Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe by country
Share of children who have had two doses of the measles vaccine in a given year.
Countries reporting
178
Highest
99.0%
Bahrain
Lowest
26.0%
Papua New Guinea
Median
85.5%
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
3,402
What the numbers show
Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe is currently reported for 178 countries. The highest value is 99.0% in Bahrain; the lowest is 26.0% in Papua New Guinea.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.5%, and the mean is 81.1%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.
Over the past decade 87 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Niger (up 2,466.7%), and the largest decrease in Argentina (down 52.1%).
Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bahrain | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Brunei | 99.0% | 2024 | up 3.1% | flat |
| 1 | Cuba | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Hungary | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | Iran | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | flat |
| 1 | Maldives | 99.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 1 | Nauru | 99.0% | 2024 | up 5.3% | rising |
| 1 | Oman | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 1 | North Korea | 99.0% | 2024 | up 30.3% | rising |
| 1 | Qatar | 99.0% | 2024 | up 4.2% | flat |
| 1 | Turkmenistan | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Tonga | 99.0% | 2024 | up 7.6% | flat |
| 1 | Uzbekistan | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 1 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 99.0% | 2024 | up 1.0% | rising |
| 1 | Niue | 99.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 16 | Belarus | 98.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 16 | Iceland | 98.0% | 2024 | up 5.4% | falling |
| 16 | Sri Lanka | 98.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 16 | Morocco | 98.0% | 2024 | up 81.5% | rising |
| 20 | Andorra | 97.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | rising |
| 20 | Cyprus | 97.0% | 2024 | up 10.2% | flat |
| 20 | Guyana | 97.0% | 2024 | up 6.6% | rising |
| 20 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 97.0% | 2024 | up 7.8% | flat |
| 20 | Tajikistan | 97.0% | 2024 | down 1.0% | rising |
| 20 | Tunisia | 97.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | flat |
| 26 | Bhutan | 96.0% | 2024 | up 4.3% | rising |
| 26 | Egypt | 96.0% | 2024 | up 3.2% | flat |
| 26 | Jordan | 96.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 26 | Japan | 96.0% | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 26 | South Korea | 96.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Mauritius | 96.0% | 2024 | up 12.9% | rising |
| 26 | Portugal | 96.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 26 | Saudi Arabia | 96.0% | 2024 | down 2.0% | flat |
| 34 | Armenia | 95.0% | 2024 | down 2.1% | flat |
| 34 | China | 95.0% | 2024 | down 4.0% | rising |
| 34 | Mongolia | 95.0% | 2024 | down 3.1% | flat |
| 34 | Uruguay | 95.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 34 | United States | 95.0% | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 34 | Vietnam | 95.0% | 2024 | up 1.1% | rising |
| 40 | Kuwait | 94.0% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 40 | Luxembourg | 94.0% | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 40 | Norway | 94.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 40 | Slovakia | 94.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 40 | Turkey | 94.0% | 2024 | up 6.8% | flat |
| 45 | Bangladesh | 93.0% | 2024 | up 4.5% | rising |
| 45 | Switzerland | 93.0% | 2024 | up 6.9% | rising |
| 45 | Denmark | 93.0% | 2024 | up 10.7% | flat |
| 45 | France | 93.0% | 2024 | up 20.8% | rising |
| 45 | Jamaica | 93.0% | 2024 | up 29.2% | flat |
| 45 | Kyrgyzstan | 93.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 45 | Moldova | 93.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 45 | Malaysia | 93.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 45 | Nepal | 93.0% | 2024 | up 272.0% | rising |
| 45 | Russia | 93.0% | 2024 | down 4.1% | flat |
| 45 | Rwanda | 93.0% | 2024 | up 6.9% | flat |
| 45 | Singapore | 93.0% | 2024 | up 3.3% | falling |
| 57 | Albania | 92.0% | 2024 | down 6.1% | flat |
| 57 | United Arab Emirates | 92.0% | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 57 | Australia | 92.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 57 | Germany | 92.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | rising |
| 57 | Spain | 92.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | flat |
| 57 | Finland | 92.0% | 2024 | up 8.2% | flat |
| 57 | India | 92.0% | 2024 | up 53.3% | rising |
| 57 | Israel | 92.0% | 2024 | down 4.2% | flat |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 92.0% | 2024 | down 7.1% | flat |
| 57 | Sweden | 92.0% | 2024 | down 3.2% | flat |
| 67 | Bulgaria | 91.0% | 2024 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 67 | Serbia | 91.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 67 | Tuvalu | 91.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Algeria | 90.0% | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 70 | Ireland | 90.0% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | El Salvador | 90.0% | 2024 | up 5.9% | falling |
| 73 | Czechia | 89.0% | 2024 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 73 | Croatia | 89.0% | 2024 | down 8.2% | falling |
| 73 | Palestine | 89.0% | 2024 | down 10.1% | flat |
| 73 | Slovenia | 89.0% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 73 | Trinidad and Tobago | 89.0% | 2024 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 78 | Azerbaijan | 88.0% | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 78 | Latvia | 88.0% | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 78 | Palau | 88.0% | 2024 | up 8.6% | flat |
| 78 | Seychelles | 88.0% | 2024 | down 10.2% | falling |
| 82 | Costa Rica | 87.0% | 2024 | down 3.3% | falling |
| 82 | New Zealand | 87.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 82 | Sao Tome and Principe | 87.0% | 2024 | up 22.5% | rising |
| 82 | Thailand | 87.0% | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 86 | Colombia | 86.0% | 2024 | down 2.3% | rising |
| 86 | Cape Verde | 86.0% | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 86 | Malta | 86.0% | 2024 | down 8.5% | rising |
| 86 | Eswatini | 86.0% | 2024 | down 3.4% | falling |
| 90 | Eritrea | 85.0% | 2024 | down 3.4% | flat |
| 90 | United Kingdom | 85.0% | 2024 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 90 | Lithuania | 85.0% | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 93 | Austria | 84.0% | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 93 | Italy | 84.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 95 | Belize | 83.0% | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 95 | Gambia | 83.0% | 2024 | up 13.7% | rising |
| 95 | Ukraine | 83.0% | 2024 | up 45.6% | falling |
| 98 | Antigua and Barbuda | 82.0% | 2024 | down 17.2% | rising |
| 98 | Belgium | 82.0% | 2024 | up 1.2% | flat |
| 98 | Indonesia | 82.0% | 2024 | up 192.9% | rising |
| 98 | Iraq | 82.0% | 2024 | up 22.4% | rising |
| 98 | Pakistan | 82.0% | 2024 | up 70.8% | rising |
| 98 | Panama | 82.0% | 2024 | down 8.9% | falling |
| 98 | Poland | 82.0% | 2024 | down 13.7% | falling |
| 98 | South Africa | 82.0% | 2024 | up 49.1% | rising |
| 106 | Georgia | 81.0% | 2024 | down 6.9% | rising |
| 106 | Netherlands | 81.0% | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 106 | San Marino | 81.0% | 2024 | down 5.8% | falling |
| 109 | Burundi | 80.0% | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 109 | Libya | 80.0% | 2024 | down 13.0% | falling |
| 109 | Monaco | 80.0% | 2024 | up 1.3% | flat |
| 112 | Canada | 79.0% | 2024 | down 8.1% | falling |
| 112 | Ghana | 79.0% | 2024 | up 17.9% | rising |
| 112 | North Macedonia | 79.0% | 2024 | down 17.7% | falling |
| 112 | Senegal | 79.0% | 2024 | up 507.7% | rising |
| 112 | Cook Islands | 79.0% | 2024 | down 19.4% | flat |
| 117 | Dominican Republic | 78.0% | 2024 | up 151.6% | rising |
| 117 | Guatemala | 78.0% | 2024 | up 16.4% | flat |
| 117 | Zimbabwe | 78.0% | 2024 | up 23.8% | rising |
| 120 | Botswana | 77.0% | 2024 | down 9.4% | falling |
| 120 | Honduras | 77.0% | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 120 | Niger | 77.0% | 2024 | up 2,466.7% | rising |
| 120 | Zambia | 77.0% | 2024 | up 133.3% | rising |
| 124 | Barbados | 76.0% | 2024 | down 16.5% | rising |
| 124 | Kenya | 76.0% | 2024 | up 171.4% | rising |
| 124 | Peru | 76.0% | 2024 | up 72.7% | rising |
| 127 | Dominica | 75.0% | 2024 | down 15.7% | falling |
| 127 | Fiji | 75.0% | 2024 | down 12.8% | falling |
| 127 | Syria | 75.0% | 2024 | up 25.0% | falling |
| 130 | Estonia | 74.0% | 2024 | down 20.4% | falling |
| 130 | Lesotho | 74.0% | 2024 | down 5.1% | rising |
| 130 | Tanzania | 74.0% | 2024 | up 155.2% | rising |
| 133 | Chile | 73.0% | 2024 | down 17.0% | falling |
| 133 | Sierra Leone | 73.0% | 2024 | up 21.7% | rising |
| 135 | East Timor | 72.0% | 2024 | up 140.0% | rising |
| 136 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 71.0% | 2024 | down 22.8% | falling |
| 136 | Greece | 71.0% | 2024 | down 13.4% | falling |
| 136 | Philippines | 71.0% | 2024 | up 31.5% | rising |
| 139 | Mexico | 69.0% | 2024 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 139 | Malawi | 69.0% | 2024 | up 762.5% | rising |
| 139 | Paraguay | 69.0% | 2024 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 139 | Togo | 69.0% | 2024 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 143 | Brazil | 68.0% | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 143 | Myanmar | 68.0% | 2024 | down 17.1% | flat |
| 143 | Montenegro | 68.0% | 2024 | down 28.4% | falling |
| 146 | Grenada | 67.0% | 2024 | down 27.2% | flat |
| 146 | Saint Lucia | 67.0% | 2024 | down 15.2% | rising |
| 148 | Laos | 66.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 148 | Namibia | 66.0% | 2024 | up 106.2% | rising |
| 148 | Solomon Islands | 66.0% | 2024 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 151 | Burkina Faso | 65.0% | 2024 | up 282.4% | rising |
| 152 | Cambodia | 64.0% | 2024 | up 4.9% | rising |
| 153 | Romania | 62.0% | 2024 | down 26.2% | falling |
| 154 | Bolivia | 61.0% | 2024 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 154 | Marshall Islands | 61.0% | 2024 | up 15.1% | rising |
| 156 | Bahamas | 60.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 156 | Ecuador | 60.0% | 2024 | up 1.7% | falling |
| 156 | Micronesia (country) | 60.0% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 156 | Liberia | 60.0% | 2024 | up 361.5% | rising |
| 156 | Mali | 60.0% | 2024 | up 1,400.0% | volatile |
| 156 | Samoa | 60.0% | 2024 | down 11.8% | rising |
| 162 | Ethiopia | 59.0% | 2024 | up 68.6% | rising |
| 162 | Lebanon | 59.0% | 2024 | down 6.3% | rising |
| 164 | Haiti | 54.0% | 2024 | up 145.5% | rising |
| 165 | Suriname | 52.0% | 2024 | up 246.7% | rising |
| 166 | Venezuela | 51.0% | 2024 | up 2.0% | rising |
| 167 | Cameroon | 49.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 169 | Congo | 47.0% | 2024 | up 422.2% | rising |
| 169 | Kiribati | 47.0% | 2024 | down 41.2% | rising |
| 171 | Argentina | 46.0% | 2024 | down 52.1% | flat |
| 171 | Madagascar | 46.0% | 2024 | — | rising |
| 173 | Afghanistan | 44.0% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 173 | Mozambique | 44.0% | 2024 | up 12.8% | flat |
| 175 | Yemen | 40.0% | 2024 | down 4.8% | rising |
| 176 | Sudan | 36.0% | 2024 | down 41.0% | flat |
| 177 | Nigeria | 35.0% | 2024 | up 288.9% | rising |
| 178 | Angola | 31.0% | 2024 | up 82.4% | rising |
| 179 | Papua New Guinea | 26.0% | 2024 | up 30.0% | rising |
About this data
Share of children who have had two doses of the measles vaccine in a given year.