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Measles vaccination
What this indicator measures
Share of children aged 12 to 23 months who have received at least one dose of the measles vaccine (WHO and UNICEF estimate).
How to read this?
A value of 90% means 90 out of 100 children of this age have received one dose of the vaccine.
Ranking : ranked from highest to lowest
In brief
The "Measles vaccination" ranking covers 191 countries and territories. Lowest value: Montenegro (23 %). Highest value: Bahrain (99 %). Median: 90 % (data: 2023–2024). The top 10% of countries exceed 98 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 67 %. By continent, the median is highest in Asia (96 %) and lowest in Africa (82 %).
Median by continent
- Asia 96 % (46)
- Europe 93 % (42)
- North America 90 % (23)
- South America 90 % (12)
- Oceania 89 % (14)
- Africa 82 % (51)
Why this indicator matters
Measles is highly contagious. The share of vaccinated children shows a population's protection and a health system's ability to reach children.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on access to health centers, vaccination campaigns, trust in vaccines, conflicts and supply disruptions.
Reading precautions
The indicator counts a single dose among children aged 12 to 23 months. Community protection generally requires higher coverage and two doses.
Full ranking
ranked from highest to lowest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇧🇳 Brunei | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇨🇾 Cyprus | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇭🇺 Hungary | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇮🇷 Iran | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇴🇲 Oman | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇰🇵 North Korea | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇹🇲 Turkmenistan | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇹🇴 Tonga | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇺🇿 Uzbekistan | 99 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 99 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇦🇩 Andorra | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇧🇾 Belarus | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇮🇱 Israel | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇲🇺 Mauritius | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇳🇷 Nauru | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 98 % | 2024 |
| 20e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 98 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇮🇳 India | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇰🇷 South Korea | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇷🇺 Russia | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇸🇨 Seychelles | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 97 % | 2024 |
| 31e | 🇺🇾 Uruguay | 97 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇳🇴 Norway | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇵🇼 Palau | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇹🇹 Trinidad & Tobago | 96 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 96 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇨🇳 China | 95 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 95 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇫🇷 France | 95 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 95 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇯🇵 Japan | 95 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis | 95 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 95 % | 2024 |
| 60e | 🇹🇷 Türkiye | 95 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 94 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 94 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 94 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇫🇮 Finland | 94 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 94 % | 2024 |
| 68e | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 94 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 93 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 93 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 93 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 93 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 93 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 93 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 93 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 93 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 93 % | 2024 |
| 74e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 93 % | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇨🇦 Canada | 92 % | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇵🇱 Poland | 92 % | 2024 |
| 84e | 🇺🇸 United States | 92 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇦🇺 Australia | 91 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 91 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 91 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 91 % | 2024 |
| 87e | 🇺🇦 Ukraine | 91 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇦🇹 Austria | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 90 % | 2024 |
| 92e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 90 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇨🇿 Czechia | 89 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 89 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 89 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇱🇾 Libya | 89 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 89 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 89 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 89 % | 2024 |
| 103e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 89 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 88 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 88 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 88 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇲🇨 Monaco | 88 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇲🇭 Marshall Islands | 88 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 88 % | 2024 |
| 111e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 88 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 87 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇸🇹 São Tomé & Príncipe | 87 % | 2024 |
| 120e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 86 % | 2024 |
| 120e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 86 % | 2024 |
| 120e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 86 % | 2024 |
| 120e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 86 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 85 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇳🇮 Nicaragua | 85 % | 2023 |
| 124e | 🇸🇲 San Marino | 85 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 85 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇼🇸 Samoa | 85 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 84 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 84 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 84 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 84 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 83 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 83 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇬🇩 Grenada | 83 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 83 % | 2024 |
| 133e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 83 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 82 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 82 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇦🇱 Albania | 81 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇫🇲 Micronesia | 81 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 81 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇸🇾 Syria | 81 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 81 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 80 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 80 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 80 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 79 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇰🇮 Kiribati | 79 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 79 % | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 78 % | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 78 % | 2024 |
| 153e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 77 % | 2024 |
| 154e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 76 % | 2024 |
| 155e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 75 % | 2024 |
| 155e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 75 % | 2024 |
| 157e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 74 % | 2024 |
| 158e | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 73 % | 2024 |
| 158e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 73 % | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 72 % | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 72 % | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 72 % | 2024 |
| 160e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 72 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 71 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 71 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 71 % | 2024 |
| 164e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 71 % | 2024 |
| 168e | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 70 % | 2024 |
| 169e | 🇧🇦 Bosnia & Herzegovina | 69 % | 2024 |
| 169e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 69 % | 2024 |
| 171e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 67 % | 2024 |
| 171e | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 67 % | 2024 |
| 173e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 66 % | 2024 |
| 174e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 65 % | 2024 |
| 174e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 65 % | 2024 |
| 176e | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 64 % | 2024 |
| 177e | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 61 % | 2024 |
| 178e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 60 % | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 57 % | 2024 |
| 179e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 57 % | 2024 |
| 181e | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 55 % | 2024 |
| 181e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 55 % | 2024 |
| 183e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 53 % | 2024 |
| 183e | 🇬🇶 Equatorial Guinea | 53 % | 2024 |
| 185e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 46 % | 2024 |
| 185e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 46 % | 2024 |
| 187e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 44 % | 2024 |
| 187e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 44 % | 2024 |
| 189e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 41 % | 2024 |
| 189e | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 41 % | 2024 |
| 191e | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 23 % | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "Measles vaccination"?
The highest value is in Bahrain, at 99 % (2024).
Which country has the lowest value for "Measles vaccination"?
The lowest value is in Montenegro, at 23 % (2024).
What is the world median value of "Measles vaccination"?
The world median is 90 %, calculated across 191 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "Measles vaccination" for France?
France scores 95 % (2024), ranking 60 out of 191 countries (ranked from highest to lowest).
Where does the "Measles vaccination" data come from?
It comes from Banque mondiale (WDI), d'après OMS et UNICEF. Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
Why is only one dose counted?
That is the convention of this indicator, measured among children aged 12 to 23 months. Other indicators track the two doses.
Does high coverage prevent any epidemic?
It makes them less likely, but pockets of unvaccinated people can remain and allow outbreaks.
Source and update
Source : Banque mondiale (WDI), d'après OMS et UNICEF. Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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