Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Tonga
Tonga: Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Immunization, measles in Tonga, 1981–2024
Source: World Health Organization (WHO). Measured in % of children ages 12-23 months.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 99.0% for immunization, measles in 2024. That is the highest value across all 44 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, immunization, measles in Tonga peaked at 99.0% in 2003 and was at its lowest, 9.0%, in 1981.
Tonga ranks 1st of 193 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 44 years of available data.
Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % of children ages 12-23 months | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1981 | 9.0% | — |
| 1982 | 44.0% | +388.9% |
| 1983 | 67.0% | +52.3% |
| 1984 | 43.0% | -35.8% |
| 1985 | 81.0% | +88.4% |
| 1986 | 37.0% | -54.3% |
| 1987 | 88.0% | +137.8% |
| 1988 | 81.0% | -8.0% |
| 1989 | 84.0% | +3.7% |
| 1990 | 86.0% | +2.4% |
| 1991 | 90.0% | +4.7% |
| 1992 | 87.0% | -3.3% |
| 1993 | 87.0% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 86.0% | -1.1% |
| 1995 | 94.0% | +9.3% |
| 1996 | 95.0% | +1.1% |
| 1997 | 97.0% | +2.1% |
| 1998 | 96.0% | -1.0% |
| 1999 | 97.0% | +1.0% |
| 2000 | 95.0% | -2.1% |
| 2001 | 93.0% | -2.1% |
| 2002 | 90.0% | -3.2% |
| 2003 | 99.0% | +10.0% |
| 2004 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 95.0% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 98.0% | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2018 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
Tonga compared with similar countries
- Tonga's 99.0% is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 90.5%, 1.1× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 99.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 91.0%, 1.1× the median. (30 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months) in Tonga changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | +388.9% | 9.0% | 44.0% |
| 1987 | +137.8% | 37.0% | 88.0% |
| 1985 | +88.4% | 43.0% | 81.0% |
| 1986 | -54.3% | 81.0% | 37.0% |
| 1983 | +52.3% | 44.0% | 67.0% |
| 1984 | -35.8% | 67.0% | 43.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 59.3% | 9.0% | 88.0% | 9 |
| 1990s | 91.5% | 86.0% | 97.0% | 10 |
| 2000s | 97.1% | 90.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 98.5% | 95.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Tonga
- 1 Bahrain 99.0% compare
- 1 Brunei 99.0% compare
- 1 Cuba 99.0% compare
- 1 Cyprus 99.0% compare
- 1 Guyana 99.0% compare
- 1 Hungary 99.0% compare
- 1 Iran 99.0% compare
- 1 Jordan 99.0% compare
- 1 North Korea 99.0% compare
- 1 Luxembourg 99.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 99.0% compare
- 1 Oman 99.0% compare
- 1 Portugal 99.0% compare
- 1 Qatar 99.0% compare
- 1 Sri Lanka 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 99.0% compare
- 1 Uzbekistan 99.0% compare
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- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -1.42 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0535 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -1.36 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0578 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is immunization, measles in Tonga?
- Immunization, measles in Tonga was 99.0% in 2024, according to World Health Organization (WHO).
- What is the highest immunization, measles recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2003.
- What is the lowest immunization, measles recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.0% in 1981.
- How does Tonga rank for immunization, measles?
- Tonga ranks 1st out of 193 countries with data for 2024.
- Is immunization, measles rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization (WHO), published as part of Immunization, measles (% of children ages 12-23 months). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.