Guyana vs Papua New Guinea: HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age
Guyana
1.18 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
1.38 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Guyana rank
13th
Papua New Guinea rank
12th
HIV incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age over time
- Guyana
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 1.38 infections per 1,000 people against 1.18 infections per 1,000 people in Guyana, a difference of 0.2 infections per 1,000 people.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Guyana's.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Papua New Guinea ahead.
Guyana ranks 13th and Papua New Guinea ranks 12th of 144 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Guyana averaged higher in 3 and Papua New Guinea in 1.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Guyana | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.04 infections per 1,000 people | 0.784 infections per 1,000 people | 0.2575 infections per 1,000 people | Guyana |
| 2000s | 1.3 infections per 1,000 people | 1.05 infections per 1,000 people | 0.249 infections per 1,000 people | Guyana |
| 2010s | 1.06 infections per 1,000 people | 0.9956 infections per 1,000 people | 0.0622 infections per 1,000 people | Guyana |
| 2020s | 1.2 infections per 1,000 people | 1.3 infections per 1,000 people | 0.1004 infections per 1,000 people | Papua New Guinea |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age, Guyana or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 1.38 infections per 1,000 people against 1.18 infections per 1,000 people in Guyana as of 2024.
- What is the difference in hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age between Guyana and Papua New Guinea?
- 0.2 infections per 1,000 people, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Guyana and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Guyana and Papua New Guinea rank globally for hiv incidence per 1,000 individuals, by age?
- Guyana ranks 13th 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.