What is the difference in children newly infected with hiv between Ecuador and Somalia?

11.74 infections, with Somalia ahead.

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

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 Children newly infected with HIV. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Ecuador vs Somalia: Children newly infected with HIV

Ecuador

75.04 infections

in 2024

Somalia

86.78 infections

in 2022

Ecuador rank

53rd

Somalia rank

51st

Children newly infected with HIV over time

Ecuador
Somalia

How they compare

Somalia currently reports 86.78 infections against 75.04 infections in Ecuador, a difference of 11.74 infections.

That makes Somalia's figure about 1.2 times Ecuador's.

The two have swapped places 4 times across 33 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Somalia ahead.

Ecuador ranks 53rd and Somalia ranks 51st of 86 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Ecuador	Somalia	Difference	Ahead
1990s	160.73 infections	400.16 infections	239.44 infections	Somalia
2000s	231.31 infections	342.27 infections	110.96 infections	Somalia
2010s	187.66 infections	191.09 infections	3.43 infections	Somalia
2020s	109.34 infections	114.99 infections	5.65 infections	Somalia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children newly infected with hiv, Ecuador or Somalia?: Somalia, at 86.78 infections against 75.04 infections in Ecuador as of 2022.
What is the difference in children newly infected with hiv between Ecuador and Somalia?: 11.74 infections, with Somalia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ecuador and Somalia?: 33 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2022.
How do Ecuador and Somalia rank globally for children newly infected with hiv?: Ecuador ranks 53rd and Somalia ranks 51st 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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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: 28 August 2026

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