Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of: Share of children fully vaccinated against measles was 99.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, 2008–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of is 99.0%, measured in 2024. That is the highest value across all 17 years on record.
That represents a change of up 30.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of peaked at 99.0% in 2018 and was at its lowest, 75.0%, in 2008.
Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 1st of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 17 years of available data.
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 75.0% | — |
| 2009 | 75.0% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 76.0% | +1.3% |
| 2011 | 76.0% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 76.0% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 76.0% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 76.0% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 85.0% | +11.8% |
| 2016 | 98.0% | +15.3% |
| 2017 | 98.0% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2019 | 98.0% | -1.0% |
| 2020 | 99.0% | +1.0% |
| 2021 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 99.0% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 75.0% | 75.0% | 75.0% | 2 |
| 2010s | 85.8% | 76.0% | 99.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 99.0% | 99.0% | 99.0% | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 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 share of children fully vaccinated against measles recorded in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- The highest recorded value was 99.0% in 2018.
- What is the lowest share of children fully vaccinated against measles recorded in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- The lowest recorded value was 75.0% in 2008.
- How does Korea, Democratic People's Republic of rank for share of children fully vaccinated against measles?
- Korea, Democratic People's Republic of ranks 1st out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children fully vaccinated against measles rising or falling in Korea, Democratic People's Republic of?
- Over the last ten years it is up 30.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 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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Share of children who have had two doses of the measles vaccine in a given year.