Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Gambia
Gambia: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status was 69 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Gambia, 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 Gambia is 69, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 3.0% on the previous year and up 46.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Gambia peaked at 69 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 47, in 2015.
Gambia ranks 110th 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 Gambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 47 | — |
| 2016 | 50 | +6.4% |
| 2017 | 52 | +4.0% |
| 2018 | 55 | +5.8% |
| 2019 | 57 | +3.6% |
| 2020 | 58 | +1.8% |
| 2021 | 60 | +3.4% |
| 2022 | 62 | +3.3% |
| 2023 | 64 | +3.2% |
| 2024 | 67 | +4.7% |
| 2025 | 69 | +3.0% |
Gambia compared with similar countries
- Gambia's 69 is below the median for low income countries, which is 81.5, 85% of the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Gambia's 69 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 84, 82% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 52.2 | 47 | 57 | 5 |
| 2020s | 63.33 | 58 | 69 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Gambia
More health data for Gambia
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.27 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.15 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,044 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 700 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.9696 % 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 0.0686 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.9636 % 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 Gambia?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Gambia was 69 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 Gambia?
- The highest recorded value was 69 in 2025.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Gambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 47 in 2015.
- How does Gambia rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- Gambia ranks 110th out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status rising or falling in Gambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 46.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Gambia 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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