New infections of HIV per 1,000 people by country
Number of people aged 15-49 newly infected with HIV in the last year per 1,000 uninfected people. This is the central estimate.
Countries reporting
144
Highest
7.49 infections per 1,000 people
Eswatini
Lowest
0.0035 infections per 1,000 people
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
0.1954 infections per 1,000 people
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
4,983
What the numbers show
New infections of HIV per 1,000 people is currently reported for 144 countries. The highest value is 7.49 infections per 1,000 people in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.0035 infections per 1,000 people in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1954 infections per 1,000 people, and the mean is 0.5236 infections per 1,000 people.
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%).
New infections of HIV per 1,000 people: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 7.49 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 71.6% | falling |
| 2 | South Africa | 5.25 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 50.7% | falling |
| 3 | Mozambique | 4.91 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 58.3% | falling |
| 4 | Lesotho | 3.09 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 83.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Botswana | 3.06 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 6 | Zambia | 2.76 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 68.4% | volatile |
| 7 | Congo | 2.71 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 3.4% | falling |
| 8 | Namibia | 2.64 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 9 | Fiji | 2.48 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 878.8% | volatile |
| 10 | Zimbabwe | 1.44 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 11 | Uganda | 1.42 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 66.5% | falling |
| 12 | Papua New Guinea | 1.38 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 51.1% | rising |
| 13 | Guyana | 1.18 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 14 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.13 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 64.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Suriname | 1.1 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 3.9% | falling |
| 16 | Gabon | 0.9794 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 49.3% | volatile |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 0.9528 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 18 | Malawi | 0.9153 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 19 | Madagascar | 0.904 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 155.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Angola | 0.8864 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 21 | South Sudan | 0.795 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 22 | Ghana | 0.7902 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 33.6% | volatile |
| 23 | Belize | 0.7462 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 12.9% | falling |
| 24 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.7322 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 0.2% | rising |
| 25 | Haiti | 0.7002 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 36.5% | volatile |
| 26 | Cameroon | 0.695 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 27 | Cape Verde | 0.6751 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 2.2% | falling |
| 28 | Palestine, State of | 0.671 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 27.1% | volatile |
| 29 | Gambia | 0.6543 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 59.5% | falling |
| 30 | Panama | 0.6317 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 0.3% | falling |
| 31 | Togo | 0.5758 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 0.574 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 3.6% | volatile |
| 33 | Djibouti | 0.5732 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 20.3% | volatile |
| 34 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5679 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 35 | Jamaica | 0.5665 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 16.6% | volatile |
| 36 | Barbados | 0.5495 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 37 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.537 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 145.2% | volatile |
| 38 | Kenya | 0.5258 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 67.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.4886 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 1.9% | rising |
| 40 | Guinea | 0.4778 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 60.7% | falling |
| 41 | Philippines | 0.4775 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 192.8% | volatile |
| 42 | Republic of Moldova | 0.4773 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 37.1% | rising |
| 43 | Brazil | 0.4674 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 19.2% | rising |
| 44 | Colombia | 0.4166 infections per 1,000 people | 2023 | up 0.5% | falling |
| 45 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.4138 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 58.3% | volatile |
| 46 | Costa Rica | 0.4136 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 5.7% | rising |
| 47 | Armenia | 0.3815 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 48 | Sierra Leone | 0.3766 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 68.9% | falling |
| 49 | Chile | 0.3755 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 50 | Cuba | 0.3529 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 0.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Myanmar | 0.334 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 52 | Peru | 0.3297 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 8.9% | falling |
| 53 | Saint Lucia | 0.3257 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 5.6% | rising |
| 54 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3248 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 39.7% | falling |
| 55 | Paraguay | 0.3036 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 17.9% | rising |
| 56 | Chad | 0.3024 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 57 | Mexico | 0.3002 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 4.4% | rising |
| 58 | Georgia | 0.2973 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 2.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Rwanda | 0.2897 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 75.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2872 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 54.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Senegal | 0.2803 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 68.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.2722 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 6.8% | rising |
| 63 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.2677 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 18.5% | falling |
| 64 | Nigeria | 0.2594 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 74.1% | volatile |
| 65 | El Salvador | 0.2565 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 45.3% | volatile |
| 66 | Mali | 0.2483 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 67 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2326 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 0.3% | volatile |
| 68 | Sudan | 0.2313 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 58.4% | rising |
| 69 | Thailand | 0.2295 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 70 | Dominica | 0.2288 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 20.2% | falling |
| 71 | Kazakhstan | 0.2123 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 24.8% | volatile |
| 72 | Argentina | 0.1974 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 15.8% | falling |
| 73 | Bahamas | 0.1934 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 59.7% | volatile |
| 74 | Timor-Leste | 0.1904 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 9.4% | rising |
| 75 | Latvia | 0.1864 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 61.6% | rising |
| 76 | Eritrea | 0.1819 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 10.3% | volatile |
| 77 | Malta | 0.1786 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 5.8% | rising |
| 78 | Burkina Faso | 0.1767 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 12.0% | volatile |
| 79 | Ecuador | 0.175 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 31.5% | falling |
| 80 | Portugal | 0.1657 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 27.7% | falling |
| 81 | Indonesia | 0.1532 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 45.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Bhutan | 0.151 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 22.6% | rising |
| 83 | Italy | 0.1481 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 0.0% | flat |
| 84 | Spain | 0.1435 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 0.1% | volatile |
| 85 | Burundi | 0.1402 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 69.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Luxembourg | 0.1373 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 17.6% | rising |
| 87 | Cambodia | 0.1316 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 32.0% | volatile |
| 88 | Guatemala | 0.1291 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 61.2% | volatile |
| 89 | Malaysia | 0.1253 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 53.5% | falling |
| 90 | Greece | 0.1235 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 0.7% | rising |
| 91 | Benin | 0.1232 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Lithuania | 0.1164 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 23.3% | rising |
| 93 | Ethiopia | 0.1156 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 60.1% | volatile |
| 94 | Montenegro | 0.1149 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 36.3% | volatile |
| 95 | Viet Nam | 0.1137 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 50.8% | falling |
| 96 | France | 0.1128 infections per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 12.4% | falling |
| 97 | Libya | 0.1051 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 98 | Tunisia | 0.1006 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 29.6% | rising |
| 99 | Algeria | 0.1 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 107.6% | volatile |
| 100 | Egypt | 0.0963 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 66.1% | rising |
| 101 | Canada | 0.0942 infections per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 4.4% | falling |
| 102 | Estonia | 0.0898 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 58.0% | volatile |
| 103 | Iceland | 0.0847 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 6.2% | rising |
| 104 | Belgium | 0.0829 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 22.7% | rising |
| 105 | Afghanistan | 0.0786 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 46.8% | rising |
| 106 | Bulgaria | 0.0764 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 35.1% | rising |
| 107 | Albania | 0.0722 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 20.7% | volatile |
| 108 | Switzerland | 0.0689 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 27.0% | falling |
| 109 | Yemen | 0.0671 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 31.6% | rising |
| 110 | North Macedonia | 0.0671 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 40.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Ireland | 0.0659 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 112 | Qatar | 0.0654 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 372.0% | volatile |
| 113 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0648 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 484.5% | volatile |
| 114 | Serbia | 0.0647 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 17.5% | rising |
| 115 | Germany | 0.0605 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 116 | Azerbaijan | 0.0604 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 44.0% | flat |
| 117 | Niger | 0.0594 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 39.8% | volatile |
| 118 | Honduras | 0.0584 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 17.0% | volatile |
| 119 | Bahrain | 0.0582 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 0.0578 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 71.3% | volatile |
| 121 | Mauritania | 0.0534 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 29.1% | volatile |
| 122 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0526 infections per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 39.8% | falling |
| 123 | Singapore | 0.0487 infections per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 63.6% | rising |
| 124 | Morocco | 0.0441 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 125 | Romania | 0.0432 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 30.8% | falling |
| 126 | Slovakia | 0.0379 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 42.6% | volatile |
| 127 | Oman | 0.0364 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 128 | Australia | 0.0364 infections per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 54.9% | falling |
| 129 | Netherlands | 0.0358 infections per 1,000 people | 2023 | down 55.0% | falling |
| 130 | Nepal | 0.0341 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 67.4% | volatile |
| 131 | Sri Lanka | 0.0332 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 38.8% | rising |
| 132 | Slovenia | 0.0329 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 31.7% | rising |
| 133 | Iraq | 0.0287 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 811.1% | volatile |
| 134 | Somalia | 0.0273 infections per 1,000 people | 2022 | down 56.8% | volatile |
| 135 | Mongolia | 0.0266 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 3.3% | volatile |
| 136 | New Zealand | 0.0249 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 57.3% | flat |
| 137 | Croatia | 0.0239 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 41.3% | rising |
| 138 | Denmark | 0.0204 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 139 | Maldives | 0.0201 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 113.5% | rising |
| 140 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0191 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 478.1% | volatile |
| 141 | Comoros | 0.0186 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 1.2% | falling |
| 142 | Bangladesh | 0.0114 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 13.9% | volatile |
| 143 | Jordan | 0.0063 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | up 5.2% | rising |
| 144 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0035 infections per 1,000 people | 2024 | down 34.4% | rising |
About this data
Number of people aged 15-49 newly infected with HIV in the last year per 1,000 uninfected people. This is the central estimate.