Barbados vs Kenya: HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age
Barbados
0.5495 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Kenya
0.5258 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Barbados rank
36th
Kenya rank
38th
HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age over time
- Barbados
- Kenya
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.5495 infections per 1,000 people against 0.5258 infections per 1,000 people in Kenya, a difference of 0.0237 infections per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.
Barbados ranks 36th and Kenya ranks 38th of 144 countries.
Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Kenya | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.16 infections per 1,000 people | 13.82 infections per 1,000 people | 12.66 infections per 1,000 people | Kenya |
| 2000s | 0.8762 infections per 1,000 people | 4.15 infections per 1,000 people | 3.27 infections per 1,000 people | Kenya |
| 2010s | 0.6009 infections per 1,000 people | 1.54 infections per 1,000 people | 0.9408 infections per 1,000 people | Kenya |
| 2020s | 0.5456 infections per 1,000 people | 0.6351 infections per 1,000 people | 0.0895 infections per 1,000 people | Kenya |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age, Barbados or Kenya?
- Barbados, at 0.5495 infections per 1,000 people against 0.5258 infections per 1,000 people in Kenya as of 2024.
- What is the difference in hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age between Barbados and Kenya?
- 0.0237 infections per 1,000 people, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Kenya?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Barbados and Kenya rank globally for hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age?
- Barbados ranks 36th and Kenya ranks 38th of 144 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people aged 15-49 newly infected with HIV in the last year per 1,000 uninfected people. This is the central estimate.