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

0.0111 infections per 1,000 people, with Nigeria ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mali 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.

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

Mali

0.2483 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Nigeria

0.2594 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Mali rank

66th

Nigeria rank

64th

New infections of HIV per 1,000 people over time

Mali
Nigeria

How they compare

Nigeria currently reports 0.2594 infections per 1,000 people against 0.2483 infections per 1,000 people in Mali, a difference of 0.0111 infections per 1,000 people.

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

Mali ranks 66th 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	Mali	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1990s	2.37 infections per 1,000 people	2.9 infections per 1,000 people	0.5281 infections per 1,000 people	Nigeria
2000s	1.18 infections per 1,000 people	1.9 infections per 1,000 people	0.7177 infections per 1,000 people	Nigeria
2010s	0.6392 infections per 1,000 people	0.9786 infections per 1,000 people	0.3394 infections per 1,000 people	Nigeria
2020s	0.318 infections per 1,000 people	0.4055 infections per 1,000 people	0.0875 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, Mali or Nigeria?: Nigeria, at 0.2594 infections per 1,000 people against 0.2483 infections per 1,000 people in Mali as of 2024.
What is the difference in new infections of hiv per 1,000 people between Mali and Nigeria?: 0.0111 infections per 1,000 people, with Nigeria ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mali and Nigeria?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Mali and Nigeria rank globally for new infections of hiv per 1,000 people?: Mali ranks 66th 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: 28 August 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.