Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zambia
Zambia: Share of children fully vaccinated against measles was 77.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zambia, 2014–2024
Source: WHO & UNICEF (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
In 2024, share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zambia stood at 77.0%. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 10.0% on the previous year and up 133.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zambia peaked at 77.0% in 2024 and was at its lowest, 33.0%, in 2014.
Zambia ranks 120th of 179 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zambia, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 33.0% | — |
| 2015 | 47.0% | +42.4% |
| 2016 | 58.0% | +23.4% |
| 2017 | 64.0% | +10.3% |
| 2018 | 66.0% | +3.1% |
| 2019 | 70.0% | +6.1% |
| 2020 | 69.0% | -1.4% |
| 2021 | 69.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 70.0% | +1.4% |
| 2023 | 70.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 77.0% | +10.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 56.3% | 33.0% | 70.0% | 6 |
| 2020s | 71.0% | 69.0% | 77.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Zambia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7971 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 809.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8,894 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 1.6 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.2049 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.2048 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zambia?
- Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zambia was 77.0% 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 77.0% in 2024.
- What is the lowest share of children fully vaccinated against measles recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 33.0% in 2014.
- How does Zambia rank for share of children fully vaccinated against measles?
- Zambia ranks 120th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children fully vaccinated against measles rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 133.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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.