Measles immunization gap Measles kills more children than
any other vaccine-preventable disease -- over 800,000 every year. The
percentage of children immunized against measles before their first
birthday is therefore a good indication of whether countries are
fostering the survival and growth of their youngest citizens. This
year's health league table addresses measles immunization -- but from a
new angle. Instead of the percentage of children immunized against
measles, it shows the percentage not immunized. These are the
children whose fundamental human right to health care has been denied.
WHAT THE TABLE RANKS:
Percentage of children under 1
not immunized against measles.
(Developing world
average: 23%)
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SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA |
MIDDLE EAST & NORTH AFRICA |
CENTRAL ASIA |
EAST/ SOUTH
ASIA & PACIFIC |
AMERICAS |
| 1 |
Gambia |
0 |
1 |
Kuwait |
1 |
1 |
Azerbaijan |
1 |
1 |
China |
3 |
1 |
Argentina |
0 |
| 2 |
Botswana |
18 |
2 |
Jordan |
2 |
2 |
Kazakhstan |
3 |
2 |
Viet Nam |
4 |
2 |
Jamaica |
1 |
| 3 |
Sierra Leone |
21 |
2 |
Oman |
2 |
3 |
Uzbekistan |
8 |
3 |
Korea, Dem. |
6 |
3 |
Canada |
2 |
| 4 |
Zimbabwe |
23 |
4 |
Iran |
5 |
4 |
Armenia |
11 |
4 |
Korea, Rep. |
8 |
3 |
Cuba |
2 |
| 5 |
Rwanda |
24 |
5 |
Israel |
6 |
5 |
Tajikistan |
20 |
5 |
Mongolia |
12 |
5 |
El Salvador |
3 |
| 5 |
South Africa |
24 |
6 |
Morocco |
7 |
Regional
average |
28 |
5 |
Singapore |
12 |
6 |
Colombia |
5 |
| 5 |
Zambia |
24 |
7 |
Libya |
8 |
6 |
Turkmenistan |
34 |
7 |
Australia |
13 |
7 |
Chile |
7 |
| 8 |
Lesotho |
27 |
7 |
Saudi Arabia |
8 |
7 |
Kyrgyzstan |
35 |
7 |
New Zealand |
13 |
8 |
Honduras |
9 |
| 9 |
Madagascar |
32 |
9 |
Tunisia |
14 |
8 |
Georgia |
45 |
9 |
Bhutan |
14 |
9 |
Panama |
10 |
| 9 |
Malawi |
32 |
10 |
Egypt |
15 |
9 |
Afghanistan |
58 |
9 |
Myanmar |
14 |
10 |
United States |
11 |
| 9 |
Tanzania |
32 |
10 |
Lebanon |
15 |
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9 |
Sri Lanka |
14 |
11 |
Trinidad/ Tobago |
12 |
| 12 |
Mauritania |
33 |
Regional average |
16 |
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12 |
Thailand |
15 |
12 |
Bolivia |
13 |
| 13 |
Uganda |
34 |
12 |
Syria |
16 |
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Regional average |
17 |
13 |
Costa Rica |
14 |
| 14 |
Angola |
35 |
12 |
Turkey |
16 |
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13 |
India |
19 |
14 |
Uruguay |
15 |
| 14 |
Côte d'Ivoire |
35 |
14 |
U. Arab Emirates |
17 |
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13 |
Malaysia |
19 |
Regional average |
19 |
| 16 |
Guinea |
39 |
15 |
Iraq |
20 |
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15 |
Pakistan |
22 |
15 |
Paraguay |
19 |
| 16 |
Mauritius |
39 |
16 |
Sudan |
25 |
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16 |
Cambodia |
28 |
16 |
Ecuador |
21 |
| 16 |
Namibia |
39 |
17 |
Algeria |
32 |
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16 |
Philippines |
28 |
17 |
Dominican Rep.
|
22 |
| 19 |
Benin |
43 |
18 |
Yemen |
49 |
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18 |
Japan |
32 |
17 |
Nicaragua |
22 |
| 19 |
Mozambique |
43 |
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19 |
Indonesia |
37 |
19 |
Mexico |
25 |
| 21 |
Burkina Faso |
46 |
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20 |
Lao Rep. |
39 |
20 |
Brazil |
26 |
| 21 |
Ethiopia |
46 |
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21 |
Bangladesh |
41 |
21 |
Peru |
29 |
Regional
average |
47 |
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22 |
Nepal |
55 |
22 |
Guatemala |
31 |
| 23 |
Ghana |
47 |
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23 |
Papua New Guinea |
56 |
23 |
Venezuela |
36 |
| 23 |
Guinea-Bissau |
47 |
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24 |
Haiti |
69 |
| 25 |
Senegal |
49 |
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| 26 |
Burundi |
50 |
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| 27 |
Togo |
52 |
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| 28 |
Cameroon |
54 |
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| 28 |
Central
African
Rep. |
54 |
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| 30 |
Nigeria |
55 |
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| 31 |
Liberia |
56 |
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| 32 |
Congo |
58 |
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| 33 |
Congo, Dem. Rep. |
59 |
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| 34 |
Eritrea |
62 |
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| 34 |
Gabon |
62 |
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| 34 |
Kenya |
62 |
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| 37 |
Mali |
65 |
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| 38 |
Somalia |
67 |
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| 39 |
Chad |
72 |
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| 40 |
Niger |
79 |
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Sources: UNICEF and WHO.
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