Measles immunisation in Mauritania

93% of children aged 12 to 23 months in Mauritania had received a measles vaccine in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1981.

Measure: Measles immunisation of children Unit: % of children aged 12 to 23 months Data: 1981 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Mauritania, 2024 93% % of children aged 12 to 23 months
Change from 2023 +1.0percentage points 2023: 92%
World, 2024 84% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 80th of 192 See the full ranking

Measles immunisation in Mauritania over time

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% of children aged 12 to 23 months. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Measles immunisation of children (% of children aged 12 to 23 months), 2000 to 2024
Period MauritaniaWorld
2024 93% 84%
2023 92% 83%
2022 84% 84%
2021 75% 82%
2020 82% 84%
2019 75% 86%
2018 78% 86%
2017 75% 85%
2016 73% 85%
2015 70% 85%
2014 75% 84%
2013 80% 84%
2012 75% 84%
2011 67% 85%
2010 67% 84%
2009 59% 83%
2008 65% 81%
2007 67% 79%
2006 62% 79%
2005 65% 77%
2004 73% 76%
2003 84% 74%
2002 87% 72%
2001 58% 73%
2000 46% 72%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.0 percentage points from 92% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 75%, the figure has changed by +18.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Mauritania has the 80th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 84%.

Source and dates

Original producer
WHO and UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.IMM.MEAS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1981 to 2024 for Mauritania
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: WHO and UNICEF estimates of national immunization coverage