Ghana vs Madagascar: HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age
Ghana
0.7902 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Madagascar
0.904 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Ghana rank
22nd
Madagascar rank
19th
HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age over time
- Ghana
- Madagascar
How they compare
Madagascar currently reports 0.904 infections per 1,000 people against 0.7902 infections per 1,000 people in Ghana, a difference of 0.1138 infections per 1,000 people.
That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ghana ahead.
Ghana ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 19th of 144 countries.
Ghana has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Ghana | Madagascar | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 3.45 infections per 1,000 people | 0.0499 infections per 1,000 people | 3.4 infections per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 2000s | 1.8 infections per 1,000 people | 0.242 infections per 1,000 people | 1.56 infections per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 2010s | 1.19 infections per 1,000 people | 0.374 infections per 1,000 people | 0.8127 infections per 1,000 people | Ghana |
| 2020s | 0.9068 infections per 1,000 people | 0.644 infections per 1,000 people | 0.2628 infections per 1,000 people | Ghana |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age, Ghana or Madagascar?
- Madagascar, at 0.904 infections per 1,000 people against 0.7902 infections per 1,000 people in Ghana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age between Ghana and Madagascar?
- 0.1138 infections per 1,000 people, with Madagascar ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Ghana and Madagascar?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Ghana and Madagascar rank globally for hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age?
- Ghana ranks 22nd and Madagascar ranks 19th 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.