Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Upper-middle-income countries

Measles immunization in upper-middle-income countries in 2024 — 91.6%. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 27.7 pp.

2024 91.6% +0.8 pp vs 2023
World rank
Period maximum 95.7%2016
Period minimum 61.1%1986

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Upper-middle-income countries, 1983–2024607080901001983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 63.9%1984: 67.4%1985: 73.2%1986: 61.1%1987: 70.5%1988: 82.9%1989: 84%1990: 88.1%1991: 86%1992: 83.6%1993: 80.2%1994: 76.7%1995: 80.6%1996: 84%1997: 84.8%1998: 84.9%1999: 85.7%2000: 85.8%2001: 86.5%2002: 85.6%2003: 85.7%2004: 86.5%2005: 86.9%2006: 91.6%2007: 91.8%2008: 93.7%2009: 94.8%2010: 95%2011: 95.4%2012: 95.6%2013: 95.5%2014: 95.4%2015: 95.7%2016: 95.7%2017: 94.1%2018: 95.3%2019: 93.9%2020: 92%2021: 91.3%2022: 93.5%2023: 90.8%2024: 91.6%
Change over the period: +27.7 pp Annual average: 0.68 pp

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Upper-middle-income countries

Upper-middle-income countries 91.6%
World 84.3%
Measles immunization — Upper-middle-income countries, by year Upper-middle-income countries All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 91.6 +0.8 pp
2023 90.8 −2.7 pp
2022 93.5 +2.3 pp
2021 91.3 −0.7 pp
2020 92 −1.9 pp
2019 93.9 −1.4 pp
2018 95.3 +1.2 pp
2017 94.1 −1.6 pp
2016 95.7 +0 pp
2015 95.7 +0.2 pp
2014 95.4 −0.1 pp
2013 95.5 −0.1 pp
2012 95.6 +0.2 pp
2011 95.4 +0.5 pp
2010 95 +0.1 pp
2009 94.8 +1.1 pp
2008 93.7 +1.9 pp
2007 91.8 +0.2 pp
2006 91.6 +4.7 pp
2005 86.9 +0.4 pp
2004 86.5 +0.8 pp
2003 85.7 +0.1 pp
2002 85.6 −0.9 pp
2001 86.5 +0.7 pp
2000 85.8 +0.1 pp
1999 85.7 +0.9 pp
1998 84.9 +0 pp
1997 84.8 +0.8 pp
1996 84 +3.4 pp
1995 80.6 +3.9 pp
1994 76.7 −3.5 pp
1993 80.2 −3.4 pp
1992 83.6 −2.4 pp
1991 86 −2 pp
1990 88.1 +4 pp
1989 84 +1.2 pp
1988 82.9 +12.4 pp
1987 70.5 +9.4 pp
1986 61.1 −12.1 pp
1985 73.2 +5.7 pp
1984 67.4 +3.6 pp
1983 63.9

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.