Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Ireland
Ireland: Share of children fully vaccinated against measles was 90.0% in 2024. ▬ Flat
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Ireland, 2014–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Ireland recorded 90.0% for share of children fully vaccinated against measles in 2024. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.1% on the previous year and unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Ireland peaked at 90.0% in 2014 and was at its lowest, 85.0%, in 2022.
That places Ireland 70th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Ireland, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 90.0% | — |
| 2015 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 90.0% | +0.0% |
| 2021 | 86.0% | -4.4% |
| 2022 | 85.0% | -1.2% |
| 2023 | 89.0% | +4.7% |
| 2024 | 90.0% | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 90.0% | 90.0% | 90.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 88.0% | 85.0% | 90.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Ireland
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -4.76 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.89 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,122 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 20 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -0.8894 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.0884 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -0.8627 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.0926 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Ireland?
- Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Ireland was 90.0% 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 Ireland?
- The highest recorded value was 90.0% in 2014.
- What is the lowest share of children fully vaccinated against measles recorded in Ireland?
- The lowest recorded value was 85.0% in 2022.
- How does Ireland rank for share of children fully vaccinated against measles?
- Ireland ranks 70th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children fully vaccinated against measles rising or falling in Ireland?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is flat.
- Where does this Ireland 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.