Percentage of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads in Zambia
Zambia: Percentage of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads was 93 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
93
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
5th
of 86 countries
All-time high
93
in 2023
All-time low
72
in 2019
Years of data
7
2019–2025
Percentage of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads in Zambia, 2019–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of people living with hiv who have suppressed viral loads in Zambia is 93, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
That represents a change of up 29.2% over ten years.
That places Zambia 5th out of 86 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top 10%.
Percentage of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 72 | — |
| 2020 | 82 | +13.9% |
| 2021 | 86 | +4.9% |
| 2022 | 92 | +7.0% |
| 2023 | 93 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 93 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 93 | +0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 93 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 75.5, 1.2× the median. (26 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 93 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 81.5, 1.1× the median. (26 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 72 | 72 | 72 | 1 |
| 2020s | 89.83 | 82 | 93 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
More health data for Zambia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.09 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.7971 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 809.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 8,894 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.68 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0743 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.69 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who have suppressed viral loads in Zambia?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who have suppressed viral loads in Zambia was 93 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest percentage of people living with hiv who have suppressed viral loads recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 93 in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who have suppressed viral loads recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 72 in 2019.
- How does Zambia rank for percentage of people living with hiv who have suppressed viral loads?
- Zambia ranks 5th out of 86 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who have suppressed viral loads rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 29.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Percentage of people living with HIV who have suppressed viral loads. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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