WUENIC · Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1)
Measles vaccination coverage by country
What share of infants receive a first dose of measles vaccine?
Of the 195 countries compared in 2025, 18 countries shared the highest reading, 99%, and Montenegro had the lowest reading, 13%. In the middle country the figure was 90%. Among the 91 countries measured in every edition since 1981, the middle one moved from 40% to 91%.
Share
Measles vaccination coverage · 2025
Context statistic
18 countries share the highest value, 99% — no single country is named first.
012025 · values only
Who leads
The three countries at the highest end of 195 compared, the three at the other end, and the first on each continent.
Highest in 2025 · shared
18 countries share the highest reading, 99%
No single country is named first: picking one from a shared value would be a choice the data does not make.
Lowest in 2025
Where a country sits says how it compares with the others measured, and nothing about why.
02Every measured country
Measles vaccination coverage on a map
Each country is shaded by its value, in five groups holding the same number of countries. Hover a country for its value, or select it to open its profile. Below the map, each continent’s middle country.
Darker is a higher value — the better end.
- 13–72%
- 73–87%
- 88–93%
- 94–97%
- 98–99%
- No reading in 2025
- Asia
95%
the middle country, of 48 measured · 52 members
10 share 99%
Yemen41%Highest and lowest reading in Asia.
- Europe
94%
the middle country, of 42 measured · 49 members
4 share 99%
Montenegro13%Highest and lowest reading in Europe.
- Americas
90%
the middle country, of 35 measured · 48 members
3 share 99%
Venezuela53%Highest and lowest reading in Americas.
- Oceania
89%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 21 members
Niue99%
Papua New Guinea45%Highest and lowest reading in Oceania.
- Africa
82%
the middle country, of 54 measured · 55 members
2 share 98%
Central African Republic44%Highest and lowest reading in Africa.
- Every region
22 sub-regions, highest middle country first
- Eastern Asia
97%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 8 members
North Korea99%
Japan92%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Asia.
- Southern Asia
97%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
2 share 99%
Afghanistan56%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Asia.
- Northern Africa
96%
the middle country, of 6 measured · 6 members
Morocco98%
Sudan68%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Africa.
- Polynesia
96%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 7 members
Niue99%
Samoa76%Highest and lowest reading in Polynesia.
- Western Asia
96%
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
5 share 99%
Yemen41%Highest and lowest reading in Western Asia.
- Western Europe
96%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 9 members
Luxembourg99%2 share 88%
Highest and lowest reading in Western Europe.
- Northern Europe
94%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 13 members
Latvia99%
Estonia83%Highest and lowest reading in Northern Europe.
- Caribbean
93%
the middle country, of 13 measured · 24 members
2 share 99%
Haiti62%Highest and lowest reading in Caribbean.
- Eastern Europe
93%
the middle country, of 10 measured · 10 members
Hungary99%
Romania66%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Europe.
- Central Asia
92%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Uzbekistan99%
Kazakhstan65%Highest and lowest reading in Central Asia.
- Southern Europe
90%
the middle country, of 14 measured · 17 members
Andorra99%Montenegro13%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Europe.
- Central America
89%
the middle country, of 8 measured · 8 members
2 share 98%
2 share 87%
Highest and lowest reading in Central America.
- South America
87%
the middle country, of 12 measured · 12 members
Guyana99%Venezuela53%Highest and lowest reading in South America.
- South-eastern Asia
87%
the middle country, of 11 measured · 11 members
Brunei99%
Laos58%Highest and lowest reading in South-eastern Asia.
- Eastern Africa
85%
the middle country, of 18 measured · 19 members
Seychelles98%
Madagascar49%Highest and lowest reading in Eastern Africa.
- Micronesia
84%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 7 members
Palau94%
Nauru71%Highest and lowest reading in Micronesia.
- Southern Africa
83%
the middle country, of 5 measured · 5 members
Eswatini88%
South Africa66%Highest and lowest reading in Southern Africa.
- Western Africa
82%
the middle country, of 16 measured · 16 members
Cabo Verde95%
Benin49%Highest and lowest reading in Western Africa.
- Middle Africa
68%
the middle country, of 9 measured · 9 members
São Tomé and Príncipe87%Central African Republic44%Highest and lowest reading in Middle Africa.
- Australia and New Zealand
2 of 2 measured — too few for a middle: Australia, New Zealand.
Australia91%
New Zealand89%Highest and lowest reading in Australia and New Zealand.
- Melanesia
4 of 5 measured — too few for a middle: Fiji, Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands, Vanuatu.
Fiji91%Papua New Guinea45%Highest and lowest reading in Melanesia.
- Northern America
2 of 4 measured — too few for a middle: Canada, United States.
2 share 92%
2 share 92%
Highest and lowest reading in Northern America.
03The whole field at once
The spread
195 countries, one dot each, on one scale — further right is a higher value. Half the countries are above 90%; a quarter are above 96%, and a quarter below 80%. The bar in each row marks that continent’s middle country.
04All 195 ever measured
Every country
In order, highest value first. No rank or position is shown: too many countries share the same value for an order to mean anything. The estimates are whole percentages and never go above 99, so many countries share the top value — no position is derived for that reason. The lowest reading is not always a poor country: Montenegro's measles coverage has stood far below its neighbours' for years, as its own reported figures show.
Showing 25 of 195 countries
Values for 2025. The change column compares 2025 with 2024 only; the sparkline covers the recent editions.
051981–2025 · 45 reference years
Over time
Each point is one year from 1981. Every annual revision of the WHO/UNICEF estimates re-estimates the whole series, so earlier years can change.
- the middle country
- the middle half of countries
- the middle of the 91 countries measured every time
- each continent’s middle country
The same, year by year
| Year | Countries | Middle country | Middle half | Measured every time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | 90% | 80% – 96% | 91% |
| 2024 | 195 | 91% | 81% – 96% | 93% |
| 2023 | 195 | 90% | 80% – 96% | 92% |
| 2022 | 195 | 90% | 78% – 96% | 90% |
| 2021 | 195 | 89% | 74% – 95% | 90% |
| 2020 | 195 | 90% | 79% – 95% | 90% |
| 2019 | 195 | 93% | 83% – 97% | 94% |
| 2018 | 195 | 92% | 83% – 97% | 93% |
| 2017 | 195 | 92% | 83% – 97% | 93% |
| 2016 | 195 | 93% | 82% – 97% | 95% |
| 2015 | 195 | 93% | 84% – 97% | 95% |
| 2014 | 195 | 93% | 84% – 97% | 95% |
| 2013 | 195 | 93% | 84% – 97% | 95% |
| 2012 | 195 | 93% | 84% – 97% | 95% |
| 2011 | 195 | 93% | 84% – 97% | 95% |
| 2010 | 194 | 93% | 84% – 97% | 94% |
| 2009 | 194 | 93% | 82% – 97% | 94% |
| 2008 | 194 | 93% | 80% – 97% | 94% |
| 2007 | 194 | 93% | 80% – 96% | 94% |
| 2006 | 194 | 92% | 80% – 97% | 94% |
| 2005 | 193 | 92% | 78% – 96% | 93% |
| 2004 | 193 | 92% | 77% – 97% | 93% |
| 2003 | 193 | 90% | 75% – 96% | 93% |
| 2002 | 193 | 90% | 73% – 96% | 92% |
| 2001 | 192 | 90% | 73% – 95% | 91% |
| 2000 | 192 | 88% | 74% – 95% | 89% |
| 1999 | 192 | 87% | 72% – 95% | 87% |
| 1998 | 190 | 89% | 71% – 96% | 89% |
| 1997 | 190 | 88% | 72% – 95% | 90% |
| 1996 | 188 | 88% | 69% – 94% | 89% |
| 1995 | 188 | 86% | 68% – 93% | 87% |
| 1994 | 188 | 83% | 67% – 91% | 86% |
| 1993 | 187 | 84% | 64% – 92% | 85% |
| 1992 | 182 | 83% | 65% – 90% | 84% |
| 1991 | 164 | 80% | 63% – 90% | 82% |
| 1990 | 162 | 80% | 67% – 88% | 84% |
| 1989 | 161 | 79% | 59% – 87% | 79% |
| 1988 | 161 | 72% | 52% – 84% | 75% |
| 1987 | 160 | 68% | 47% – 81% | 70% |
| 1986 | 156 | 62% | 40% – 79% | 67% |
| 1985 | 151 | 56% | 32% – 75% | 61% |
| 1984 | 143 | 50% | 25% – 72% | 52% |
| 1983 | 129 | 46% | 23% – 68% | 49% |
| 1982 | 110 | 43% | 20% – 63% | 45% |
| 1981 | 91 | 40% | 19% – 61% | 40% |
062024 → 2025
Who rose and fell
The biggest changes in value between the two newest editions — reference years recalculated in one report, not two separate publications. Places are shown second, because they also move when other countries do.
Improved most
before → after- Sudan46% → 68%+22
Angola53% → 71%+18
Vanuatu61% → 74%+13
Equatorial Guinea53% → 62%+9
Mexico80% → 88%+8
Declined most
before → after
Bosnia and Herzegovina69% → 46%−23- Nauru92% → 71%−21
- Venezuela71% → 53%−18
- Haiti77% → 62%−15
Botswana97% → 83%−14
195 countries were measured in both 2024 and 2025.
07Across every edition
Measles vaccination coverage in records
The extremes of the statistic. A record reached by more than one country names none of them.
Highest reading on record
Reached 768 times by 87 countries — shared, so no holder is named
99%
Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%)
Lowest reading on record
Reached 12 times by 8 countries — shared, so no holder is named
1%
Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%)
Biggest improvement between editions
+87
8% → 95%
Biggest decline between editions
−65
99% → 34%
Most improved since first measured
2 countries moved by exactly the same amount — no holder is named
Shared
At the top most often
4 of 45
editions, alone at the first-listed end
08The measure
About measles vaccination coverage
This is the share of infants who have received a first dose of a measles-containing vaccine. Measles is so contagious that it is usually the first disease to return when vaccination slips, which makes this the most closely watched single vaccine figure in the world.
What the number is: Infants given a first dose of measles vaccine (%).
What it does not measure
It counts the first dose only; lasting protection against measles outbreaks needs a second dose, which WHO and UNICEF publish separately.
09Where it fits
Connections
Its part in the Country Index, the statistics whose values line up most closely with it across countries, and others on the same subject.
In the Country Index
Context, with no vote
This statistic is published in full under Health & Wellbeing and Development & Human Capital, but does not help decide any Country Index standing.
Health & WellbeingDevelopment & Human CapitalWhich statistics vote, and why
Moves with
Where measles vaccination coverage is higher, these tend to be higher too.
- Immunisation Coverage, DTP3WUENIC · 195 countries in commonρ 0.88
- Access to Electricity, RuralWorld Bank Group · 187 countries in commonρ 0.55
- Completeness of Birth RegistrationUNICEF · 163 countries in commonρ 0.54
Moves against
Where measles vaccination coverage is higher, these tend to be lower.
- Poverty Headcount at $3.00 a Day, Line-up EstimatesWorld Bank Group · 169 countries in commonρ −0.54
- Adolescent Birth Rate (Ages 15–19)UN DESA Population Division · 195 countries in commonρ −0.53
- Self-Employment RateILO · 174 countries in commonρ −0.51
Rank correlation (ρ, from −1 to 1) across countries, on each statistic’s newest edition, out of 382 statistics sharing at least 80 countries with this one. Two statistics that move together do not cause each other.
10Keep reading
Explore further
The countries at either end
11Questions
Measles vaccination coverage: questions and answers
Which country has the highest measles vaccination coverage?
18 countries share the highest reading, 99%, among the 195 compared in 2025, so no single country is named.
Which country has the lowest measles vaccination coverage?
Montenegro, at 13%, among the 195 countries compared in 2025.
How many countries does the Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1) cover?
195 in 2025. The number measured varies from 91 to 195 between editions.
What is the world average measles vaccination coverage?
This site does not calculate a world average, which would depend on how countries are weighted. In the middle country of the 195 compared in 2025, the figure was 90%.
Is this WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC)’s own ranking?
No ranking is shown. WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything, so none is derived.
How often is the Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1) published?
This site holds 45 reference years, 1981–2025, all recalculated in WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC)’s 2025 report on one method — not 45 separate publications.
Where does the data come from, and can I download it?
From WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC), under CC BY 3.0 IGO. From the WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage, read from UNICEF's data warehouse. WHO and UNICEF weigh each country's own reported figures against its surveys before settling on an estimate. Every edition is on this site’s Datasets pages as a full table, and downloads as a CSV file with every value unrounded.
12Method
Sources, method and citation
Source
Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1) — WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC)
From the WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage, read from UNICEF's data warehouse. WHO and UNICEF weigh each country's own reported figures against its surveys before settling on an estimate.
Newest edition
Report year 2025Data year 2025
Cite the source as: WHO and UNICEF. WHO/UNICEF Estimates of National Immunization Coverage (WUENIC), 2025 revision. Geneva and New York: WHO and UNICEF.
Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO, checked 2026-09-29.
How this page reads the numbers
- No rank or position is shown: WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC) publishes values only, and too many countries share the same value for an ordering to mean anything.
- Which end is better follows the publisher’s own reading of the measure.
- A country is named at an end only when it holds that value alone. Where several share it, the page says how many and names none first.
- Values are stored exactly as published and trimmed only for display. “The middle country” is the median of the countries measured, not a world average.
The file itself, column by column — where it came from, what each column holds, and every edition as a CSV — is on its dataset page.
Cite this page
Nations Inquiry (2026). Measles vaccination coverage by country: Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), data from WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC). https://nationsinquiry.com/statistics/measles-vaccination