The latest statistics from Public Health Wales for April-June 2013 show that that 92 per cent of children had received the MMR vaccine by the time they were five-years-old, up from 90 per cent in the previous quarter.
In April, parents in Wales were urged to vaccinate their children against measles as the number of cases in the country hit a record high at 765.
Figures for England (NHS) show that in 2012-13, 92 per cent of children reaching their second birthday received the first dose of the MMR vaccine, the highest level since the vaccine was introduced in 1988.
The number of children who had both doses of the vaccine by their fifth birthday also rose, from 86 per cent a year earlier to 88 per cent.
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