Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Afghanistan
Afghanistan: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status was 41 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Afghanistan, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Afghanistan recorded 41 for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 5.1% on the previous year and up 20.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Afghanistan peaked at 41 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 34, in 2015.
Afghanistan ranks 121st of 127 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Afghanistan, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 34 | — |
| 2016 | 35 | +2.9% |
| 2017 | 36 | +2.9% |
| 2018 | 37 | +2.8% |
| 2019 | 38 | +2.7% |
| 2020 | 37 | -2.6% |
| 2021 | 37 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 38 | +2.7% |
| 2023 | 38 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 39 | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 41 | +5.1% |
Afghanistan compared with similar countries
- Afghanistan's 41 is below the median for low income countries, which is 81.5, 50% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Afghanistan's 41 is below the median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan, which is 78, 53% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 36 | 34 | 38 | 5 |
| 2020s | 38.33 | 37 | 41 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Afghanistan
More health data for Afghanistan
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.45 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.03 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 812.4 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 14,735 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 19 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.78 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.077 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.75 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0002 units per US$ of GDP (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Afghanistan?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Afghanistan was 41 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Afghanistan?
- The highest recorded value was 41 in 2025.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Afghanistan?
- The lowest recorded value was 34 in 2015.
- How does Afghanistan rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- Afghanistan ranks 121st out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status rising or falling in Afghanistan?
- Over the last ten years it is up 20.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Afghanistan data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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