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Measles immunization — Zambia

Measles immunization in Zambia in 2024 — 88%. Ranked 112 in the world out of 192. Since 1983, the indicator has risen by 32 pp.

2024 88% +5 pp vs 2023
World rank 112of 192
Period maximum 97%2016
Period minimum 56%1983

Trend over time

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

Measles immunization — Zambia, 1983–20244060801001983198819931998200320082013201820231983: 56%1984: 57%1985: 58%1986: 58%1987: 80%1988: 80%1989: 80%1990: 90%1991: 80%1992: 85%1993: 91%1994: 96%1995: 86%1996: 86%1997: 86%1998: 86%1999: 85%2000: 85%2001: 84%2002: 84%2003: 84%2004: 85%2005: 85%2006: 85%2007: 93%2008: 87%2009: 90%2010: 96%2011: 83%2012: 82%2013: 80%2014: 85%2015: 90%2016: 97%2017: 96%2018: 94%2019: 93%2020: 96%2021: 90%2022: 88%2023: 83%2024: 88%
Change over the period: +32 pp Annual average: 0.78 pp

Comparison, 2024

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

Zambia 88%
World 84.3%
Sub-Saharan Africa 69.1%
Eastern Africa computed 78.2%
Lower-middle-income countries computed 89.6%
Measles immunization — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2024 88 +5 pp
2023 83 −5 pp
2022 88 −2 pp
2021 90 −6 pp
2020 96 +3 pp
2019 93 −1 pp
2018 94 −2 pp
2017 96 −1 pp
2016 97 +7 pp
2015 90 +5 pp
2014 85 +5 pp
2013 80 −2 pp
2012 82 −1 pp
2011 83 −13 pp
2010 96 +6 pp
2009 90 +3 pp
2008 87 −6 pp
2007 93 +8 pp
2006 85 +0 pp
2005 85 +0 pp
2004 85 +1 pp
2003 84 +0 pp
2002 84 +0 pp
2001 84 −1 pp
2000 85 +0 pp
1999 85 −1 pp
1998 86 +0 pp
1997 86 +0 pp
1996 86 +0 pp
1995 86 −10 pp
1994 96 +5 pp
1993 91 +6 pp
1992 85 +5 pp
1991 80 −10 pp
1990 90 +10 pp
1989 80 +0 pp
1988 80 +0 pp
1987 80 +22 pp
1986 58 +0 pp
1985 58 +1 pp
1984 57 +1 pp
1983 56 —

Eastern Africa, 2024

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

MU Mauritius 98 RW Rwanda 97 SC Seychelles 97 ER Eritrea 93 UG Uganda 90 ZW Zimbabwe 90 MW Malawi 89 KE Kenya 88 ZM Zambia 88 BI Burundi 86 TZ Tanzania 84 DJ Djibouti 75 ET Ethiopia 72 SS South Sudan 72 KM Comoros 70 MZ Mozambique 65 SO Somalia 64 MG Madagascar 46
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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.

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