People living with HIV/AIDS, total in Ghana
Ghana: People living with HIV/AIDS, total was 230,000 low estimate in 2009. ▲ Rising
People living with HIV/AIDS, total in Ghana, 1990–2009
Source: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. Measured in low estimate.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 230,000 low estimate for people living with hiv/aids, total in 2009. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 15.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, people living with hiv/aids, total in Ghana peaked at 230,000 low estimate in 2005 and was at its lowest, 15,000 low estimate, in 1990.
Ghana ranks 15th of 48 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
People living with HIV/AIDS, total in Ghana, year by year
| Year | low estimate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 15,000 low estimate | — |
| 1991 | 25,000 low estimate | +66.7% |
| 1992 | 39,000 low estimate | +56.0% |
| 1993 | 57,000 low estimate | +46.2% |
| 1994 | 81,000 low estimate | +42.1% |
| 1995 | 110,000 low estimate | +35.8% |
| 1996 | 140,000 low estimate | +27.3% |
| 1997 | 170,000 low estimate | +21.4% |
| 1998 | 190,000 low estimate | +11.8% |
| 1999 | 200,000 low estimate | +5.3% |
| 2000 | 210,000 low estimate | +5.0% |
| 2001 | 220,000 low estimate | +4.8% |
| 2002 | 220,000 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 220,000 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 220,000 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 230,000 low estimate | +4.5% |
| 2006 | 230,000 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 230,000 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 230,000 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 230,000 low estimate | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 102,700 low estimate | 15,000 low estimate | 200,000 low estimate | 10 |
| 2000s | 224,000 low estimate | 210,000 low estimate | 230,000 low estimate | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is people living with hiv/aids, total in Ghana?
- People living with hiv/aids, total in Ghana was 230,000 low estimate in 2009, according to UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
- What is the highest people living with hiv/aids, total recorded in Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 230,000 low estimate in 2005.
- What is the lowest people living with hiv/aids, total recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 15,000 low estimate in 1990.
- How does Ghana rank for people living with hiv/aids, total?
- Ghana ranks 15th out of 48 countries with data for 2009.
- Is people living with hiv/aids, total rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 15.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana data come from?
- The figures come from UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, published as part of People living with HIV/AIDS, total (low estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Estimated total number of people with HIV/AIDS is the number of people living with HIV. Depending on the reliability of the data available, there may be more or less uncertainty surrounding each estimate.