Egypt vs Zambia: Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles
Egypt
93,059 one-year-olds
in 2023
Zambia
109,137 one-year-olds
in 2023
Egypt rank
39th
Zambia rank
37th
Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles over time
- Egypt
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 109,137 one-year-olds against 93,059 one-year-olds in Egypt, a difference of 16,078 one-year-olds.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.2 times Egypt's.
The two have swapped places 7 times across 41 shared years of data; in 1983 it was Egypt ahead.
Egypt ranks 39th and Zambia ranks 37th of 194 countries.
Egypt has averaged higher in every one of the 5 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Egypt | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 513,021 one-year-olds | 90,737 one-year-olds | 422,284 one-year-olds | Egypt |
| 1990s | 164,691 one-year-olds | 44,642 one-year-olds | 120,050 one-year-olds | Egypt |
| 2000s | 68,306 one-year-olds | 61,101 one-year-olds | 7,205 one-year-olds | Egypt |
| 2010s | 143,870 one-year-olds | 58,369 one-year-olds | 85,501 one-year-olds | Egypt |
| 2020s | 106,273 one-year-olds | 67,926 one-year-olds | 38,347 one-year-olds | Egypt |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles, Egypt or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 109,137 one-year-olds against 93,059 one-year-olds in Egypt as of 2023.
- What is the difference in number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles between Egypt and Zambia?
- 16,078 one-year-olds, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Egypt and Zambia?
- 41 years are reported by both, from 1983 to 2023.
- How do Egypt and Zambia rank globally for number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles?
- Egypt ranks 39th and Zambia ranks 37th of 194 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of one-year-olds who are not vaccinated against measles. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
Individual pages
About this data
Number of one-year-olds who have not had the first dose of the measles vaccine in a given year.