Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Uruguay

Measles immunization in Uruguay in 2024 — 97%. Ranked 31 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 47 pp.

2024 97% +1 pp vs 2023
World rank 31of 192
Period maximum 99%1999
Period minimum 50%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Uruguay, 1980–202440608010019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 50%1981: 55%1982: 52%1983: 65%1984: 66%1985: 59%1986: 82%1987: 88%1988: 72%1989: 82%1990: 97%1991: 96%1992: 93%1993: 90%1994: 90%1995: 90%1996: 89%1997: 92%1998: 96%1999: 99%2000: 89%2001: 94%2002: 95%2003: 95%2004: 95%2005: 95%2006: 94%2007: 96%2008: 95%2009: 94%2010: 95%2011: 95%2012: 96%2013: 96%2014: 96%2015: 96%2016: 95%2017: 96%2018: 97%2019: 96%2020: 95%2021: 93%2022: 96%2023: 96%2024: 97%
Change over the period: +47 pp Annual average: 1.07 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Uruguay 97%
World 84.3%
South America computed 88.5%
High-income countries computed 93.8%
Measles immunization — Uruguay, by year Uruguay All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 97 +1 pp
2023 96 +0 pp
2022 96 +3 pp
2021 93 −2 pp
2020 95 −1 pp
2019 96 −1 pp
2018 97 +1 pp
2017 96 +1 pp
2016 95 −1 pp
2015 96 +0 pp
2014 96 +0 pp
2013 96 +0 pp
2012 96 +1 pp
2011 95 +0 pp
2010 95 +1 pp
2009 94 −1 pp
2008 95 −1 pp
2007 96 +2 pp
2006 94 −1 pp
2005 95 +0 pp
2004 95 +0 pp
2003 95 +0 pp
2002 95 +1 pp
2001 94 +5 pp
2000 89 −10 pp
1999 99 +3 pp
1998 96 +4 pp
1997 92 +3 pp
1996 89 −1 pp
1995 90 +0 pp
1994 90 +0 pp
1993 90 −3 pp
1992 93 −3 pp
1991 96 −1 pp
1990 97 +15 pp
1989 82 +10 pp
1988 72 −16 pp
1987 88 +6 pp
1986 82 +23 pp
1985 59 −7 pp
1984 66 +1 pp
1983 65 +13 pp
1982 52 −3 pp
1981 55 +5 pp
1980 50

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.