Which has higher new hiv infections, Tanzania, United Republic of or Uganda?

Tanzania, United Republic of, at 43,208 infections against 36,648 infections in Uganda as of 2024.

What is the difference in new hiv infections between Tanzania, United Republic of and Uganda?

6,560 infections, with Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.

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

Tanzania, United Republic of vs Uganda: New HIV infections

Tanzania, United Republic of

43,208 infections

in 2024

Uganda

36,648 infections

in 2024

Tanzania, United Republic of rank

5th

Uganda rank

6th

New HIV infections over time

Tanzania, United Republic of
Uganda

How they compare

Tanzania, United Republic of currently reports 43,208 infections against 36,648 infections in Uganda, a difference of 6,560 infections.

That makes Tanzania, United Republic of's figure about 1.2 times Uganda's.

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

Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 5th and Uganda ranks 6th of 144 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Tanzania, United Republic of averaged higher in 3 and Uganda in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Tanzania, United Republic of	Uganda	Difference	Ahead
1990s	139,042 infections	103,709 infections	35,334 infections	Tanzania, United Republic of
2000s	100,112 infections	100,506 infections	394.33 infections	Uganda
2010s	96,730 infections	73,057 infections	23,674 infections	Tanzania, United Republic of
2020s	61,517 infections	43,606 infections	17,910 infections	Tanzania, United Republic of

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher new hiv infections, Tanzania, United Republic of or Uganda?: Tanzania, United Republic of, at 43,208 infections against 36,648 infections in Uganda as of 2024.
What is the difference in new hiv infections between Tanzania, United Republic of and Uganda?: 6,560 infections, with Tanzania, United Republic of ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Tanzania, United Republic of and Uganda?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Tanzania, United Republic of and Uganda rank globally for new hiv infections?: Tanzania, United Republic of ranks 5th and Uganda ranks 6th 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.