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)....

Countries reporting
42
Highest
98.7%
Rwanda
Lowest
53.2%
Lesotho
Median
85.2%
Years covered
32
1990–2021
Data points
252

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 LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
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

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Indicator
Vaccinations (Measles) (% of children ages 12-23 months): Q5 (highest)
Unit
highest
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).