Vaccinations (Measles) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5 (highest) 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)....
What the numbers show
Vaccinations (Measles) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5 (highest) is currently reported for 42 countries. The highest value is 98.7% in Rwanda; the lowest is 53.2% in Lesotho.
The median across all reporting countries is 85.2%, and the mean is 84.2%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2.
Over the past decade 25 countries rose and 16 fell. The largest increase was in Chad (up 76.9%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 42.0%).
Vaccinations (Measles) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rwanda | 98.7% | 2020 | up 1.3% | rising |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 96.6% | 2019 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 3 | Zambia | 95.6% | 2018 | up 1.6% | rising |
| 4 | Bangladesh | 95.5% | 2018 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 5 | Mongolia | 94.9% | 2018 | up 2.9% | rising |
| 6 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 94.3% | 2016 | up 3.7% | flat |
| 7 | Malawi | 93.5% | 2016 | up 7.2% | flat |
| 8 | Kenya | 93.1% | 2014 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 9 | Burkina Faso | 92.5% | 2010 | up 35.2% | rising |
| 10 | Türkiye | 91.9% | 2013 | down 1.5% | rising |
| 11 | Ghana | 91.7% | 2018 | down 3.2% | rising |
| 12 | Kazakhstan | 91.0% | 2015 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 13 | India | 90.5% | 2021 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 14 | Senegal | 88.9% | 2019 | unchanged | rising |
| 15 | Viet Nam | 88.8% | 2014 | down 9.2% | flat |
| 16 | Nepal | 87.8% | 2019 | down 8.0% | rising |
| 17 | Philippines | 86.8% | 2017 | down 4.9% | flat |
| 18 | Cameroon | 86.3% | 2018 | down 4.5% | rising |
| 19 | Egypt | 85.9% | 2014 | down 12.0% | falling |
| 20 | Uganda | 85.7% | 2016 | up 17.4% | rising |
| 21 | Gambia | 85.6% | 2020 | down 10.9% | flat |
| 22 | Nigeria | 84.7% | 2018 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 23 | Côte d'Ivoire | 84.1% | 2016 | down 13.8% | rising |
| 24 | Indonesia | 83.7% | 2017 | down 1.4% | flat |
| 25 | Togo | 83.4% | 2014 | up 15.7% | rising |
| 26 | Mauritania | 83.1% | 2021 | up 2.2% | flat |
| 27 | Madagascar | 82.9% | 2021 | down 8.4% | flat |
| 28 | Ethiopia | 82.4% | 2019 | up 3.4% | rising |
| 29 | Mali | 81.7% | 2018 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 30 | Dominican Republic | 80.2% | 2014 | down 14.7% | falling |
| 31 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 80.0% | 2018 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 32 | Benin | 79.9% | 2018 | up 4.6% | flat |
| 33 | Colombia | 79.4% | 2010 | up 7.7% | falling |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 79.3% | 2019 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 35 | Haiti | 79.2% | 2017 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 36 | Peru | 79.0% | 2012 | up 4.9% | falling |
| 37 | Sierra Leone | 77.8% | 2019 | up 14.1% | flat |
| 38 | Jordan | 74.1% | 2018 | down 22.7% | falling |
| 39 | Chad | 67.4% | 2015 | up 76.9% | rising |
| 40 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 66.9% | 2008 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 41 | Guinea | 59.4% | 2018 | up 3.8% | flat |
| 42 | Lesotho | 53.2% | 2018 | down 42.0% | falling |
About this data
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).