Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zimbabwe
Zimbabwe: Share of children fully vaccinated against measles was 78.0% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zimbabwe, 2016–2024
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 Zimbabwe stood at 78.0%. That is the highest value across all 9 years on record.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 23.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zimbabwe peaked at 78.0% in 2017 and was at its lowest, 63.0%, in 2016.
That places Zimbabwe 117th out of 179 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zimbabwe, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 63.0% | — |
| 2017 | 78.0% | +23.8% |
| 2018 | 78.0% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 75.0% | -3.8% |
| 2020 | 74.0% | -1.3% |
| 2021 | 76.0% | +2.7% |
| 2022 | 77.0% | +1.3% |
| 2023 | 77.0% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 78.0% | +1.3% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 73.5% | 63.0% | 78.0% | 4 |
| 2020s | 76.4% | 74.0% | 78.0% | 5 |
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More health data for Zimbabwe
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.39 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.11 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 874.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 4,457 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 0.414 % 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 0.2 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 0.4476 % 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 0.2028 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zimbabwe?
- Share of children fully vaccinated against measles in Zimbabwe was 78.0% 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 Zimbabwe?
- The highest recorded value was 78.0% in 2017.
- What is the lowest share of children fully vaccinated against measles recorded in Zimbabwe?
- The lowest recorded value was 63.0% in 2016.
- How does Zimbabwe rank for share of children fully vaccinated against measles?
- Zimbabwe ranks 117th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of children fully vaccinated against measles rising or falling in Zimbabwe?
- Over the last ten years it is up 23.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zimbabwe 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.