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

0.0128 infections per 1,000 people, with Laos ahead.

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

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.

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

Laos

0.2722 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Nigeria

0.2594 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Laos rank

62nd

Nigeria rank

64th

New infections of HIV per 1,000 people over time

Laos
Nigeria

How they compare

Laos currently reports 0.2722 infections per 1,000 people against 0.2594 infections per 1,000 people in Nigeria, a difference of 0.0128 infections per 1,000 people.

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

Laos ranks 62nd and Nigeria ranks 64th of 144 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Laos	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.0743 infections per 1,000 people	2.9 infections per 1,000 people	2.83 infections per 1,000 people	Nigeria
2000s	0.2816 infections per 1,000 people	1.9 infections per 1,000 people	1.62 infections per 1,000 people	Nigeria
2010s	0.2945 infections per 1,000 people	0.9786 infections per 1,000 people	0.6841 infections per 1,000 people	Nigeria
2020s	0.2823 infections per 1,000 people	0.4055 infections per 1,000 people	0.1232 infections per 1,000 people	Nigeria

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher new infections of hiv per 1,000 people, Laos or Nigeria?: Laos, at 0.2722 infections per 1,000 people against 0.2594 infections per 1,000 people in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in new infections of hiv per 1,000 people between Laos and Nigeria?: 0.0128 infections per 1,000 people, with Laos ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Laos and Nigeria?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Laos and Nigeria rank globally for new infections of hiv per 1,000 people?: Laos ranks 62nd and Nigeria ranks 64th 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.