Cameroon vs Gambia: HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age
Cameroon
0.695 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Gambia
0.6543 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Cameroon rank
26th
Gambia rank
29th
HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age over time
- Cameroon
- Gambia
How they compare
Cameroon currently reports 0.695 infections per 1,000 people against 0.6543 infections per 1,000 people in Gambia, a difference of 0.0407 infections per 1,000 people.
That makes Cameroon's figure about 1.1 times Gambia's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cameroon ahead.
Cameroon ranks 26th and Gambia ranks 29th of 144 countries.
Cameroon has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cameroon | Gambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 6.99 infections per 1,000 people | 1.9 infections per 1,000 people | 5.08 infections per 1,000 people | Cameroon |
| 2000s | 5.27 infections per 1,000 people | 2.55 infections per 1,000 people | 2.73 infections per 1,000 people | Cameroon |
| 2010s | 2 infections per 1,000 people | 1.55 infections per 1,000 people | 0.4538 infections per 1,000 people | Cameroon |
| 2020s | 0.8992 infections per 1,000 people | 0.8218 infections per 1,000 people | 0.0774 infections per 1,000 people | Cameroon |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age, Cameroon or Gambia?
- Cameroon, at 0.695 infections per 1,000 people against 0.6543 infections per 1,000 people in Gambia as of 2024.
- What is the difference in hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age between Cameroon and Gambia?
- 0.0407 infections per 1,000 people, with Cameroon ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cameroon and Gambia?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Cameroon and Gambia rank globally for hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age?
- Cameroon ranks 26th and Gambia ranks 29th 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.