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Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 2018

2018, 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), 2018 covers 195 countries. 27 countries share the highest reading, 99; Papua New Guinea is lowest, at 37. The middle country reads 92. Against 2017, 137 values changed (71 up, 66 down), the same countries are covered.

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Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1) · Data for 2018

Highest27 countries share it

99

LowestPapua New Guinea

37

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), 2018, as published. The file carries values only, so no position is shown. “=” marks a shared position.

Showing 25 of 195 countries · select a heading to sort

Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 2018: every country, as published by WHO and UNICEF (WUENIC).
AndorraANDSouthern Europe99
BahrainBHRWestern Asia99
BruneiBRNSouth-eastern Asia99
Cabo VerdeCPVWestern Africa99
ChinaCHNEastern Asia99
Cook IslandsCOKPolynesia99
CubaCUBCaribbean99
HungaryHUNEastern Europe99
IranIRNSouthern Asia99
LuxembourgLUXWestern Europe99
MaldivesMDVSouthern Asia99
MauritiusMUSEastern Africa99
MongoliaMNGEastern Asia99
MoroccoMARNorthern Africa99
NauruNRUMicronesia99
NicaraguaNICCentral America99
NiueNIUPolynesia99
OmanOMNWestern Asia99
PalestinePSEWestern Asia99
PortugalPRTSouthern Europe99
QatarQATWestern Asia99
RwandaRWAEastern Africa99
Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesVCTCaribbean99
Sri LankaLKASouthern Asia99
TongaTONPolynesia99

02In 2018

At either end

The 5 countries at each end of the headline.

Highest

  1. Andorrashared99
  2. United Arab Emiratesshared99
  3. Bahrainshared99
  4. Bruneishared99
  5. Chinashared99

Lowest

  1. Papua New Guinea37
  2. Central African Republic39
  3. Samoa40
  4. Chad41
  5. Montenegro42

A higher value is the better result. The middle country reads 92. “Shared” marks a value another country also holds.

032017 → 2018

Since 2017

  • +0 / −0countries joined / left
  • 137values changed, of 195 in both
  • 71 · 66rose · fell
  • 58unchanged

Rose most

Fell most

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 2018.

  • 42 distinct values among 195

    Values are stored exactly as published. 27 countries share 99. Countries sharing a value share a position too.

  • Nothing missing

    Every one of the 195 countries has every column.

05The 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) (2018). Immunisation Coverage, Measles First Dose (MCV1), 2018 [data set], describing 2018. As held by Nations Inquiry, https://nationsinquiry.com/datasets/measles-vaccination/2018

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