Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV, per in El Salvador

El Salvador: Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV, per was 1.01 units per square kilometre in 2023. ▲ Rising

Latest (2023)
1.01 units per square kilometre
Change on year
up 5.0%
World rank
33rd
of 152 countries
All-time high
1.01 units per square kilometre
in 2023
All-time low
0.082 units per square kilometre
in 1990
Years of data
34
1990–2023

Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV, per in El Salvador, 1990–2023

00.20.40.60.811990200620231990: 0.082 units per square kilometre1991: 0.125 units per square kilometre1992: 0.174 units per square kilometre1993: 0.236 units per square kilometre1994: 0.304 units per square kilometre1995: 0.381 units per square kilometre1996: 0.458 units per square kilometre1997: 0.531 units per square kilometre1998: 0.627 units per square kilometre1999: 0.676 units per square kilometre2000: 0.772 units per square kilometre2001: 0.82 units per square kilometre2002: 0.869 units per square kilometre2003: 0.917 units per square kilometre2004: 0.917 units per square kilometre2005: 0.965 units per square kilometre2006: 0.965 units per square kilometre2007: 0.965 units per square kilometre2008: 0.965 units per square kilometre2009: 0.965 units per square kilometre2010: 0.965 units per square kilometre2011: 0.965 units per square kilometre2012: 0.917 units per square kilometre2013: 0.917 units per square kilometre2014: 0.917 units per square kilometre2015: 0.917 units per square kilometre2016: 0.917 units per square kilometre2017: 0.917 units per square kilometre2018: 0.917 units per square kilometre2019: 0.917 units per square kilometre2020: 0.917 units per square kilometre2021: 0.965 units per square kilometre2022: 0.965 units per square kilometre2023: 1 units per square kilometre

Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in units per square kilometre.

Analysis

The most recent figure for adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with hiv, per in El Salvador is 1.01 units per square kilometre, measured in 2023. That is the highest value across all 34 years on record.

That represents a change of up 5.0% on the previous year and up 10.5% over ten years.

Over the whole period, adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with hiv, per in El Salvador peaked at 1.01 units per square kilometre in 2023 and was at its lowest, 0.082 units per square kilometre, in 1990.

El Salvador ranks 33rd of 152 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.

The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 34 years of available data.

Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV, per in El Salvador, year by year

Annual values for Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV, per square kilometre in El Salvador, 1990 to 2023.
Year units per square kilometre Change
1990 0.082 units per square kilometre
1991 0.1255 units per square kilometre +52.9%
1992 0.1737 units per square kilometre +38.5%
1993 0.2365 units per square kilometre +36.1%
1994 0.3041 units per square kilometre +28.6%
1995 0.3813 units per square kilometre +25.4%
1996 0.4585 units per square kilometre +20.3%
1997 0.5309 units per square kilometre +15.8%
1998 0.6274 units per square kilometre +18.2%
1999 0.6757 units per square kilometre +7.7%
2000 0.7722 units per square kilometre +14.3%
2001 0.8205 units per square kilometre +6.2%
2002 0.8687 units per square kilometre +5.9%
2003 0.917 units per square kilometre +5.6%
2004 0.917 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2005 0.9653 units per square kilometre +5.3%
2006 0.9653 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2007 0.9653 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2008 0.9653 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2009 0.9653 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2010 0.9653 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2011 0.9653 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2012 0.917 units per square kilometre -5.0%
2013 0.917 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2014 0.917 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2015 0.917 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2016 0.917 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2017 0.917 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2018 0.917 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2019 0.917 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2020 0.917 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2021 0.9653 units per square kilometre +5.3%
2022 0.9653 units per square kilometre +0.0%
2023 1.01 units per square kilometre +5.0%

El Salvador compared with similar countries

  • El Salvador's 1.01 units per square kilometre is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.2065 units per square kilometre, 4.9× the median. (44 countries reporting)
  • El Salvador's 1.01 units per square kilometre is above the median for Latin America & Caribbean, which is 0.2986 units per square kilometre, 3.4× the median. (29 countries reporting)

Biggest year-on-year movements

Years where Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV, per in El Salvador changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.

YearChange FromTo
1991 +52.9% 0.082 units per square kilometre 0.1255 units per square kilometre

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 0.3596 units per square kilometre 0.082 units per square kilometre 0.6757 units per square kilometre 10
2000s 0.9122 units per square kilometre 0.7722 units per square kilometre 0.9653 units per square kilometre 10
2010s 0.9266 units per square kilometre 0.917 units per square kilometre 0.9653 units per square kilometre 10
2020s 0.9652 units per square kilometre 0.917 units per square kilometre 1.01 units per square kilometre 4

Countries ranked near El Salvador

  1. 30 Thailand 1.12 units per square kilometre compare
  2. 31 Cameroon 1.08 units per square kilometre compare
  3. 32 Saint Lucia 1.07 units per square kilometre compare
  4. 34 Cape Verde 0.9181 units per square kilometre compare
  5. 35 Vietnam 0.8614 units per square kilometre compare
  6. 36 Bahrain 0.7875 units per square kilometre compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with hiv, per in El Salvador?
Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with hiv, per in El Salvador was 1.01 units per square kilometre in 2023, according to Statizoid (derived).
What is the highest adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with hiv, per recorded in El Salvador?
The highest recorded value was 1.01 units per square kilometre in 2023.
What is the lowest adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with hiv, per recorded in El Salvador?
The lowest recorded value was 0.082 units per square kilometre in 1990.
How does El Salvador rank for adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with hiv, per?
El Salvador ranks 33rd out of 152 countries with data for 2023.
Is adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with hiv, per rising or falling in El Salvador?
Over the last ten years it is up 10.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
Where does this El Salvador data come from?
The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV, per square kilometre. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.

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Indicator
Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV, per square kilometre
Unit
units per square kilometre
Source
Statizoid (derived)
Licence
Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage
153 places, 5,023 data points, 1990–2023
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Adults (ages 15+) and children (0-14 years) living with HIV divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.