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Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ in Nigeria

Nigeria: Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ was 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ in 2024. ◆ Volatile

Latest (2024)
0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+
Change on year
down 16.7%
World rank
38th
of 139 countries
All-time high
1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+
in 1993
All-time low
0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+
in 2024
Years of data
35
1990–2024

Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ in Nigeria, 1990–2024

00.20.40.60.811.21990200720241990: 0.86 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+1991: 0.96 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+1992: 1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+1993: 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+1994: 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+1995: 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+1996: 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+1997: 1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+1998: 0.98 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+1999: 0.91 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2000: 0.85 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2001: 0.79 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2002: 0.74 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2003: 0.7 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2004: 0.65 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2005: 0.62 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2006: 0.58 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2007: 0.56 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2008: 0.53 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2009: 0.49 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2010: 0.47 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2011: 0.44 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2012: 0.41 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2013: 0.37 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2014: 0.34 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2015: 0.32 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2016: 0.28 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2017: 0.25 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2018: 0.24 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2019: 0.22 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2020: 0.19 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2021: 0.16 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2022: 0.13 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2023: 0.12 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+2024: 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+

Source: UNAIDS estimates. Measured in per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+.

Analysis

In 2024, incidence of hiv, ages 50+ in Nigeria stood at 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.

Compared with earlier readings it is down 16.7% on the previous year and down 70.6% over ten years.

Over the whole period, incidence of hiv, ages 50+ in Nigeria peaked at 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ in 1993 and was at its lowest, 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+, in 2024.

Nigeria ranks 38th of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.

The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.

Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ in Nigeria, year by year

Year per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ Change
1990 0.86 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ —
1991 0.96 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ +11.6%
1992 1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ +4.2%
1993 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ +10.0%
1994 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ +0.0%
1995 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ +0.0%
1996 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ +0.0%
1997 1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -9.1%
1998 0.98 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -2.0%
1999 0.91 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -7.1%
2000 0.85 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -6.6%
2001 0.79 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -7.1%
2002 0.74 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -6.3%
2003 0.7 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -5.4%
2004 0.65 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -7.1%
2005 0.62 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -4.6%
2006 0.58 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -6.5%
2007 0.56 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -3.4%
2008 0.53 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -5.4%
2009 0.49 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -7.5%
2010 0.47 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -4.1%
2011 0.44 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -6.4%
2012 0.41 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -6.8%
2013 0.37 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -9.8%
2014 0.34 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -8.1%
2015 0.32 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -5.9%
2016 0.28 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -12.5%
2017 0.25 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -10.7%
2018 0.24 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -4.0%
2019 0.22 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -8.3%
2020 0.19 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -13.6%
2021 0.16 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -15.8%
2022 0.13 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -18.8%
2023 0.12 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -7.7%
2024 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ -16.7%

Nigeria compared with similar countries

  • Nigeria's 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+, 1.0× the median. (37 countries reporting)
  • Nigeria's 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 0.185 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+, 54% of the median. (42 countries reporting)

Averages by decade

DecadeAverage LowestHighest Years
1990s 1.01 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 0.86 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 10
2000s 0.651 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 0.49 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 0.85 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 10
2010s 0.334 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 0.22 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 0.47 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 10
2020s 0.14 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 0.19 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ 5

Countries ranked near Nigeria

  1. 35 Djibouti 0.12 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  2. 35 Mali 0.12 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  3. 37 Cape Verde 0.11 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  4. 38 Afghanistan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  5. 38 Algeria 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  6. 38 Argentina 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  7. 38 Armenia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  8. 38 Azerbaijan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  9. 38 Bahamas 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  10. 38 Benin 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  11. 38 Bhutan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  12. 38 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  13. 38 Burkina Faso 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  14. 38 Burundi 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  15. 38 Canada 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  16. 38 Chad 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  17. 38 Chile 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  18. 38 Colombia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  19. 38 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  20. 38 Costa Rica 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  21. 38 Cuba 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  22. 38 Dominica 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  23. 38 Ecuador 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  24. 38 Egypt 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  25. 38 El Salvador 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  26. 38 Eritrea 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  27. 38 Ethiopia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  28. 38 France 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  29. 38 Georgia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  30. 38 Guatemala 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  31. 38 Honduras 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  32. 38 Iceland 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  33. 38 Italy 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  34. 38 Kazakhstan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  35. 38 Kyrgyzstan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  36. 38 Lao People's Democratic Republic 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  37. 38 Latvia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  38. 38 Libya 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  39. 38 Luxembourg 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  40. 38 Malaysia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  41. 38 Mauritania 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  42. 38 Mexico 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  43. 38 Republic of Moldova 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  44. 38 Niger 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  45. 38 Panama 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  46. 38 Paraguay 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  47. 38 Peru 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  48. 38 Philippines 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  49. 38 Portugal 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  50. 38 Qatar 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  51. 38 Rwanda 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  52. 38 Senegal 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  53. 38 Spain 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  54. 38 Saint Kitts and Nevis 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  55. 38 Saint Lucia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  56. 38 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  57. 38 Sudan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  58. 38 Tajikistan 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  59. 38 Timor-Leste 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  60. 38 Tunisia 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare
  61. 38 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ compare

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Frequently asked questions

What is incidence of hiv, ages 50+ in Nigeria?
Incidence of hiv, ages 50+ in Nigeria was 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ in 2024, according to UNAIDS estimates.
What is the highest incidence of hiv, ages 50+ recorded in Nigeria?
The highest recorded value was 1.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ in 1993.
What is the lowest incidence of hiv, ages 50+ recorded in Nigeria?
The lowest recorded value was 0.1 per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+ in 2024.
How does Nigeria rank for incidence of hiv, ages 50+?
Nigeria ranks 38th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
Is incidence of hiv, ages 50+ rising or falling in Nigeria?
Over the last ten years it is down 70.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
Where does this Nigeria data come from?
The figures come from UNAIDS estimates, published as part of Incidence of HIV, ages 50+ (per 1,000 uninfected population ages 50+). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.

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