Cuba vs Sierra Leone: HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age
Cuba
0.3529 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.3766 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Cuba rank
50th
Sierra Leone rank
48th
HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age over time
- Cuba
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 0.3766 infections per 1,000 people against 0.3529 infections per 1,000 people in Cuba, a difference of 0.0237 infections per 1,000 people.
That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.1 times Cuba's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Sierra Leone has been ahead every year.
Cuba ranks 50th and Sierra Leone ranks 48th of 144 countries.
Sierra Leone has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cuba | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0567 infections per 1,000 people | 1.99 infections per 1,000 people | 1.93 infections per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2000s | 0.3016 infections per 1,000 people | 1.63 infections per 1,000 people | 1.33 infections per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2010s | 0.3521 infections per 1,000 people | 1.16 infections per 1,000 people | 0.809 infections per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.3534 infections per 1,000 people | 0.5843 infections per 1,000 people | 0.2309 infections per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age, Cuba or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 0.3766 infections per 1,000 people against 0.3529 infections per 1,000 people in Cuba as of 2024.
- What is the difference in hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age between Cuba and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0237 infections per 1,000 people, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cuba and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Cuba and Sierra Leone rank globally for hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age?
- Cuba ranks 50th and Sierra Leone ranks 48th 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.