Number of new HIV infections by country
Countries reporting
140
Highest
130,000
South Africa
Lowest
100
Syria
Median
1,150
Years covered
26
2000–2025
Data points
3,791
What the numbers show
Number of new HIV infections is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 130,000 in South Africa; the lowest is 100 in Syria.
The median across all reporting countries is 1,150, and the mean is 6,546.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 1,300.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 72 fell. The largest increase was in Kuwait (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Eswatini (down 81.8%).
Number of new HIV infections: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 130,000 | 2025 | down 48.0% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 77,000 | 2025 | down 48.7% | falling |
| 3 | Brazil | 69,000 | 2025 | up 16.9% | rising |
| 4 | Nigeria | 64,000 | 2025 | down 35.4% | falling |
| 5 | Pakistan | 44,000 | 2025 | up 120.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Philippines | 34,000 | 2025 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 6 | Tanzania | 34,000 | 2025 | down 66.0% | falling |
| 6 | Uganda | 34,000 | 2025 | down 52.1% | falling |
| 9 | Madagascar | 26,000 | 2025 | up 246.7% | volatile |
| 10 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 23,000 | 2025 | down 28.1% | falling |
| 10 | Zambia | 23,000 | 2025 | down 60.3% | falling |
| 12 | Mexico | 22,000 | 2025 | up 4.8% | rising |
| 13 | Angola | 21,000 | 2025 | down 22.2% | rising |
| 13 | Cameroon | 21,000 | 2025 | down 4.5% | falling |
| 13 | Indonesia | 21,000 | 2025 | down 46.2% | falling |
| 16 | Zimbabwe | 15,000 | 2025 | down 66.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Ghana | 14,000 | 2025 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 17 | Kenya | 14,000 | 2025 | down 73.1% | volatile |
| 17 | Malawi | 14,000 | 2025 | down 67.4% | falling |
| 20 | Colombia | 11,000 | 2025 | up 10.0% | falling |
| 21 | Congo | 10,000 | 2025 | up 17.6% | rising |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 9,500 | 2025 | down 44.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Myanmar | 9,500 | 2025 | down 32.1% | falling |
| 24 | Thailand | 7,300 | 2025 | down 54.4% | volatile |
| 25 | Venezuela | 7,000 | 2025 | up 94.4% | falling |
| 26 | Peru | 6,600 | 2025 | up 8.2% | rising |
| 27 | Egypt | 6,300 | 2025 | up 80.0% | rising |
| 28 | South Sudan | 6,100 | 2025 | down 53.1% | falling |
| 28 | Vietnam | 6,100 | 2025 | down 49.2% | falling |
| 30 | Argentina | 5,900 | 2025 | up 3.5% | flat |
| 31 | Sudan | 5,300 | 2025 | up 71.0% | rising |
| 32 | Dominican Republic | 4,500 | 2025 | up 12.5% | falling |
| 33 | Haiti | 4,400 | 2025 | down 38.0% | falling |
| 33 | Mali | 4,400 | 2025 | up 4.8% | falling |
| 35 | Namibia | 3,900 | 2025 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 36 | Guinea | 3,800 | 2025 | down 57.8% | falling |
| 37 | Italy | 3,700 | 2025 | down 9.8% | falling |
| 38 | Chile | 3,500 | 2025 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 39 | France | 3,400 | 2024 | down 15.0% | falling |
| 40 | Lesotho | 3,300 | 2025 | down 76.4% | volatile |
| 40 | Chad | 3,300 | 2025 | down 48.4% | falling |
| 42 | Botswana | 3,200 | 2025 | down 68.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Spain | 3,100 | 2025 | down 3.1% | falling |
| 44 | Liberia | 2,900 | 2025 | down 27.5% | falling |
| 44 | Malaysia | 2,900 | 2025 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 46 | Central African Republic | 2,800 | 2025 | down 66.3% | falling |
| 47 | Algeria | 2,700 | 2025 | up 145.5% | rising |
| 47 | Sierra Leone | 2,700 | 2025 | down 59.1% | falling |
| 49 | Bolivia | 2,400 | 2025 | down 11.1% | falling |
| 50 | Germany | 2,300 | 2024 | down 4.2% | falling |
| 50 | Rwanda | 2,300 | 2025 | down 65.7% | volatile |
| 52 | United Kingdom | 2,100 | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 52 | Togo | 2,100 | 2025 | down 59.6% | falling |
| 54 | Ecuador | 2,000 | 2025 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 54 | Eswatini | 2,000 | 2025 | down 81.8% | volatile |
| 56 | Canada | 1,900 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 57 | Kazakhstan | 1,800 | 2025 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 58 | Cuba | 1,700 | 2025 | down 15.0% | flat |
| 58 | Fiji | 1,700 | 2025 | up 240.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Burundi | 1,600 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Burkina Faso | 1,600 | 2025 | down 59.0% | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 1,500 | 2025 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 62 | Gabon | 1,500 | 2025 | down 31.8% | falling |
| 62 | Niger | 1,500 | 2025 | up 36.4% | volatile |
| 62 | Panama | 1,500 | 2025 | up 7.1% | rising |
| 66 | Paraguay | 1,400 | 2025 | up 7.7% | rising |
| 67 | Costa Rica | 1,300 | 2025 | up 18.2% | rising |
| 67 | Laos | 1,300 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 67 | Saudi Arabia | 1,300 | 2025 | — | rising |
| 70 | Yemen | 1,200 | 2025 | up 9.1% | rising |
| 71 | Afghanistan | 1,100 | 2025 | up 54.9% | rising |
| 71 | Gambia | 1,100 | 2025 | down 35.3% | falling |
| 71 | Jamaica | 1,100 | 2024 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 71 | Kyrgyzstan | 1,100 | 2025 | up 57.1% | rising |
| 71 | Morocco | 1,100 | 2025 | down 21.4% | falling |
| 76 | Moldova | 1,000 | 2025 | down 23.1% | falling |
| 77 | Cambodia | 960 | 2025 | down 46.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Guinea-Bissau | 930 | 2025 | down 51.1% | falling |
| 79 | Benin | 920 | 2025 | down 72.1% | falling |
| 80 | Sri Lanka | 860 | 2025 | up 72.0% | rising |
| 81 | Uruguay | 810 | 2025 | up 1.2% | rising |
| 82 | Tunisia | 740 | 2025 | up 23.3% | rising |
| 83 | Mauritius | 630 | 2025 | down 23.2% | falling |
| 84 | Armenia | 620 | 2025 | up 24.0% | rising |
| 85 | El Salvador | 600 | 2025 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 86 | Greece | 560 | 2025 | down 9.7% | rising |
| 87 | Nepal | 550 | 2025 | down 65.6% | volatile |
| 88 | Portugal | 510 | 2025 | down 63.6% | falling |
| 89 | Australia | 500 | 2025 | down 45.1% | falling |
| 89 | Azerbaijan | 500 | 2025 | down 35.1% | falling |
| 89 | Belgium | 500 | 2025 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 89 | Bulgaria | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Belize | 500 | 2025 | up 150.0% | falling |
| 89 | Switzerland | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Cape Verde | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 89 | Djibouti | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 89 | Eritrea | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Georgia | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 89 | Guyana | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 89 | Honduras | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 89 | Kuwait | 500 | 2025 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Lebanon | 500 | 2025 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 89 | Libya | 500 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 89 | Netherlands | 500 | 2024 | down 13.8% | falling |
| 89 | Romania | 500 | 2025 | down 31.5% | flat |
| 89 | Tajikistan | 500 | 2025 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 89 | Trinidad and Tobago | 500 | 2025 | up 150.0% | falling |
| 108 | Albania | 200 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 108 | United Arab Emirates | 200 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 108 | Ireland | 200 | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 108 | Lithuania | 200 | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 108 | Latvia | 200 | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 108 | Mauritania | 200 | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 108 | Oman | 200 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Qatar | 200 | 2025 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 108 | Singapore | 200 | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 108 | Somalia | 200 | 2025 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 108 | Serbia | 200 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 108 | Sweden | 200 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 108 | East Timor | 200 | 2025 | unchanged | rising |
| 121 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Bahamas | 100 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Barbados | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 121 | Bhutan | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Comoros | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Denmark | 100 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 121 | Estonia | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | volatile |
| 121 | Iceland | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Saint Lucia | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Luxembourg | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Maldives | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Malta | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Montenegro | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Mongolia | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Norway | 100 | 2025 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 121 | New Zealand | 100 | 2025 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 121 | Sao Tome and Principe | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | falling |
| 121 | Slovenia | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
| 121 | Syria | 100 | 2025 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 1.20 million
- Sur 500
- Africa (WHO region) 610,000
- Americas (WHO region) 180,000
- Europe (WHO region) 150,000
- Western Pacific (WHO region) 150,000
- South-East Asia (WHO region) 82,000
- Eastern Mediterranean (WHO region) 66,000