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Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1981

1981, as WUENIC’s 2025 release gives it · stored as published, never rewritten

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.

Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1981 covers 91 countries. Hungary is highest, at 99; Sudan is lowest, at 1. The middle country reads 40.

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Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1) · Data for 1981

HighestHungary

99

LowestSudan

1

Shaded by value in five groups of equal size, darkest at the better end.

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1981, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 91 countries · select a heading to sort

Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1981: every country, as published by WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC).
HungaryHUNEastern Europe99
BulgariaBGREastern Europe98
United StatesUSANorthern America97
ChileCHLSouth America95
PolandPOLEastern Europe93
SwedenSWENorthern Europe92
NetherlandsNLDWestern Europe91
AlbaniaALBSouthern Europe90
IsraelISRWestern Asia83
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia80
Costa RicaCRICentral America79
ArgentinaARGSouth America77
New ZealandNZLAustralia and New Zealand77
PanamaPANCentral America76
BrazilBRASouth America73
KuwaitKWTWestern Asia71
NiueNIUPolynesia71
BotswanaBWASouthern Africa70
FinlandFINNorthern Europe70
GambiaGMBWestern Africa70
JapanJPNEastern Asia68
LibyaLBYNorthern Africa66
MalawiMWIEastern Africa64
SingaporeSGPSouth-eastern Asia57
ZimbabweZWEEastern Africa56

02In 1981

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Hungary99
  2. Bulgaria98
  3. United States97
  4. Chile95
  5. Poland93

Lowest

  1. Sudan1
  2. Pakistanshared2
  3. Nepalshared2
  4. Somaliashared3
  5. Ethiopiashared3

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 40. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

03Caveats

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How values are stored

  • One year of the 2025 release

    Every year in this series comes from WUENIC’s 2025 release, recalculated on one method, so a change from one year to the next is not a revision. It can differ from what was first published for 1981.

  • 64 distinct values among 91

    Values are stored exactly as published. 4 countries share 49. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 91 countries has every column.

04The files

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What this site changed: Reshaped to one row per country, with its ISO code; no value recalculated, rescaled or rounded. In full

Licence: CC BY 3.0 IGO · what it allows, in plain words

Cite this edition

WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC) (1981). Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1981 [data set], describing 1981. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/measles-vaccination/1981

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