Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Gambia
Gambia: Share of children fully vaccinated against measles was 83.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Gambia, 2012–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Gambia recorded 83.0% for share of children fully vaccinated against measles in 2024. That is the highest value across all 13 years on record.
That represents a change of up 13.7% on the previous year and up 13.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Gambia peaked at 83.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 52.0%, in 2022.
That places Gambia 95th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 13 years of available data.
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Gambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 56.0% | — |
| 2013 | 53.0% | -5.4% |
| 2014 | 73.0% | +37.7% |
| 2015 | 77.0% | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 79.0% | +2.6% |
| 2017 | 68.0% | -13.9% |
| 2018 | 71.0% | +4.4% |
| 2019 | 61.0% | -14.1% |
| 2020 | 61.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 61.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 52.0% | -14.8% |
| 2023 | 73.0% | +40.4% |
| 2024 | 83.0% | +13.7% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 67.2% | 53.0% | 79.0% | 8 |
| 2020s | 66.0% | 52.0% | 83.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Gambia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.27 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,044 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 700 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 80 and above, female, per capita 0.0021 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, annual growth rate 5 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 80 and above, male, per capita 0.0017 units per person (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, per capita 0 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Gambia?
- Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Gambia was 83.0% in 2024, according to WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of children fully vaccinated against measles recorded in Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 83.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children fully vaccinated against measles recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 52.0% in 2022.
- How does Gambia rank for share of children fully vaccinated against measles?
- Gambia ranks 95th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children fully vaccinated against measles rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 13.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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 Share of children fully vaccinated against measles. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Share of children who have had two doses of the measles vaccine in a given year.