Measles immunisation in Papua New Guinea

44% of children aged 12 to 23 months in Papua New Guinea had received a measles vaccine in 2024.

Measure: Measles immunisation of children Unit: % of children aged 12 to 23 months Data: 1983 to 2024 Source: World Bank
Papua New Guinea, 2024 44% % of children aged 12 to 23 months
Change from 2023 −8.0percentage points 2023: 52%
World, 2024 84% Official aggregate
Position in 2024 188th of 192 See the full ranking

Measles immunisation in Papua New Guinea 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 Papua New GuineaWorld
2024 44% 84%
2023 52% 83%
2022 41% 84%
2021 35% 82%
2020 44% 84%
2019 37% 86%
2018 37% 86%
2017 41% 85%
2016 46% 85%
2015 57% 85%
2014 65% 84%
2013 72% 84%
2012 71% 84%
2011 66% 85%
2010 63% 84%
2009 65% 83%
2008 66% 81%
2007 72% 79%
2006 82% 79%
2005 82% 77%
2004 77% 76%
2003 77% 74%
2002 73% 72%
2001 65% 73%
2000 69% 72%

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of −8.0 percentage points from 52% in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 65%, the figure has changed by −21.0 percentage points.
  • Among the 192 countries with data for 2024, Papua New Guinea has the 188th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 84%.

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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
1983 to 2024 for Papua New Guinea
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