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

0.29 infections per 1,000 people, with Uganda ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Uganda?

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.

Tanzania vs Uganda: New infections of HIV per 1,000 people

Tanzania

1.13 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Uganda

1.42 infections per 1,000 people

in 2024

Tanzania rank

14th

Uganda rank

11th

New infections of HIV per 1,000 people over time

Tanzania
Uganda

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 1.42 infections per 1,000 people against 1.13 infections per 1,000 people in Tanzania, a difference of 0.29 infections per 1,000 people.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.3 times Tanzania's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uganda ahead.

Tanzania ranks 14th and Uganda ranks 11th of 144 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tanzania	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1990s	8.1 infections per 1,000 people	9.61 infections per 1,000 people	1.51 infections per 1,000 people	Uganda
2000s	4.11 infections per 1,000 people	6.96 infections per 1,000 people	2.85 infections per 1,000 people	Uganda
2010s	3.11 infections per 1,000 people	4.19 infections per 1,000 people	1.07 infections per 1,000 people	Uganda
2020s	1.71 infections per 1,000 people	1.83 infections per 1,000 people	0.1195 infections per 1,000 people	Uganda

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher new infections of hiv per 1,000 people, Tanzania or Uganda?: Uganda, at 1.42 infections per 1,000 people against 1.13 infections per 1,000 people in Tanzania as of 2024.
What is the difference in new infections of hiv per 1,000 people between Tanzania and Uganda?: 0.29 infections per 1,000 people, with Uganda ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania and Uganda?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Tanzania and Uganda rank globally for new infections of hiv per 1,000 people?: Tanzania ranks 14th and Uganda ranks 11th 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.