Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence (%) by country
Countries reporting
148
Highest
5.3%
Central African Republic
Lowest
0.0%
Turkey
Median
0.3%
Years covered
10
2015–2024
Data points
2,090
What the numbers show
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence (%) is currently reported for 148 countries. The highest value is 5.3% in Central African Republic; the lowest is 0.0% in Turkey.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.3%, and the mean is 0.7%.
Over the past decade 14 countries rose and 110 fell. The largest increase was in North Macedonia (up 100.0%), and the largest decrease in Bulgaria (down 100.0%).
Hepatitis B surface antigen (HBsAg) prevalence (%): full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Central African Republic | 5.3% | 2024 | down 46.5% | falling |
| 2 | Somalia | 4.0% | 2024 | down 54.0% | falling |
| 3 | Gabon | 3.2% | 2024 | up 3.2% | rising |
| 3 | Niger | 3.2% | 2024 | up 52.4% | rising |
| 5 | Angola | 3.1% | 2024 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 6 | Syria | 2.9% | 2024 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 7 | Guinea | 2.8% | 2024 | up 27.3% | rising |
| 8 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.7% | 2024 | down 6.9% | falling |
| 8 | Nigeria | 2.7% | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 2.5% | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 11 | Chad | 2.2% | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 12 | Equatorial Guinea | 2.0% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 13 | Cameroon | 1.8% | 2024 | down 5.3% | falling |
| 13 | Mali | 1.8% | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 13 | Vanuatu | 1.8% | 2024 | up 5.9% | flat |
| 13 | Zimbabwe | 1.8% | 2024 | down 10.0% | flat |
| 17 | South Sudan | 1.7% | 2024 | down 64.6% | falling |
| 18 | Congo | 1.6% | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 19 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 1.4% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 19 | Lesotho | 1.4% | 2024 | down 61.1% | falling |
| 19 | Mauritania | 1.4% | 2024 | down 58.8% | falling |
| 19 | Solomon Islands | 1.4% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 19 | Togo | 1.4% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 24 | Myanmar | 1.3% | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 25 | Eswatini | 1.2% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 26 | Botswana | 1.1% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 26 | Ghana | 1.1% | 2024 | down 42.1% | falling |
| 26 | Mozambique | 1.1% | 2024 | down 47.6% | falling |
| 26 | Namibia | 1.1% | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 26 | Tuvalu | 1.1% | 2024 | down 15.4% | falling |
| 31 | Comoros | 1.0% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 31 | Djibouti | 1.0% | 2024 | up 11.1% | rising |
| 31 | Sudan | 1.0% | 2024 | up 42.9% | rising |
| 31 | East Timor | 1.0% | 2024 | down 69.7% | falling |
| 31 | South Africa | 1.0% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 36 | Kiribati | 0.9% | 2024 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 36 | Marshall Islands | 0.9% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 36 | Vietnam | 0.9% | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 39 | Mauritius | 0.8% | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 39 | Philippines | 0.8% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 39 | Sao Tome and Principe | 0.8% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 39 | Seychelles | 0.8% | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 43 | Benin | 0.7% | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 43 | Burkina Faso | 0.7% | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 43 | Brunei | 0.7% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 43 | Cape Verde | 0.7% | 2024 | down 22.2% | falling |
| 43 | Indonesia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 43 | Kenya | 0.7% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 43 | Liberia | 0.7% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 0.7% | 2024 | down 53.3% | falling |
| 51 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.6% | 2024 | down 62.5% | falling |
| 51 | Ethiopia | 0.6% | 2024 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 51 | Micronesia (country) | 0.6% | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 51 | Laos | 0.6% | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 51 | Madagascar | 0.6% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 51 | Nauru | 0.6% | 2024 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 51 | Palau | 0.6% | 2024 | down 53.8% | falling |
| 51 | Tonga | 0.6% | 2024 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 59 | Cyprus | 0.5% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 59 | Eritrea | 0.5% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 59 | Yemen | 0.5% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 62 | Burundi | 0.4% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 0.4% | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 62 | Iraq | 0.4% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 62 | Cambodia | 0.4% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 62 | North Korea | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 62 | Senegal | 0.4% | 2024 | down 55.6% | falling |
| 62 | Tanzania | 0.4% | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 62 | Samoa | 0.4% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 62 | Zambia | 0.4% | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 71 | Azerbaijan | 0.3% | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 71 | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Haiti | 0.3% | 2024 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 71 | Sri Lanka | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 71 | Moldova | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 71 | Mongolia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 71 | Malawi | 0.3% | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 71 | Rwanda | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 71 | Turkmenistan | 0.3% | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 71 | Uganda | 0.3% | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 82 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Bahamas | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Barbados | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Dominica | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Fiji | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | flat |
| 82 | Grenada | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | India | 0.2% | 2024 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 82 | Jamaica | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 82 | Kazakhstan | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Libya | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Maldives | 0.2% | 2024 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 82 | North Macedonia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 82 | Nepal | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 82 | Pakistan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Tajikistan | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 82 | Venezuela | 0.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 101 | Albania | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Australia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Belize | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Bolivia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 101 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 101 | China | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Dominican Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Gambia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Guyana | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Hungary | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Israel | 0.1% | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 101 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Lebanon | 0.1% | 2024 | — | volatile |
| 101 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Oman | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Peru | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Romania | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 101 | Russia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Thailand | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 101 | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 101 | Ukraine | 0.1% | 2024 | down 66.7% | falling |
| 101 | Uzbekistan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 132 | Bulgaria | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Switzerland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Egypt | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | United Kingdom | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Guatemala | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Iceland | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Japan | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | South Korea | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Latvia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Malta | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Nicaragua | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Norway | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | New Zealand | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Palestine | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Qatar | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | volatile |
| 132 | Slovenia | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
| 132 | Turkey | 0.0% | 2024 | down 100.0% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa (WHO region) 1.4%
- AFR 1.4%
- Mus 0.8%
- Sur 0.2%
- World 0.6%
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 0.5%
- EMR 0.5%
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 0.4%
- WPR 0.4%
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 0.2%
- SEAR 0.2%
- Europe (WHO region) 0.1%
- EUR 0.1%
- Americas (WHO region) 0.0%
- AMR 0.0%