Burundi vs Sierra Leone: Children newly infected with HIV

Burundi
461.52 infections
in 2024
Sierra Leone
664.7 infections
in 2024
Burundi rank
30th
Sierra Leone rank
27th

Children newly infected with HIV over time

  • Burundi
  • Sierra Leone
02.0k4.0k6.0k199020072024

How they compare

Sierra Leone currently reports 664.7 infections against 461.52 infections in Burundi, a difference of 203.18 infections.

That makes Sierra Leone's figure about 1.4 times Burundi's.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Burundi ahead.

Burundi ranks 30th and Sierra Leone ranks 27th of 86 countries.

Across the 4 decades both report, Burundi averaged higher in 2 and Sierra Leone in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade Burundi Sierra Leone Difference Ahead
1990s 4,527 infections 1,236 infections 3,291 infections Burundi
2000s 2,332 infections 1,892 infections 439.3 infections Burundi
2010s 642.09 infections 1,281 infections 638.91 infections Sierra Leone
2020s 415.92 infections 895.01 infections 479.09 infections Sierra Leone

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children newly infected with hiv, Burundi or Sierra Leone?
Sierra Leone, at 664.7 infections against 461.52 infections in Burundi as of 2024.
What is the difference in children newly infected with hiv between Burundi and Sierra Leone?
203.18 infections, with Sierra Leone ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Burundi and Sierra Leone?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Burundi and Sierra Leone rank globally for children newly infected with hiv?
Burundi ranks 30th and Sierra Leone ranks 27th of 86 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 Children newly infected with HIV. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Children newly infected with HIV
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
86 places, 3,006 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Number of people aged 0-14 newly infected with HIV in the last 12 months. This is the central estimate.