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HIV prevalence rate, adult 15-49 years (%; low estimate) by country

Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV based on a low estimate.

Countries reporting
48
Highest
24.9%
Eswatini
Lowest
0.1%
Egypt
Median
1.9%
Years covered
20
1990–2009
Data points
965

What the numbers show

HIV prevalence rate, adult 15-49 years (%; low estimate) is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 24.9% in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.1% in Egypt.

The median across all reporting countries is 1.9%, and the mean is 4.6%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 249.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 23 fell. The largest increase was in Sudan (up 800.0%), and the largest decrease in Central African Republic (down 51.7%).

HIV prevalence rate, adult 15-49 years: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eswatini 24.9% 2009 up 29.7% volatile
2 Botswana 23.8% 2009 down 2.1% rising
3 Lesotho 22.3% 2009 down 1.3% rising
4 South Africa 17.2% 2009 up 20.3% volatile
5 Zimbabwe 13.4% 2009 down 45.7% falling
6 Zambia 12.8% 2009 down 7.2% rising
7 Namibia 11.1% 2009 down 5.9% rising
8 Mozambique 10.6% 2009 up 53.6% volatile
9 Malawi 10.0% 2009 down 24.2% rising
10 Uganda 5.9% 2009 down 15.7% falling
11 Kenya 5.8% 2009 down 37.0% flat
12 Tanzania, United Republic of 5.3% 2009 down 25.4% falling
13 Cameroon 4.9% 2009 down 2.0% rising
14 Gabon 4.2% 2009 up 7.7% rising
14 Central African Republic 4.2% 2009 down 51.7% rising
16 Equatorial Guinea 3.5% 2009 up 337.5% volatile
17 Nigeria 3.3% 2009 up 6.5% rising
18 Congo 3.1% 2009 down 11.4% falling
18 Côte d'Ivoire 3.1% 2009 down 50.8% rising
20 Burundi 2.9% 2009 down 46.3% falling
21 Chad 2.8% 2009 up 55.6% rising
22 Togo 2.5% 2009 down 7.4% rising
22 Rwanda 2.5% 2009 down 30.6% falling
24 Guinea-Bissau 2.0% 2009 up 42.9% volatile
25 Djibouti 1.9% 2009 up 11.8% volatile
26 Angola 1.6% 2009 up 14.3% rising
26 Ghana 1.6% 2009 down 20.0% rising
28 Sierra Leone 1.4% 2009 up 366.7% volatile
29 Liberia 1.3% 2009 down 40.9% rising
29 Gambia 1.3% 2009 up 550.0% volatile
31 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.2% 2009 up 9.1% flat
32 Guinea 1.1% 2009 up 10.0% rising
33 Benin 1.0% 2009 down 9.1% volatile
33 Burkina Faso 1.0% 2009 down 50.0% falling
35 Sudan 0.9% 2009 up 800.0% volatile
36 Niger 0.8% 2009 down 20.0% rising
36 Mali 0.8% 2009 down 38.5% rising
38 Mauritius 0.7% 2009 up 600.0% volatile
38 Senegal 0.7% 2009 up 40.0% rising
40 Eritrea 0.6% 2009 down 33.3% rising
40 Mauritania 0.6% 2009 up 20.0% rising
42 Somalia 0.5% 2009 up 400.0% volatile
43 Madagascar 0.2% 2009 unchanged flat
44 Morocco 0.1% 2009 unchanged flat
44 Tunisia 0.1% 2009 unchanged flat
44 Comoros 0.1% 2009 unchanged flat
44 Algeria 0.1% 2009 unchanged flat
44 Egypt 0.1% 2009 unchanged flat

Regions and income groups

Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.

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Indicator
HIV prevalence rate, adult 15-49 years (%; low estimate)
Unit
%; low estimate
Source
UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
49 places, 965 data points, 1990–2009
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Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV based on a low estimate.