What is the difference in new hiv infections between Somalia and Switzerland?

20.38 infections, with Somalia ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Switzerland?

33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.

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.

Somalia vs Switzerland: New HIV infections

Somalia

312.54 infections

in 2022

Switzerland

292.16 infections

in 2024

Somalia rank

102nd

Switzerland rank

104th

New HIV infections over time

Somalia
Switzerland

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 312.54 infections against 292.16 infections in Switzerland, a difference of 20.38 infections.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.1 times Switzerland's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Somalia ahead.

Somalia ranks 102nd and Switzerland ranks 104th of 144 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Somalia	Switzerland	Difference	Ahead
1990s	1,635 infections	791.9 infections	843.29 infections	Somalia
2000s	1,043 infections	382.86 infections	660.46 infections	Somalia
2010s	518.45 infections	387.09 infections	131.36 infections	Somalia
2020s	348.61 infections	345.85 infections	2.77 infections	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher new hiv infections, Somalia or Switzerland?: Somalia, at 312.54 infections against 292.16 infections in Switzerland as of 2022.
What is the difference in new hiv infections between Somalia and Switzerland?: 20.38 infections, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Somalia and Switzerland?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Somalia and Switzerland rank globally for new hiv infections?: Somalia ranks 102nd and Switzerland ranks 104th 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.