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

0.0112 infections per 1,000 people, with Venezuela ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Venezuela?

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.

Kenya vs Venezuela: New infections of HIV per 1,000 people

Kenya

0.5258 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Venezuela

0.537 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Kenya rank

38th

Venezuela rank

37th

New infections of HIV per 1,000 people over time

Kenya
Venezuela

How they compare

Venezuela currently reports 0.537 infections per 1,000 people against 0.5258 infections per 1,000 people in Kenya, a difference of 0.0112 infections per 1,000 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Kenya ahead.

Kenya ranks 38th and Venezuela ranks 37th of 144 countries.

Kenya has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Venezuela	Difference	Ahead
1990s	13.82 infections per 1,000 people	0.318 infections per 1,000 people	13.5 infections per 1,000 people	Kenya
2000s	4.15 infections per 1,000 people	0.5609 infections per 1,000 people	3.59 infections per 1,000 people	Kenya
2010s	1.54 infections per 1,000 people	0.2405 infections per 1,000 people	1.3 infections per 1,000 people	Kenya
2020s	0.6351 infections per 1,000 people	0.4622 infections per 1,000 people	0.1729 infections per 1,000 people	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher new infections of hiv per 1,000 people, Kenya or Venezuela?: Venezuela, at 0.537 infections per 1,000 people against 0.5258 infections per 1,000 people in Kenya as of 2024.
What is the difference in new infections of hiv per 1,000 people between Kenya and Venezuela?: 0.0112 infections per 1,000 people, with Venezuela ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Venezuela?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Venezuela rank globally for new infections of hiv per 1,000 people?: Kenya ranks 38th and Venezuela ranks 37th 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.