Measles immunization — all countries

Measles immunization — Yemen

Measles immunization in Yemen in 2024 — 41%. Ranked 190 in the world out of 192. Since 1980, the indicator has risen by 39 pp.

2024 41% −4 pp vs 2023
World rank 190of 192
Period maximum 74%1999
Period minimum 2%1980

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Yemen, 1980–202402040608019801985199019952000200520102015202020241980: 2%1981: 4%1982: 4%1983: 6%1984: 8%1985: 13%1986: 15%1987: 22%1988: 34%1989: 48%1990: 69%1991: 53%1992: 46%1993: 51%1994: 31%1995: 40%1996: 43%1997: 41%1998: 66%1999: 74%2000: 70%2001: 72%2002: 62%2003: 64%2004: 74%2005: 73%2006: 65%2007: 71%2008: 69%2009: 65%2010: 68%2011: 66%2012: 63%2013: 68%2014: 64%2015: 61%2016: 62%2017: 56%2018: 53%2019: 54%2020: 53%2021: 51%2022: 53%2023: 45%2024: 41%
Change over the period: +39 pp Annual average: 0.89 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Yemen 41%
World 84.3%
Western Asia computed 85.4%
Low-income countries computed 68.3%
Measles immunization — Yemen, by year Yemen All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 41 −4 pp
2023 45 −8 pp
2022 53 +2 pp
2021 51 −2 pp
2020 53 −1 pp
2019 54 +1 pp
2018 53 −3 pp
2017 56 −6 pp
2016 62 +1 pp
2015 61 −3 pp
2014 64 −4 pp
2013 68 +5 pp
2012 63 −3 pp
2011 66 −2 pp
2010 68 +3 pp
2009 65 −4 pp
2008 69 −2 pp
2007 71 +6 pp
2006 65 −8 pp
2005 73 −1 pp
2004 74 +10 pp
2003 64 +2 pp
2002 62 −10 pp
2001 72 +2 pp
2000 70 −4 pp
1999 74 +8 pp
1998 66 +25 pp
1997 41 −2 pp
1996 43 +3 pp
1995 40 +9 pp
1994 31 −20 pp
1993 51 +5 pp
1992 46 −7 pp
1991 53 −16 pp
1990 69 +21 pp
1989 48 +14 pp
1988 34 +12 pp
1987 22 +7 pp
1986 15 +2 pp
1985 13 +5 pp
1984 8 +2 pp
1983 6 +2 pp
1982 4 +0 pp
1981 4 +2 pp
1980 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.