El Salvador vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): Immunization, measles

El Salvador
96.0%
in 2024
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
69.1%
in 2024
El Salvador rank
46th
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank
44th

Immunization, measles over time

  • El Salvador
  • Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)
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How they compare

El Salvador currently reports 96.0% against 69.1% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), a difference of 26.9%.

That makes El Salvador's figure about 1.4 times Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s.

Across all 45 years both countries report, El Salvador has been ahead every year.

El Salvador ranks 46th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 44th of 193 countries.

El Salvador has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade El Salvador Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) Difference Ahead
1980s 52.5% 29.8% 22.7% El Salvador
1990s 85.1% 52.4% 32.7% El Salvador
2000s 95.0% 59.7% 35.3% El Salvador
2010s 93.1% 69.5% 23.6% El Salvador
2020s 91.2% 68.6% 22.6% El Salvador

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher immunization, measles, El Salvador or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
El Salvador, at 96.0% against 69.1% in Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) as of 2024.
What is the difference in immunization, measles between El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
26.9%, with El Salvador ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?
45 years are reported by both, from 1980 to 2024.
How do El Salvador and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for immunization, measles?
El Salvador ranks 46th and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 44th of 193 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization (WHO), published as Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months)
Unit
% of children ages 12-23 months
Source
World Health Organization (WHO)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
240 places, 10,001 data points, 1980–2024
Last refreshed

Child immunization, measles, measures the percentage of children ages 12-23 months who received the measles vaccination before 12 months or at any time before the survey. A child is considered adequately immunized against measles after receiving one dose of vaccine.