Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ (per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+) by country

Number of new HIV infections among uninfected populations ages 50+ expressed per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ in the year before the period.

Countries reporting
139
Highest
2.2 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+
Eswatini
Lowest
0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+
Yemen
Median
0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
5,304

What the numbers show

Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ (per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+) is currently reported for 139 countries. The highest value is 2.2 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ in Yemen.

The median across all reporting countries is 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+, and the mean is 0.1719 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 220.

Over the past decade 9 countries rose and 52 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 900.0%), and the largest decrease in Tanzania, United Republic of (down 92.2%).

Incidence of HIV, ages 50+: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eswatini 2.2 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 73.5% volatile
2 Mozambique 2 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 57.4% falling
3 Namibia 1.2 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 58.6% volatile
4 Botswana 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 70.3% volatile
5 South Africa 1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 33.3% falling
6 Lesotho 0.93 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 84.8% volatile
7 Congo 0.9 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 3.4% falling
8 Zambia 0.87 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 83.6% volatile
9 Papua New Guinea 0.48 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 50.0% rising
10 Uganda 0.46 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 67.1% falling
11 Fiji 0.43 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 330.0% volatile
11 Gabon 0.43 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 50.0% volatile
13 Zimbabwe 0.4 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 76.5% volatile
14 Central African Republic 0.34 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 64.6% volatile
15 Tanzania, United Republic of 0.32 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 92.2% falling
16 Jamaica 0.31 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 18.4% falling
17 Côte d'Ivoire 0.3 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 57.7% volatile
18 South Sudan 0.29 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 53.2% falling
19 Gambia 0.28 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 63.2% falling
20 Angola 0.26 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 39.5% falling
20 Barbados 0.26 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 13.3% falling
22 Cameroon 0.25 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 64.3% volatile
23 Ghana 0.24 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 35.1% volatile
24 Haiti 0.23 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 37.8% volatile
25 Guyana 0.21 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 4.5% rising
26 Guinea-Bissau 0.2 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 68.3% volatile
27 Madagascar 0.19 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 90.0% rising
28 Guinea 0.18 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 61.7% falling
28 Togo 0.18 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 40.0% volatile
30 Antigua and Barbuda 0.16 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 15.8% rising
30 Dominican Republic 0.16 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 5.9% volatile
30 Kenya 0.16 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 68.6% volatile
33 Malawi 0.15 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 78.9% volatile
34 Belize 0.14 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 22.2% falling
35 Djibouti 0.12 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 14.3% volatile
35 Mali 0.12 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 62.5% volatile
37 Cape Verde 0.11 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 15.4% falling
38 Afghanistan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Argentina 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Armenia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Azerbaijan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged rising
38 Burundi 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 23.1% volatile
38 Benin 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 16.7% volatile
38 Burkina Faso 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Bahamas 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 37.5% volatile
38 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged falling
38 Bhutan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Canada 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2022 unchanged flat
38 Chile 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 54.5% volatile
38 Colombia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2023 unchanged falling
38 Costa Rica 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Cuba 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Dominica 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Algeria 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Ecuador 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Egypt 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 900.0% volatile
38 Eritrea 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Spain 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Ethiopia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 France 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2023 unchanged flat
38 Georgia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Guatemala 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 900.0% volatile
38 Honduras 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged falling
38 Iceland 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 900.0% volatile
38 Italy 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Kazakhstan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Kyrgyzstan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged rising
38 Libya 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged rising
38 Saint Lucia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Luxembourg 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged rising
38 Latvia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged rising
38 Republic of Moldova 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 41.2% flat
38 Mexico 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Mauritania 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged falling
38 Malaysia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged falling
38 Niger 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged falling
38 Nigeria 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 70.6% volatile
38 Panama 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Peru 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged falling
38 Philippines 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 900.0% volatile
38 Portugal 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Paraguay 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged rising
38 Qatar 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 up 900.0% volatile
38 Rwanda 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 71.4% volatile
38 Sudan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Senegal 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged falling
38 El Salvador 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Chad 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 56.5% volatile
38 Tajikistan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged rising
38 Timor-Leste 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
38 Tunisia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
38 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged falling
38 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Albania 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 90.0% volatile
97 United Arab Emirates 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Australia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2022 down 90.0% volatile
97 Belgium 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 90.0% volatile
97 Bangladesh 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Bulgaria 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Bahrain 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
97 Switzerland 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 90.0% volatile
97 Comoros 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Germany 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Denmark 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
97 Estonia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
97 Greece 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Croatia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Indonesia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Ireland 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Iraq 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Jordan 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Cambodia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 90.0% volatile
97 Sri Lanka 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Lithuania 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 90.0% volatile
97 Morocco 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 90.0% falling
97 Maldives 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 North Macedonia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Malta 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Myanmar 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
97 Montenegro 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Mongolia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Netherlands 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2023 unchanged volatile
97 Nepal 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 90.0% volatile
97 New Zealand 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Oman 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
97 Romania 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Saudi Arabia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged volatile
97 Singapore 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2023 down 90.0% rising
97 Somalia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2022 down 90.0% falling
97 Serbia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Slovakia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Slovenia 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Syrian Arab Republic 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Thailand 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 down 90.0% falling
97 Viet Nam 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat
97 Yemen 0.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 2024 unchanged flat

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

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Indicator
Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ (per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+)
Unit
per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+
Source
UNAIDS estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
153 places, 5,304 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

Number of new HIV infections among uninfected populations ages 50+ expressed per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ in the year before the period.