Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Western Europe

Measles immunization in Western Europe in 2024 — 94.8%. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 54.6 pp.

2024 94.8% +0 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 96%2021
Period minimum 40.2%1983

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Western Europe, 1983–20244060801001983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 40.2%1984: 45.1%1985: 50%1986: 62.5%1987: 64.4%1988: 67.9%1989: 70.9%1990: 75.8%1991: 75.5%1992: 77.3%1993: 83.3%1994: 84.8%1995: 87.1%1996: 87.7%1997: 87.6%1998: 87.4%1999: 87.3%2000: 88%2001: 89.3%2002: 89.6%2003: 90.5%2004: 91%2005: 91.2%2006: 92.4%2007: 93.1%2008: 93.2%2009: 93%2010: 93.1%2011: 93.3%2012: 94.2%2013: 94.1%2014: 94.6%2015: 94.5%2016: 94.1%2017: 94.1%2018: 94.3%2019: 94.8%2020: 95.6%2021: 96%2022: 95%2023: 94.7%2024: 94.8%
Change over the period: +54.6 pp Annual average: 1.33 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Western Europe 94.8%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Western Europe, by year Western Europe All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 94.8 +0 pp
2023 94.7 −0.3 pp
2022 95 −1 pp
2021 96 +0.4 pp
2020 95.6 +0.8 pp
2019 94.8 +0.5 pp
2018 94.3 +0.3 pp
2017 94.1 +0 pp
2016 94.1 −0.5 pp
2015 94.5 −0.1 pp
2014 94.6 +0.6 pp
2013 94.1 −0.2 pp
2012 94.2 +0.9 pp
2011 93.3 +0.2 pp
2010 93.1 +0.2 pp
2009 93 −0.2 pp
2008 93.2 +0.1 pp
2007 93.1 +0.7 pp
2006 92.4 +1.2 pp
2005 91.2 +0.1 pp
2004 91 +0.5 pp
2003 90.5 +0.9 pp
2002 89.6 +0.3 pp
2001 89.3 +1.3 pp
2000 88 +0.8 pp
1999 87.3 −0.1 pp
1998 87.4 −0.3 pp
1997 87.6 −0 pp
1996 87.7 +0.6 pp
1995 87.1 +2.3 pp
1994 84.8 +1.6 pp
1993 83.3 +5.9 pp
1992 77.3 +1.9 pp
1991 75.5 −0.3 pp
1990 75.8 +4.8 pp
1989 70.9 +3.1 pp
1988 67.9 +3.5 pp
1987 64.4 +1.9 pp
1986 62.5 +12.4 pp
1985 50 +4.9 pp
1984 45.1 +4.9 pp
1983 40.2

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.