What is the difference in new infections of hiv per 1,000 people between Bolivia and Laos?

0.0045 infections per 1,000 people, with Laos ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Laos?

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as New infections of HIV per 1,000 people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bolivia vs Laos: New infections of HIV per 1,000 people

Bolivia

0.2677 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Laos

0.2722 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Bolivia rank

63rd

Laos rank

62nd

New infections of HIV per 1,000 people over time

Bolivia
Laos

How they compare

Laos currently reports 0.2722 infections per 1,000 people against 0.2677 infections per 1,000 people in Bolivia, a difference of 0.0045 infections per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Bolivia ahead.

Bolivia ranks 63rd and Laos ranks 62nd of 144 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Bolivia averaged higher in 3 and Laos in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bolivia	Laos	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.4271 infections per 1,000 people	0.0743 infections per 1,000 people	0.3528 infections per 1,000 people	Bolivia
2000s	0.3791 infections per 1,000 people	0.2816 infections per 1,000 people	0.0975 infections per 1,000 people	Bolivia
2010s	0.323 infections per 1,000 people	0.2945 infections per 1,000 people	0.0285 infections per 1,000 people	Bolivia
2020s	0.2808 infections per 1,000 people	0.2823 infections per 1,000 people	0.0015 infections per 1,000 people	Laos

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher new infections of hiv per 1,000 people, Bolivia or Laos?: Laos, at 0.2722 infections per 1,000 people against 0.2677 infections per 1,000 people in Bolivia as of 2024.
What is the difference in new infections of hiv per 1,000 people between Bolivia and Laos?: 0.0045 infections per 1,000 people, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bolivia and Laos?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Bolivia and Laos rank globally for new infections of hiv per 1,000 people?: Bolivia ranks 63rd and Laos ranks 62nd 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 New infections of HIV per 1,000 people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: New infections of HIV per 1,000 people
Unit: infections per 1,000 people
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 144 places, 4,983 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Number of people aged 15-49 newly infected with HIV in the last year per 1,000 uninfected people. This is the central estimate.