Data for 1990

Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1990

Name: Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1990
Creator: WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC)
License: https://data.unicef.org/resources/dataset/immunization/

1990, 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), 1990 covers 162 countries. 8 countries share the highest reading, 99; Afghanistan is lowest, at 20. The middle country reads 80. Against 1989, 130 values changed (91 up, 39 down), 1 country joined.

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Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1) · Data for 1990

Highest8 countries share it

LowestAfghanistan

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

162countries
1measure
1990the year it describes
56distinct valueswhole numbers, as published
Sep 29, 2026read from the publisher
CC BY 3.0 IGOlicence

01Values only

The table

Every country and every column of Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1990, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

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Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1990: every country, as published by WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC).

Brunei`BRN`South-eastern Asia	99
Bulgaria`BGR`Eastern Europe	99
Hungary`HUN`Eastern Europe	99
Iceland`ISL`Northern Europe	99
Monaco`MCO`Western Europe	99
Niue`NIU`Polynesia	99
Saint Kitts and Nevis`KNA`Caribbean	99
Spain`ESP`Southern Europe	99
China`CHN`Eastern Asia	98
El Salvador`SLV`Central America	98
North Korea`PRK`Eastern Asia	98
Oman`OMN`Western Asia	98
Palau`PLW`Micronesia	98
Chile`CHL`South America	97
Finland`FIN`Northern Europe	97
Uruguay`URY`South America	97
Maldives`MDV`Southern Asia	96
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines`VCT`Caribbean	96
Sweden`SWE`Northern Europe	96
Poland`POL`Eastern Europe	95
Tuvalu`TUV`Polynesia	95
Cuba`CUB`Caribbean	94
Netherlands`NLD`Western Europe	94
Argentina`ARG`South America	93
Bhutan`BTN`Southern Asia	93
South Korea`KOR`Eastern Asia	93
Tunisia`TUN`Northern Africa	93
Mongolia`MNG`Eastern Asia	92
Romania`ROU`Eastern Europe	92
Israel`ISR`Western Asia	91
Costa Rica`CRI`Central America	90
Honduras`HND`Central America	90
New Zealand`NZL`Australia and New Zealand	90
Switzerland`CHE`Western Europe	90
United States`USA`Northern America	90
Zambia`ZMB`Eastern Africa	90
Antigua and Barbuda`ATG`Caribbean	89
Canada`CAN`Northern America	89
Libya`LBY`Northern Africa	89
Samoa`WSM`Polynesia	89
Albania`ALB`Southern Europe	88
Dominica`DMA`Caribbean	88
Equatorial Guinea`GNQ`Middle Africa	88
Saudi Arabia`SAU`Western Asia	88
Vietnam`VNM`South-eastern Asia	88
Bahrain`BHR`Western Asia	87
Barbados`BRB`Caribbean	87
Botswana`BWA`Southern Africa	87
Comoros`COM`Eastern Africa	87
Jordan`JOR`Western Asia	87
Norway`NOR`Northern Europe	87
Syria`SYR`Western Asia	87
United Kingdom`GBR`Northern Europe	87
Zimbabwe`ZWE`Eastern Africa	87
Australia`AUS`Australia and New Zealand	86
Bahamas`BHS`Caribbean	86
Belize`BLZ`Central America	86
Egypt`EGY`Northern Africa	86
Gambia`GMB`Western Africa	86
Seychelles`SYC`Eastern Africa	86
Tonga`TON`Polynesia	86
Belgium`BEL`Western Europe	85
Djibouti`DJI`Eastern Africa	85
Eswatini`SWZ`Southern Africa	85
Grenada`GRD`Caribbean	85
Iran`IRN`Southern Asia	85
Philippines`PHL`South-eastern Asia	85
Portugal`PRT`Southern Europe	85
Denmark`DNK`Northern Europe	84
Fiji`FJI`Melanesia	84
Singapore`SGP`South-eastern Asia	84
Algeria`DZA`Northern Africa	83
Rwanda`RWA`Eastern Africa	83
Central African Republic`CAF`Middle Africa	82
Colombia`COL`South America	82
Nicaragua`NIC`Central America	82
Saint Lucia`LCA`Caribbean	82
Malawi`MWI`Eastern Africa	81
Micronesia`FSM`Micronesia	81
Lesotho`LSO`Southern Africa	80
Luxembourg`LUX`Western Europe	80
Malta`MLT`Southern Europe	80
Sri Lanka`LKA`Southern Asia	80
Tanzania`TZA`Eastern Africa	80
Thailand`THA`South-eastern Asia	80
United Arab Emirates`ARE`Western Asia	80
Benin`BEN`Western Africa	79
Burkina Faso`BFA`Western Africa	79
Cabo Verde`CPV`Western Africa	79
Morocco`MAR`Northern Africa	79
Qatar`QAT`Western Asia	79
South Africa`ZAF`Southern Africa	79
Brazil`BRA`South America	78
Ireland`IRL`Northern Europe	78
Kenya`KEN`Eastern Africa	78
Türkiye`TUR`Western Asia	78
Cyprus`CYP`Western Asia	77
Gabon`GAB`Middle Africa	76
Greece`GRC`Southern Europe	76
Mauritius`MUS`Eastern Africa	76
Germany`DEU`Western Europe	75
Iraq`IRQ`Western Asia	75
Kiribati`KIR`Micronesia	75
Mexico`MEX`Central America	75
Republic of the Congo`COG`Middle Africa	75
Burundi`BDI`Eastern Africa	74
Jamaica`JAM`Caribbean	74
Guyana`GUY`South America	73
Japan`JPN`Eastern Asia	73
Panama`PAN`Central America	73
Togo`TGO`Western Africa	73
France`FRA`Western Europe	71
São Tomé and Príncipe`STP`Middle Africa	71
Dominican Republic`DOM`Caribbean	70
Malaysia`MYS`South-eastern Asia	70
Solomon Islands`SLB`Melanesia	70
Trinidad and Tobago`TTO`Caribbean	70
Paraguay`PRY`South America	69
Yemen`YEM`Western Asia	69
Guatemala`GTM`Central America	68
Myanmar`MMR`South-eastern Asia	68
Cook Islands`COK`Polynesia	67
Papua New Guinea`PNG`Melanesia	67
Kuwait`KWT`Western Asia	66
Vanuatu`VUT`Melanesia	66
Bangladesh`BGD`Southern Asia	65
Suriname`SUR`South America	65
Peru`PER`South America	64
Ghana`GHA`Western Africa	61
Lebanon`LBN`Western Asia	61
Venezuela`VEN`South America	61
Austria`AUT`Western Europe	60
Ecuador`ECU`South America	60
Mozambique`MOZ`Eastern Africa	59
Indonesia`IDN`South-eastern Asia	58
Nepal`NPL`Southern Asia	57
Sudan`SDN`Northern Africa	57
Cameroon`CMR`Middle Africa	56
Côte d’Ivoire`CIV`Western Africa	56
India`IND`Southern Asia	56
Nigeria`NGA`Western Africa	54
Bolivia`BOL`South America	53
Guinea-Bissau`GNB`Western Africa	53
Marshall Islands`MHL`Micronesia	52
Uganda`UGA`Eastern Africa	52
Senegal`SEN`Western Africa	51
Pakistan`PAK`Southern Asia	50
Madagascar`MDG`Eastern Africa	47
Italy`ITA`Southern Europe	43
Mali`MLI`Western Africa	43
Angola`AGO`Middle Africa	38
DR Congo`COD`Middle Africa	38
Ethiopia`ETH`Eastern Africa	38
Mauritania`MRT`Western Africa	38
Guinea`GIN`Western Africa	35
Cambodia`KHM`South-eastern Asia	34
Chad`TCD`Middle Africa	32
Laos`LAO`South-eastern Asia	32
Haiti`HTI`Caribbean	31
Somalia`SOM`Eastern Africa	30
Niger`NER`Western Africa	25
Afghanistan`AFG`Southern Asia	20

02In 1990

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

Bulgariashared99
Bruneishared99
Spainshared99
Hungaryshared99
Icelandshared99

Lowest

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 80. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

031989 → 1990

Since 1989

+1 / −0countries joined / left
130values changed, of 161 in both
91 · 39rose · fell
31unchanged

Rose most

Equatorial Guinea18 → 88+70
Benin48 → 79+31
São Tomé and Príncipe45 → 71+26
El Salvador73 → 98+25
Yemen48 → 69+21

Fell most

Cook Islands99 → 67−32
Kuwait98 → 66−32
Solomon Islands92 → 70−22
Micronesia94 → 81−13
Guinea-Bissau65 → 53−12

+ Italy

04Caveats

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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 1990.
56 distinct values among 162
Values are stored exactly as published. 9 countries share 87. Countries sharing a value share a position too.
Nothing missing
Every one of the 162 countries has every column.

05The files

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WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC) (1990). Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 1990 [data set], describing 1990. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/measles-vaccination/1990

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