What is the difference in children newly infected with hiv between Kenya and Zimbabwe?

1,506 infections, with Kenya ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zimbabwe?

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.

Kenya vs Zimbabwe: Children newly infected with HIV

Kenya

4,349 infections

in 2024

Zimbabwe

2,843 infections

in 2024

Kenya rank

7th

Zimbabwe rank

9th

Children newly infected with HIV over time

Kenya
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Kenya currently reports 4,349 infections against 2,843 infections in Zimbabwe, a difference of 1,506 infections.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.5 times Zimbabwe's.

The two have swapped places 7 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Zimbabwe ahead.

Kenya ranks 7th and Zimbabwe ranks 9th of 86 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Kenya	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	49,443 infections	41,094 infections	8,349 infections	Kenya
2000s	36,480 infections	29,526 infections	6,954 infections	Kenya
2010s	9,842 infections	9,490 infections	352.29 infections	Kenya
2020s	4,353 infections	3,773 infections	579.89 infections	Kenya

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher children newly infected with hiv, Kenya or Zimbabwe?: Kenya, at 4,349 infections against 2,843 infections in Zimbabwe as of 2024.
What is the difference in children newly infected with hiv between Kenya and Zimbabwe?: 1,506 infections, with Kenya ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Kenya and Zimbabwe?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Kenya and Zimbabwe rank globally for children newly infected with hiv?: Kenya ranks 7th and Zimbabwe ranks 9th 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.