What is the difference in new infections of hiv per 1,000 people between Nepal and Sri Lanka?

0.0009 infections per 1,000 people, with Nepal ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Sri Lanka?

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.

Nepal vs Sri Lanka: New infections of HIV per 1,000 people

Nepal

0.0341 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Sri Lanka

0.0332 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Nepal rank

130th

Sri Lanka rank

131st

New infections of HIV per 1,000 people over time

Nepal
Sri Lanka

How they compare

Nepal currently reports 0.0341 infections per 1,000 people against 0.0332 infections per 1,000 people in Sri Lanka, a difference of 0.0009 infections per 1,000 people.

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

Nepal ranks 130th and Sri Lanka ranks 131st of 144 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Nepal	Sri Lanka	Difference	Ahead
1990s	0.15 infections per 1,000 people	0.0218 infections per 1,000 people	0.1282 infections per 1,000 people	Nepal
2000s	0.3116 infections per 1,000 people	0.0354 infections per 1,000 people	0.2762 infections per 1,000 people	Nepal
2010s	0.1027 infections per 1,000 people	0.0249 infections per 1,000 people	0.0777 infections per 1,000 people	Nepal
2020s	0.0426 infections per 1,000 people	0.0328 infections per 1,000 people	0.0098 infections per 1,000 people	Nepal

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher new infections of hiv per 1,000 people, Nepal or Sri Lanka?: Nepal, at 0.0341 infections per 1,000 people against 0.0332 infections per 1,000 people in Sri Lanka as of 2024.
What is the difference in new infections of hiv per 1,000 people between Nepal and Sri Lanka?: 0.0009 infections per 1,000 people, with Nepal ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Nepal and Sri Lanka?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Nepal and Sri Lanka rank globally for new infections of hiv per 1,000 people?: Nepal ranks 130th and Sri Lanka ranks 131st 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.