Incidence of hiv by age by country
Countries reporting
144
Highest
7.49
Eswatini
Lowest
0.0035
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
0.1954
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
4,983
What the numbers show
Incidence of hiv by age is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 7.49 in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.0035 in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1954, and the mean is 0.5236.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 2,135.
Over the past decade 50 countries rose and 94 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 878.8%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 83.4%).
Incidence of hiv by age: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 7.49 | 2024 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 2 | South Africa | 5.25 | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 3 | Mozambique | 4.91 | 2024 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 4 | Lesotho | 3.09 | 2024 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Botswana | 3.06 | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Zambia | 2.76 | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Congo | 2.71 | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 8 | Namibia | 2.64 | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Fiji | 2.48 | 2024 | up 878.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 1.44 | 2024 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Uganda | 1.42 | 2024 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 1.38 | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 13 | Guyana | 1.18 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.13 | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Suriname | 1.1 | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 16 | Gabon | 0.9794 | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 0.9528 | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Malawi | 0.9153 | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Madagascar | 0.904 | 2024 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Angola | 0.8864 | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 21 | South Sudan | 0.795 | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 22 | Ghana | 0.7902 | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Belize | 0.7462 | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7322 | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 25 | Haiti | 0.7002 | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Cameroon | 0.695 | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Cape Verde | 0.6751 | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 28 | Palestine, State of | 0.671 | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Gambia | 0.6543 | 2024 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 30 | Panama | 0.6317 | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 31 | Togo | 0.5758 | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 0.574 | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Djibouti | 0.5732 | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5679 | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Jamaica | 0.5665 | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Barbados | 0.5495 | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 37 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.537 | 2024 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | 0.5258 | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.4886 | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Guinea | 0.4778 | 2024 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 41 | Philippines | 0.4775 | 2024 | up 192.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4773 | 2024 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 43 | Brazil | 0.4674 | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | 0.4166 | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 45 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.4138 | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 0.4136 | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 47 | Armenia | 0.3815 | 2024 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 0.3766 | 2024 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 49 | Chile | 0.3755 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 50 | Cuba | 0.3529 | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Myanmar | 0.334 | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 52 | Peru | 0.3297 | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 53 | Saint Lucia | 0.3257 | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3248 | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 55 | Paraguay | 0.3036 | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 56 | Chad | 0.3024 | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Mexico | 0.3002 | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 58 | Georgia | 0.2973 | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Rwanda | 0.2897 | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2872 | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Senegal | 0.2803 | 2024 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.2722 | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 63 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2677 | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 64 | Nigeria | 0.2594 | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 65 | El Salvador | 0.2565 | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Mali | 0.2483 | 2024 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2326 | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Sudan | 0.2313 | 2024 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 69 | Thailand | 0.2295 | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominica | 0.2288 | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 0.2123 | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Argentina | 0.1974 | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 73 | Bahamas | 0.1934 | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Timor-Leste | 0.1904 | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 0.1864 | 2024 | down 61.6% | rising |
| 76 | Eritrea | 0.1819 | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Malta | 0.1786 | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 0.1767 | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Ecuador | 0.175 | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 80 | Portugal | 0.1657 | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 81 | Indonesia | 0.1532 | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Bhutan | 0.151 | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 83 | Italy | 0.1481 | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 84 | Spain | 0.1435 | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Burundi | 0.1402 | 2024 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Luxembourg | 0.1373 | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 87 | Cambodia | 0.1316 | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Guatemala | 0.1291 | 2024 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Malaysia | 0.1253 | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 90 | Greece | 0.1235 | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 91 | Benin | 0.1232 | 2024 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 0.1164 | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 0.1156 | 2024 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Montenegro | 0.1149 | 2024 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Viet Nam | 0.1137 | 2024 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 96 | France | 0.1128 | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 97 | Libya | 0.1051 | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 98 | Tunisia | 0.1006 | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 99 | Algeria | 0.1 | 2024 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Egypt | 0.0963 | 2024 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 101 | Canada | 0.0942 | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 102 | Estonia | 0.0898 | 2024 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Iceland | 0.0847 | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 104 | Belgium | 0.0829 | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0.0786 | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 0.0764 | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 107 | Albania | 0.0722 | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Switzerland | 0.0689 | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 109 | Yemen | 0.0671 | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 0.0671 | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Ireland | 0.0659 | 2024 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 112 | Qatar | 0.0654 | 2024 | up 372.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0648 | 2024 | up 484.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Serbia | 0.0647 | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 115 | Germany | 0.0605 | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 0.0604 | 2024 | down 44.0% | flat |
| 117 | Niger | 0.0594 | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Honduras | 0.0584 | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahrain | 0.0582 | 2024 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 0.0578 | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritania | 0.0534 | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 122 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0526 | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 123 | Singapore | 0.0487 | 2023 | down 63.6% | rising |
| 124 | Morocco | 0.0441 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 125 | Romania | 0.0432 | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 126 | Slovakia | 0.0379 | 2024 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Oman | 0.0364 | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 128 | Australia | 0.0364 | 2022 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 129 | Netherlands | 0.0358 | 2023 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 130 | Nepal | 0.0341 | 2024 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 0.0332 | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 132 | Slovenia | 0.0329 | 2024 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 133 | Iraq | 0.0287 | 2024 | up 811.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Somalia | 0.0273 | 2022 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Mongolia | 0.0266 | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 136 | New Zealand | 0.0249 | 2024 | down 57.3% | flat |
| 137 | Croatia | 0.0239 | 2024 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 138 | Denmark | 0.0204 | 2024 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 139 | Maldives | 0.0201 | 2024 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0191 | 2024 | up 478.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Comoros | 0.0186 | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 142 | Bangladesh | 0.0114 | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Jordan | 0.0063 | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 144 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0035 | 2024 | down 34.4% | rising |