Ethiopia vs Ghana: Children newly infected with HIV

Ethiopia
1,312 infections
in 2024
Ghana
1,243 infections
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
15th
Ghana rank
17th

Children newly infected with HIV over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
010.0k20.0k30.0k199020072024

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 1,312 infections against 1,243 infections in Ghana, a difference of 69 infections.

That makes Ethiopia's figure about 1.1 times Ghana's.

The two have swapped places 6 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Ethiopia ranks 15th and Ghana ranks 17th of 86 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade Ethiopia Ghana Difference Ahead
1990s 26,433 infections 6,770 infections 19,663 infections Ethiopia
2000s 14,519 infections 6,938 infections 7,581 infections Ethiopia
2010s 5,020 infections 3,801 infections 1,220 infections Ethiopia
2020s 1,945 infections 1,857 infections 88.37 infections Ethiopia

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children newly infected with hiv, Ethiopia or Ghana?
Ethiopia, at 1,312 infections against 1,243 infections in Ghana as of 2024.
What is the difference in children newly infected with hiv between Ethiopia and Ghana?
69 infections, with Ethiopia ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Ethiopia and Ghana?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Ethiopia and Ghana rank globally for children newly infected with hiv?
Ethiopia ranks 15th and Ghana ranks 17th 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.