Measles immunisation in Sub-Saharan Africa
69% of children aged 12 to 23 months in Sub-Saharan Africa had received a measles vaccine in 2024.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
69%
Change from 2023
+0.8percentage points
World, 2024
84%
Measles immunisation in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 69% | 84% |
| 2023 | 68% | 83% |
| 2022 | 68% | 84% |
| 2021 | 68% | 82% |
| 2020 | 70% | 84% |
| 2019 | 71% | 86% |
| 2018 | 70% | 86% |
| 2017 | 70% | 85% |
| 2016 | 68% | 85% |
| 2015 | 68% | 85% |
| 2014 | 68% | 84% |
| 2013 | 68% | 84% |
| 2012 | 69% | 84% |
| 2011 | 71% | 85% |
| 2010 | 71% | 84% |
| 2009 | 72% | 83% |
| 2008 | 67% | 81% |
| 2007 | 64% | 79% |
| 2006 | 63% | 79% |
| 2005 | 61% | 77% |
| 2004 | 59% | 76% |
| 2003 | 56% | 74% |
| 2002 | 53% | 72% |
| 2001 | 52% | 73% |
| 2000 | 50% | 72% |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of +0.8 percentage points from 68% in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 68%, the figure has changed by +0.8 percentage points.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 84%.
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Life expectancy at birth
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Life expectancy at birth, women
65.0 years
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Life expectancy at birth, men
60.7 years
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Health spending share of GDP
4.9%
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Infant mortality rate
47.1 per 1,000 live births
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