Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Burkina Faso
Burkina Faso: 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 Burkina Faso, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
The most recent figure for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Burkina Faso is 90, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.4% on the previous year and up 47.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Burkina Faso peaked at 90 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 61, in 2015.
That places Burkina Faso 49th out of 127 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
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 Burkina Faso, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 61 | — |
| 2016 | 65 | +6.6% |
| 2017 | 69 | +6.2% |
| 2018 | 71 | +2.9% |
| 2019 | 75 | +5.6% |
| 2020 | 76 | +1.3% |
| 2021 | 78 | +2.6% |
| 2022 | 81 | +3.8% |
| 2023 | 83 | +2.5% |
| 2024 | 87 | +4.8% |
| 2025 | 90 | +3.4% |
Burkina Faso compared with similar countries
- Burkina Faso's 90 is above the median for low income countries, which is 81.5, 1.1× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Burkina Faso's 90 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 84, 1.1× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 68.2 | 61 | 75 | 5 |
| 2020s | 82.5 | 76 | 90 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Burkina Faso
- 46 New Zealand 91 compare
- 46 El Salvador 91 compare
- 46 Switzerland 91 compare
- 49 Haiti 90 compare
- 49 Mozambique 90 compare
- 49 Thailand 90 compare
More health data for Burkina Faso
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.67 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.8925 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,142 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 13,085 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 4 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.8681 % 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 0.0693 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.7133 % 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 know their hiv status in Burkina Faso?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Burkina Faso 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 Burkina Faso?
- 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 Burkina Faso?
- The lowest recorded value was 61 in 2015.
- How does Burkina Faso rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- Burkina Faso ranks 49th out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status rising or falling in Burkina Faso?
- Over the last ten years it is up 47.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Burkina Faso 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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