6 pp
1981 35.2 +13.2 pp
1980 22

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.