Chile vs Costa Rica: HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age
Chile
0.3755 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Costa Rica
0.4136 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Chile rank
49th
Costa Rica rank
46th
HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age over time
- Chile
- Costa Rica
How they compare
Costa Rica currently reports 0.4136 infections per 1,000 people against 0.3755 infections per 1,000 people in Chile, a difference of 0.0381 infections per 1,000 people.
That makes Costa Rica's figure about 1.1 times Chile's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Costa Rica ahead.
Chile ranks 49th and Costa Rica ranks 46th of 144 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Chile averaged higher in 1 and Costa Rica in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Chile | Costa Rica | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2008 infections per 1,000 people | 0.1599 infections per 1,000 people | 0.0409 infections per 1,000 people | Chile |
| 2000s | 0.2512 infections per 1,000 people | 0.2948 infections per 1,000 people | 0.0435 infections per 1,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2010s | 0.3394 infections per 1,000 people | 0.3906 infections per 1,000 people | 0.0512 infections per 1,000 people | Costa Rica |
| 2020s | 0.3716 infections per 1,000 people | 0.4114 infections per 1,000 people | 0.0398 infections per 1,000 people | Costa Rica |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age, Chile or Costa Rica?
- Costa Rica, at 0.4136 infections per 1,000 people against 0.3755 infections per 1,000 people in Chile as of 2024.
- What is the difference in hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age between Chile and Costa Rica?
- 0.0381 infections per 1,000 people, with Costa Rica ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Chile and Costa Rica?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Chile and Costa Rica rank globally for hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age?
- Chile ranks 49th and Costa Rica ranks 46th 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.