Measles immunisation in South Asia
97% of children aged 12 to 23 months in South Asia had received a measles vaccine in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1980.
South Asia is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
South Asia, 2024
97%
Change from 2023
+3.4percentage points
World, 2024
84%
Measles immunisation in South Asia 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.
| Period | South Asia | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 97% | 84% |
| 2023 | 93% | 83% |
| 2022 | 95% | 84% |
| 2021 | 90% | 82% |
| 2020 | 90% | 84% |
| 2019 | 95% | 86% |
| 2018 | 93% | 86% |
| 2017 | 91% | 85% |
| 2016 | 89% | 85% |
| 2015 | 88% | 85% |
| 2014 | 86% | 84% |
| 2013 | 84% | 84% |
| 2012 | 84% | 84% |
| 2011 | 85% | 85% |
| 2010 | 83% | 84% |
| 2009 | 80% | 83% |
| 2008 | 75% | 81% |
| 2007 | 73% | 79% |
| 2006 | 71% | 79% |
| 2005 | 71% | 77% |
| 2004 | 67% | 76% |
| 2003 | 63% | 74% |
| 2002 | 59% | 72% |
| 2001 | 60% | 73% |
| 2000 | 59% | 72% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +3.4 percentage points from 93% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 86%, the figure has changed by +10.7 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 84%.
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All statistics for South Asia
Under-five mortality rate
26.8 per 1,000 live births
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy at birth
72.6 years
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Life expectancy at birth, women
74.2 years
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Life expectancy at birth, men
71.0 years
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Health spending share of GDP
3.3%
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Infant mortality rate
23.2 per 1,000 live births
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