Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe in Tonga
Tonga: Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe was 99.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Latest (2024)
99.0%
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 179 countries
All-time high
99.0%
in 2004
All-time low
92.0%
in 2014
Years of data
22
2003–2024
Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe in Tonga, 2003–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Tonga recorded 99.0% for vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe in 2024. That is the highest value across all 22 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe in Tonga peaked at 99.0% in 2004 and was at its lowest, 92.0%, in 2014.
Tonga ranks 1st of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe in Tonga, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 96.0% | — |
| 2004 | 99.0% | +3.1% |
| 2005 | 98.0% | -1.0% |
| 2006 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2007 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 98.0% | -1.0% |
| 2009 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2012 | 95.0% | -4.0% |
| 2013 | 99.0% | +4.2% |
| 2014 | 92.0% | -7.1% |
| 2015 | 99.0% | +7.6% |
| 2016 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 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 84.5%, 1.2× the median. (56 countries reporting)
- Tonga's 99.0% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 87.0%, 1.1× the median. (29 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 98.1% | 96.0% | 99.0% | 7 |
| 2010s | 97.8% | 92.0% | 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 Hungary 99.0% compare
- 1 Iran 99.0% compare
- 1 Maldives 99.0% compare
- 1 Nauru 99.0% compare
- 1 Niue 99.0% compare
- 1 North Korea 99.0% compare
- 1 Oman 99.0% compare
- 1 Qatar 99.0% compare
- 1 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 99.0% compare
- 1 Turkmenistan 99.0% compare
- 1 Uzbekistan 99.0% compare
More health data for Tonga
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -33.33 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 2.33 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 834.5 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- 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)
Frequently asked questions
- What is vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe in Tonga?
- Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe in Tonga was 99.0% in 2024, according to WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe recorded in Tonga?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2004.
- What is the lowest vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe recorded in Tonga?
- The lowest recorded value was 92.0% in 2014.
- How does Tonga rank for vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe?
- Tonga ranks 1st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe rising or falling in Tonga?
- Over the last ten years it is up 7.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Tonga data come from?
- The figures come from WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Vaccination against measles vs. share who think vaccines are unsafe. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Share of children who have had two doses of the measles vaccine in a given year.