Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Africa (WHO region)
Africa (WHO region): Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status was 90 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Africa (WHO region), 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Africa (WHO region) recorded 90 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 1.1% on the previous year and up 25.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Africa (WHO region) peaked at 90 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 72, in 2015.
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 Africa (WHO region), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 72 | — |
| 2016 | 75 | +4.2% |
| 2017 | 78 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 80 | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 82 | +2.5% |
| 2020 | 83 | +1.2% |
| 2021 | 85 | +2.4% |
| 2022 | 86 | +1.2% |
| 2023 | 88 | +2.3% |
| 2024 | 89 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 90 | +1.1% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 77.4 | 72 | 82 | 5 |
| 2020s | 86.83 | 83 | 90 | 6 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Africa (WHO region)?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Africa (WHO region) was 90 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 Africa (WHO region)?
- The highest recorded value was 90 in 2025.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Africa (WHO region)?
- The lowest recorded value was 72 in 2015.
- How does Africa (WHO region) rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- Africa (WHO region) ranks 1st out of 7 groups with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status rising or falling in Africa (WHO region)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 25.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa (WHO region) 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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