Reported cases vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide

As seen in the graph, there has been a sharp decline in the number of reported cases of both measles and pertussis (whooping cough) since 1980 as a result of vaccines. This statistic shows the number of reported cases of selected vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide, from 1980 to 2023, by disease.

Reported cases of vaccine-preventable diseases worldwide from 1980 to 2023, by disease

Characteristic	Congenital rubella syndrome	Diphtheria	Measles	Mumps	Pertussis	Polio	Rubella	Tetanus
2023	1,534	24,779	663,830	384,785	159,832	538	35,714	21,830
2022	1,527	10,018	205,200	381,029	64,313	865	17,991	6,705
2021	716	8,659	123,181	241,742	30,402	700	10,038	9,828
2020	1,252	10,137	159,241	279,270	69,605	1,113	10,364	11,897
2019	424	22,986	873,373	169,898	149,845	378	49,180	14,745
2018	449	16,911	360,296	502,027	169,240	137	26,033	15,103
2017	835	8,819	173,457	560,784	163,030	118	14,756	12,509
2016	369	7,102	132,490	592,174	174,624	42	23,419	13,813
2015	282	4,535	214,808	385,781	156,065	106	23,760	10,338
2014	142	7,774	282,078	311,602	186,438	415	33,516	12,531
2013	134	4,680	275,307	516,316	172,109	482	101,156	13,532
2012	302	4,490	212,376	687,934	250,330	294	94,277	10,475
2011	214	5,626	359,332	726,638	173,441	717	114,456	12,649
2010	31	4,603	343,806	619,389	161,234	1,412	75,961	11,181
2009	161	4,349	278,637	546,684	166,592	1,789	121,378	11,981
2008	243	4,978	278,751	537,740	148,095	1,736	181,029	15,850
2007	225	4,642	285,031	407,873	139,521	1,390	196,501	20,361
2006	64	4,333	377,576	643,321	127,410	2,023	250,102	15,305
2005	41	8,137	585,701	619,062	152,784	2,033	267,983	15,675
2004	89	10,069	513,406	654,216	245,377	1,256	308,213	13,987
2003	116	7,154	679,856	334,524	116,598	784	317,415	14,220
2002	41	9,035	586,471	487,932	135,944	1,922	639,747	31,376
2001	85	10,725	849,173	412,341	174,847	496	836,332	20,800
2000	156	11,625	853,479	544,093	190,475	2,971	670,894	23,711
1999	68	4,810	752,407	558,122	116,297	7,141	875,116	15,951
1998	14	7,441	694,466	-	188,975	6,347	130,569	20,469
1997	33	14,767	825,673	-	168,111	5,186	125,056	23,145
1996	-	28,624	870,218	-	141,339	4,070	-	12,537
1995	-	56,965	720,391	-	164,976	7,043	-	13,019
1994	-	54,816	926,808	-	253,822	8,666	-	48,086
1993	-	31,242	1,143,945	-	237,133	10,500	-	42,530
1992	-	20,851	1,481,192	-	255,494	15,304	-	39,931
1991	-	24,738	1,370,243	-	430,493	13,274	-	46,292
1990	-	22,133	1,325,074	-	442,492	23,053	-	64,737
1989	-	29,779	1,822,390	-	596,488	26,104	-	78,693
1988	-	31,526	1,663,940	-	523,574	34,617	-	73,310
1987	-	27,754	1,682,847	-	688,441	39,683	-	75,932
1986	-	29,132	2,078,696	-	835,431	32,846	-	85,859
1985	-	42,335	2,819,553	-	1,007,832	38,483	-	104,546
1984	-	45,235	3,026,973	-	1,025,918	35,084	-	89,587
1983	-	49,797	3,586,101	-	1,362,689	39,973	-	99,078
1982	-	60,040	3,623,758	-	1,814,178	51,628	-	115,440
1981	-	74,098	4,078,455	-	1,795,493	65,737	-	105,679
1980	-	97,164	3,852,242	-	1,968,363	52,630	-	113,936