Vaccinations (Measles) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q1 (lowest) by country

Vaccinations: Percentage of children 12-23 months who have received specific vaccines by the time of the survey (according to the vaccination card or the mother's report). Children with all vaccinations refer children who have received BCG, measles, and three doses each of DPT and polio vaccine (excluding polio 0)....

Countries reporting
42
Highest
97.3%
Rwanda
Lowest
27.3%
Guinea
Median
75.8%
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
252

What the numbers show

Vaccinations (Measles) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q1 (lowest) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 97.3% in Rwanda; the lowest is 27.3% in Guinea.

The median across all reporting countries is 75.8%, and the mean is 70.7%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4.

Over the past decade 26 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 542.7%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 40.1%).

Vaccinations (Measles) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q1: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Rwanda 97.3% 2020 up 3.5% rising
2 Kazakhstan 97.1% 2015 down 2.9% rising
3 Gambia 94.0% 2020 down 2.3% flat
4 Mongolia 93.1% 2018 up 5.7% rising
5 Malawi 90.0% 2016 up 9.8% rising
6 Bangladesh 88.8% 2018 up 10.7% rising
7 Zambia 88.5% 2018 up 1.0% rising
8 Nepal 88.3% 2019 down 6.3% rising
9 Ghana 85.5% 2018 down 2.3% rising
10 Egypt 84.3% 2014 down 10.0% flat
11 Zimbabwe 84.0% 2019 up 24.6% flat
11 India 84.0% 2021 up 110.5% rising
13 Viet Nam 81.8% 2014 up 27.0% rising
14 Türkiye 80.8% 2013 up 45.3% rising
15 Jordan 80.1% 2018 down 12.6% flat
16 Burkina Faso 78.1% 2010 up 151.9% rising
17 Peru 77.8% 2012 up 13.2% flat
18 Tanzania, United Republic of 77.4% 2016 up 18.7% rising
18 Colombia 77.4% 2010 up 18.7% falling
20 Kenya 76.4% 2014 up 39.4% rising
21 Uganda 75.9% 2016 up 14.5% rising
22 Senegal 75.7% 2019 up 1.7% rising
23 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 74.9% 2008 up 66.1% rising
24 Togo 74.8% 2014 up 30.5% rising
25 Sierra Leone 73.8% 2019 up 32.5% rising
26 Guinea-Bissau 72.8% 2019 up 13.4% rising
27 Dominican Republic 72.5% 2014 down 13.1% falling
28 Indonesia 71.7% 2017 up 13.3% rising
29 Philippines 68.3% 2017 down 4.3% flat
30 Mali 60.2% 2018 down 10.8% rising
31 Mauritania 58.4% 2021 up 7.7% rising
32 Benin 52.9% 2018 up 9.8% rising
33 Chad 52.7% 2015 up 542.7% volatile
34 Haiti 51.2% 2017 up 2.4% rising
35 Madagascar 48.1% 2021 down 5.7% rising
36 Côte d'Ivoire 47.7% 2016 down 30.4% rising
37 Cameroon 47.5% 2018 down 32.3% rising
38 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 43.2% 2018 down 15.6% rising
39 Ethiopia 42.1% 2019 down 7.1% rising
40 Lesotho 40.6% 2018 down 40.1% falling
41 Nigeria 31.9% 2018 up 84.4% falling
42 Guinea 27.3% 2018 down 35.0% falling

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Indicator
Vaccinations (Measles) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q1 (lowest)
Unit
lowest
Source
Household Surveys (DHS, MICS)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
42 places, 252 data points, 1990–2021
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Vaccinations: Percentage of children 12-23 months who have received specific vaccines by the time of the survey (according to the vaccination card or the mother's report). Children with all vaccinations refer children who have received BCG, measles, and three doses each of DPT and polio vaccine (excluding polio 0). Some MICS surveys refer children in different age groups (e.g. 18-29 months, or 15-26 months).