Which has higher children newly infected with hiv, Gambia or Guinea-Bissau?

Guinea-Bissau, at 215.31 infections against 169.49 infections in Gambia as of 2024.

What is the difference in children newly infected with hiv between Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?

45.82 infections, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?

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

Gambia vs Guinea-Bissau: Children newly infected with HIV

Gambia

169.49 infections

in 2024

Guinea-Bissau

215.31 infections

in 2024

Gambia rank

46th

Guinea-Bissau rank

43rd

Children newly infected with HIV over time

Gambia
Guinea-Bissau

How they compare

Guinea-Bissau currently reports 215.31 infections against 169.49 infections in Gambia, a difference of 45.82 infections.

That makes Guinea-Bissau's figure about 1.3 times Gambia's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Guinea-Bissau ahead.

Gambia ranks 46th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 43rd of 86 countries.

Guinea-Bissau has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Gambia	Guinea-Bissau	Difference	Ahead
1990s	186.76 infections	353.11 infections	166.35 infections	Guinea-Bissau
2000s	455.36 infections	928.11 infections	472.74 infections	Guinea-Bissau
2010s	285.17 infections	414.37 infections	129.2 infections	Guinea-Bissau
2020s	200.94 infections	282.63 infections	81.69 infections	Guinea-Bissau

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children newly infected with hiv, Gambia or Guinea-Bissau?: Guinea-Bissau, at 215.31 infections against 169.49 infections in Gambia as of 2024.
What is the difference in children newly infected with hiv between Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?: 45.82 infections, with Guinea-Bissau ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Gambia and Guinea-Bissau?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Gambia and Guinea-Bissau rank globally for children newly infected with hiv?: Gambia ranks 46th and Guinea-Bissau ranks 43rd 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: 28 August 2026

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