Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex and age (per 1,000 uninfected population) by country
Countries reporting
152
Highest
4.15 per 1000 uninfected pop
Eswatini
Lowest
0.0021 per 1000 uninfected pop
Syrian Arab Republic
Median
0.1098 per 1000 uninfected pop
Years covered
25
2000–2024
Data points
4,246
What the numbers show
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population, by sex and age (per 1,000 uninfected population) is currently reported for 152 countries. The highest value is 4.15 per 1000 uninfected pop in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.0021 per 1000 uninfected pop in Syrian Arab Republic.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1098 per 1000 uninfected pop, and the mean is 0.2999 per 1000 uninfected pop.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,968.
Over the past decade 40 countries rose and 112 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 882.4%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 80.4%).
Number of new HIV infections per 1,000 uninfected population … sex: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 4.15 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 70.1% | falling |
| 2 | South Africa | 3.06 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 3 | Mozambique | 2.87 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 55.9% | falling |
| 4 | Lesotho | 1.94 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 80.4% | volatile |
| 5 | Botswana | 1.83 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 70.5% | volatile |
| 6 | Congo | 1.7 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 7 | Namibia | 1.56 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 60.9% | volatile |
| 8 | Zambia | 1.55 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 68.5% | falling |
| 9 | Fiji | 1.45 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 882.4% | volatile |
| 10 | Papua New Guinea | 1.05 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 41.4% | rising |
| 11 | Zimbabwe | 0.9082 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 74.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Uganda | 0.7894 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 65.5% | falling |
| 13 | Suriname | 0.7335 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 6.3% | falling |
| 14 | Guyana | 0.6919 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 9.7% | falling |
| 15 | Gabon | 0.6743 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 52.0% | falling |
| 16 | United Republic of Tanzania | 0.6429 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 67.9% | falling |
| 17 | Central African Republic | 0.6121 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 18 | Malawi | 0.5764 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 80.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Angola | 0.5529 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 20 | Madagascar | 0.5086 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 153.8% | rising |
| 21 | South Sudan | 0.5026 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 56.9% | falling |
| 22 | Haiti | 0.5023 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 27.8% | falling |
| 23 | Ghana | 0.473 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 24 | Belize | 0.4665 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 10.1% | falling |
| 25 | Cameroon | 0.4553 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 59.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.431 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 3.4% | rising |
| 27 | Gambia | 0.4108 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 57.2% | falling |
| 28 | Cabo Verde | 0.4104 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 1.9% | falling |
| 29 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.4054 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 61.5% | volatile |
| 30 | Jamaica | 0.404 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 15.1% | falling |
| 31 | Djibouti | 0.3717 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 24.3% | volatile |
| 32 | Kenya | 0.3654 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 66.5% | volatile |
| 33 | Togo | 0.3652 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 37.9% | volatile |
| 34 | Dominican Republic | 0.3592 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 35 | Barbados | 0.3527 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 10.0% | falling |
| 36 | Panama | 0.3323 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 4.1% | falling |
| 37 | Guinea | 0.3232 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 61.3% | falling |
| 38 | Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of) | 0.2874 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 112.7% | volatile |
| 39 | Sierra Leone | 0.2841 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 65.6% | falling |
| 40 | Brazil | 0.2722 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 41 | Philippines | 0.2661 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 206.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Cote d'Ivoire | 0.2653 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 42 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.2653 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 60.2% | volatile |
| 44 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.2639 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 2.7% | flat |
| 45 | Colombia | 0.2417 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2023 | down 0.9% | falling |
| 46 | Moldova | 0.2417 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 46 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2417 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 48 | Costa Rica | 0.2259 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 2.1% | rising |
| 49 | Chad | 0.2119 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 51.8% | volatile |
| 50 | Nigeria | 0.2087 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 66.1% | volatile |
| 51 | Democratic Republic of the Congo | 0.2077 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 47.8% | falling |
| 52 | Armenia | 0.2055 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 28.2% | volatile |
| 53 | Chile | 0.2024 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 8.0% | rising |
| 54 | Myanmar | 0.1965 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 37.2% | falling |
| 55 | Peru | 0.1949 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 11.5% | flat |
| 56 | Saint Lucia | 0.1885 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 0.1% | rising |
| 57 | Rwanda | 0.1807 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 58 | Paraguay | 0.1761 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 17.7% | rising |
| 59 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.1743 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 44.9% | falling |
| 60 | Mali | 0.1728 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 58.0% | falling |
| 61 | Cuba | 0.1652 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 13.7% | rising |
| 62 | Mexico | 0.1626 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 3.3% | rising |
| 63 | Senegal | 0.1615 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 44.5% | volatile |
| 64 | Laos | 0.1615 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 64 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1615 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 8.4% | rising |
| 66 | Bolivia (Plurinational State of) | 0.158 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 18.1% | falling |
| 67 | El Salvador | 0.1489 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 68 | Georgia | 0.1487 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 4.1% | rising |
| 69 | Sudan | 0.1352 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 58.6% | rising |
| 70 | Bahamas | 0.1331 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 57.4% | volatile |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1288 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 11.4% | rising |
| 72 | Burkina Faso | 0.1257 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 27.5% | volatile |
| 73 | Dominica | 0.1199 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 29.2% | falling |
| 74 | Thailand | 0.1146 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 46.5% | volatile |
| 75 | Kazakhstan | 0.1108 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 30.7% | rising |
| 76 | East Timor | 0.1098 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 76 | Timor-Leste | 0.1098 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 2.2% | rising |
| 78 | Argentina | 0.1078 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 13.6% | falling |
| 79 | Bhutan | 0.1054 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 31.4% | rising |
| 80 | Ecuador | 0.1044 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 81 | Eritrea | 0.1035 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 7.7% | volatile |
| 82 | Burundi | 0.1024 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 63.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Malta | 0.0924 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |
| 84 | Benin | 0.091 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 69.4% | volatile |
| 85 | Indonesia | 0.0896 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 46.8% | falling |
| 86 | Latvia | 0.089 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 64.2% | falling |
| 87 | Guatemala | 0.0783 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 57.8% | volatile |
| 88 | Portugal | 0.0783 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 89 | Malaysia | 0.0773 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 52.9% | falling |
| 90 | Cambodia | 0.0728 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 39.9% | volatile |
| 91 | Ethiopia | 0.0727 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 64.4% | volatile |
| 92 | Luxembourg | 0.0722 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 20.8% | rising |
| 93 | Spain | 0.068 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 6.8% | falling |
| 94 | Italy | 0.0674 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 7.9% | falling |
| 95 | Libya | 0.0625 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 6.7% | flat |
| 96 | Vietnam | 0.0605 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 96 | Viet Nam | 0.0605 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 55.3% | falling |
| 98 | Algeria | 0.0599 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 86.1% | rising |
| 99 | Tunisia | 0.0574 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 19.6% | rising |
| 100 | France | 0.056 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2023 | down 16.8% | falling |
| 101 | Lithuania | 0.0553 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 26.5% | rising |
| 102 | Greece | 0.0546 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 8.2% | rising |
| 103 | Egypt | 0.0538 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 64.2% | rising |
| 104 | Montenegro | 0.0534 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 28.0% | rising |
| 105 | Qatar | 0.0504 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 350.1% | volatile |
| 106 | Canada | 0.048 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2022 | down 11.2% | falling |
| 107 | Iceland | 0.0457 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 9.3% | rising |
| 108 | Niger | 0.0428 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 34.3% | volatile |
| 109 | Estonia | 0.0423 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 59.4% | volatile |
| 110 | Saudi Arabia | 0.0422 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 454.3% | volatile |
| 111 | Afghanistan | 0.0412 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 55.3% | rising |
| 112 | Honduras | 0.0405 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 20.4% | volatile |
| 113 | Belgium | 0.0394 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 25.9% | falling |
| 114 | Bahrain | 0.0393 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 74.2% | rising |
| 115 | Yemen | 0.0383 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 31.0% | rising |
| 116 | Mauritania | 0.0374 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 29.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Albania | 0.0371 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 8.8% | rising |
| 118 | Azerbaijan | 0.0356 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 46.7% | falling |
| 119 | Bulgaria | 0.0345 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 29.8% | rising |
| 120 | Tajikistan | 0.0338 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 72.6% | falling |
| 121 | Switzerland | 0.033 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 122 | Ireland | 0.033 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 123 | North Macedonia | 0.0312 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 28.5% | volatile |
| 124 | Singapore | 0.0307 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2023 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 125 | Serbia | 0.0287 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 11.8% | rising |
| 126 | Morocco | 0.0259 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 26.8% | falling |
| 127 | Germany | 0.0256 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 12.6% | falling |
| 128 | United Kingdom | 0.0245 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 128 | United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland | 0.0245 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2023 | down 41.9% | falling |
| 130 | Oman | 0.0245 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 40.7% | falling |
| 131 | Hungary | 0.0218 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 4.4% | rising |
| 132 | Nepal | 0.0209 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 66.8% | volatile |
| 133 | Romania | 0.0203 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 37.7% | falling |
| 134 | Slovakia | 0.0191 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 33.7% | volatile |
| 135 | Australia | 0.0188 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2022 | down 57.0% | falling |
| 136 | Sri Lanka | 0.0182 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 29.1% | falling |
| 137 | Somalia | 0.0175 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2022 | down 61.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Netherlands (Kingdom of the) | 0.0173 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2023 | down 57.3% | falling |
| 139 | Iraq | 0.0159 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 791.1% | volatile |
| 140 | Slovenia | 0.0147 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 36.7% | rising |
| 141 | Australia and New Zealand | 0.0145 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 62.8% | falling |
| 142 | Mongolia | 0.0142 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 9.1% | falling |
| 143 | United Arab Emirates | 0.0139 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 457.2% | volatile |
| 144 | Maldives | 0.0137 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 103.3% | rising |
| 145 | New Zealand | 0.0124 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 58.2% | falling |
| 146 | Comoros | 0.0116 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 14.2% | falling |
| 147 | Croatia | 0.0107 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 44.7% | falling |
| 148 | Denmark | 0.01 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 149 | Bangladesh | 0.0072 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 9.8% | rising |
| 150 | Jordan | 0.0035 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | up 2.6% | flat |
| 151 | Syria | 0.0021 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
| 151 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.0021 per 1000 uninfected pop | 2024 | down 23.6% | falling |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Oceania (exc. Australia and New Zealand) 1.08 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.5392 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Small Island Developing States (SIDS) 0.4568 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Least Developed Countries (LDCs) 0.3125 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Oceania 0.2959 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Landlocked developing countries (LLDCs) 0.2834 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Latin America and the Caribbean 0.2103 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Europe 0.1868 per 1000 uninfected pop
- World 0.1634 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Europe and Northern America 0.1527 per 1000 uninfected pop
- South-eastern Asia 0.1251 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Central Asia 0.1238 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Northern America 0.0872 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Eastern and South-Eastern Asia 0.0747 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Northern Africa 0.0664 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Central and Southern Asia 0.062 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Southern Asia 0.0594 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Northern Africa and Western Asia 0.0542 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Eastern Asia 0.0532 per 1000 uninfected pop
- Western Asia 0.0433 per 1000 uninfected pop