Cote d'Ivoire vs Sierra Leone: New infections of HIV per 1,000 people
Cote d'Ivoire
0.4138 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Sierra Leone
0.3766 infections per 1,000 people
in 2024
Cote d'Ivoire rank
45th
Sierra Leone rank
48th
New infections of HIV per 1,000 people over time
- Cote d'Ivoire
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Cote d'Ivoire currently reports 0.4138 infections per 1,000 people against 0.3766 infections per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone, a difference of 0.0372 infections per 1,000 people.
That makes Cote d'Ivoire's figure about 1.1 times Sierra Leone's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
Cote d'Ivoire ranks 45th and Sierra Leone ranks 48th of 144 countries.
Across the 4 decades both report, Cote d'Ivoire averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Cote d'Ivoire | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10.32 infections per 1,000 people | 1.99 infections per 1,000 people | 8.33 infections per 1,000 people | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2000s | 3.22 infections per 1,000 people | 1.63 infections per 1,000 people | 1.6 infections per 1,000 people | Cote d'Ivoire |
| 2010s | 1.07 infections per 1,000 people | 1.16 infections per 1,000 people | 0.09 infections per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
| 2020s | 0.5154 infections per 1,000 people | 0.5843 infections per 1,000 people | 0.0689 infections per 1,000 people | Sierra Leone |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher new infections of hiv per 1,000 people, Cote d'Ivoire or Sierra Leone?
- Cote d'Ivoire, at 0.4138 infections per 1,000 people against 0.3766 infections per 1,000 people in Sierra Leone as of 2024.
- What is the difference in new infections of hiv per 1,000 people between Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone?
- 0.0372 infections per 1,000 people, with Cote d'Ivoire ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Cote d'Ivoire and Sierra Leone rank globally for new infections of hiv per 1,000 people?
- Cote d'Ivoire ranks 45th 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 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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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.