What is the difference in new hiv infections between Mozambique and Nigeria?

43,427 infections, with Mozambique ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique 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 HIV infections. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Mozambique vs Nigeria: New HIV infections

Mozambique

91,525 infections

in 2024

Nigeria

48,098 infections

in 2024

Mozambique rank

2nd

Nigeria rank

4th

New HIV infections over time

Mozambique
Nigeria

How they compare

Mozambique currently reports 91,525 infections against 48,098 infections in Nigeria, a difference of 43,427 infections.

That makes Mozambique's figure about 1.9 times Nigeria's.

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

Mozambique ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 4th of 144 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Mozambique averaged higher in 2 and Nigeria in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Mozambique	Nigeria	Difference	Ahead
1990s	93,987 infections	186,960 infections	92,973 infections	Nigeria
2000s	158,745 infections	174,471 infections	15,726 infections	Nigeria
2010s	149,117 infections	114,085 infections	35,032 infections	Mozambique
2020s	109,040 infections	64,042 infections	44,997 infections	Mozambique

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher new hiv infections, Mozambique or Nigeria?: Mozambique, at 91,525 infections against 48,098 infections in Nigeria as of 2024.
What is the difference in new hiv infections between Mozambique and Nigeria?: 43,427 infections, with Mozambique ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Mozambique and Nigeria?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Mozambique and Nigeria rank globally for new hiv infections?: Mozambique ranks 2nd and Nigeria ranks 4th 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 HIV infections. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: New HIV infections
Unit: infections
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 newly infected with HIV in the last 12 months. This is the central estimate.