New HIV infections by country

Estimated number of people newly infected with HIV.

Countries reporting

Highest

390,000

South Africa

Lowest

1,300

Eritrea

Median

12,000

Years covered

1990–2009

Data points

760

What the numbers show

New HIV infections is currently reported for 32 countries. The highest value is 390,000 in South Africa; the lowest is 1,300 in Eritrea.

The median across all reporting countries is 12,000, and the mean is 51,716.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 300.

Over the past decade 6 countries rose and 25 fell. The largest increase was in Uganda (up 30.4%), and the largest decrease in Namibia (down 75.8%).

#	Country	Latest	Year	10-year change	Trend
1	South Africa	390,000	2009	down 44.3%	rising
2	Nigeria	340,000	2009	up 21.4%	falling
3	Mozambique	130,000	2009	unchanged	rising
4	Uganda	120,000	2009	up 30.4%	falling
5	Kenya	110,000	2009	down 8.3%	falling
6	Tanzania	100,000	2009	down 23.1%	falling
7	Zambia	76,000	2009	down 13.6%	flat
8	Malawi	73,000	2009	down 17.0%	falling
9	Zimbabwe	62,000	2009	down 61.2%	falling
10	Cameroon	58,000	2009	up 9.4%	rising
11	Lesotho	23,000	2009	down 20.7%	rising
12	Angola	22,000	2009	up 29.4%	rising
12	Ghana	22,000	2009	down 18.5%	falling
14	Cote d'Ivoire	17,000	2009	down 69.1%	falling
15	Eswatini	14,000	2009	down 30.0%	rising
15	Botswana	14,000	2009	down 54.8%	falling
17	Togo	10,000	2009	down 23.1%	rising
18	Rwanda	8,800	2009	down 45.0%	falling
19	Burkina Faso	6,800	2009	down 38.2%	falling
20	Congo	6,500	2009	down 8.5%	rising
21	Guinea	6,200	2009	down 20.5%	falling
22	Niger	6,100	2009	down 10.3%	rising
23	Senegal	6,000	2009	up 25.0%	rising
24	Namibia	5,800	2009	down 75.8%	flat
25	Central African Republic	5,200	2009	down 69.4%	falling
26	Benin	4,900	2009	down 7.5%	flat
27	Sierra Leone	4,700	2009	up 2.2%	volatile
28	Mali	4,600	2009	down 38.7%	volatile
29	Gabon	3,600	2009	down 21.7%	rising
30	Guinea-Bissau	2,100	2009	down 4.5%	rising
31	Djibouti	1,300	2009	down 7.1%	rising
31	Eritrea	1,300	2009	down 51.9%	falling

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

Estimated number of people newly infected with HIV.