Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Kiribati
Kiribati: Share of children fully vaccinated against measles was 47.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Kiribati, 2009–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Kiribati recorded 47.0% for share of children fully vaccinated against measles in 2024.
That represents a change of down 41.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Kiribati peaked at 91.0% in 2019 and was at its lowest, 9.0%, in 2012.
Kiribati ranks 169th of 179 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Kiribati, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 35.0% | — |
| 2010 | 21.0% | -40.0% |
| 2011 | 61.0% | +190.5% |
| 2012 | 9.0% | -85.2% |
| 2013 | 84.0% | +833.3% |
| 2014 | 80.0% | -4.8% |
| 2015 | 76.0% | -5.0% |
| 2016 | 79.0% | +3.9% |
| 2017 | 79.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 85.0% | +7.6% |
| 2019 | 91.0% | +7.1% |
| 2020 | 57.0% | -37.4% |
| 2021 | 58.0% | +1.8% |
| 2022 | 68.0% | +17.2% |
| 2023 | 47.0% | -30.9% |
| 2024 | 47.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 35.0% | 35.0% | 35.0% | 1 |
| 2010s | 66.5% | 9.0% | 91.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 55.4% | 47.0% | 68.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Kiribati
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7209 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,076 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 34 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 0.2306 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.1688 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.7642 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.1749 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Kiribati?
- Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Kiribati was 47.0% 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 Kiribati?
- The highest recorded value was 91.0% in 2019.
- What is the lowest share of children fully vaccinated against measles recorded in Kiribati?
- The lowest recorded value was 9.0% in 2012.
- How does Kiribati rank for share of children fully vaccinated against measles?
- Kiribati ranks 169th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children fully vaccinated against measles rising or falling in Kiribati?
- Over the last ten years it is down 41.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Kiribati 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.