Fiji vs Papua New Guinea: HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age
Fiji
2.48 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
1.38 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Fiji rank
9th
Papua New Guinea rank
12th
HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age over time
- Fiji
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 2.48 infections per 1,000 people against 1.38 infections per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea, a difference of 1.1 infections per 1,000 people.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.8 times Papua New Guinea's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Fiji ranks 9th and Papua New Guinea ranks 12th of 144 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 1 and Papua New Guinea in 3.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0005 infections per 1,000 people | 0.784 infections per 1,000 people | 0.7834 infections per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2000s | 0.0199 infections per 1,000 people | 1.05 infections per 1,000 people | 1.03 infections per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2010s | 0.3672 infections per 1,000 people | 0.9956 infections per 1,000 people | 0.6285 infections per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
| 2020s | 1.73 infections per 1,000 people | 1.3 infections per 1,000 people | 0.4358 infections per 1,000 people | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age, Fiji or Papua New Guinea?
- Fiji, at 2.48 infections per 1,000 people against 1.38 infections per 1,000 people in Papua New Guinea as of 2024.
- What is the difference in hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age between Fiji and Papua New Guinea?
- 1.1 infections per 1,000 people, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Fiji and Papua New Guinea rank globally for hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age?
- Fiji ranks 9th and Papua New Guinea ranks 12th 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.