Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Nigeria
Nigeria: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status was 80 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Nigeria, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Nigeria recorded 80 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.
That represents a change of up 1.3% on the previous year and up 63.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Nigeria peaked at 80 in 2025 and was at its lowest, 49, in 2015.
That places Nigeria 89th 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 Nigeria, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 49 | — |
| 2016 | 54 | +10.2% |
| 2017 | 57 | +5.6% |
| 2018 | 59 | +3.5% |
| 2019 | 61 | +3.4% |
| 2020 | 64 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 67 | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 72 | +7.5% |
| 2023 | 77 | +6.9% |
| 2024 | 79 | +2.6% |
| 2025 | 80 | +1.3% |
Nigeria compared with similar countries
- Nigeria's 80 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84, 95% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Nigeria's 80 is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 84, 95% of the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 56 | 49 | 61 | 5 |
| 2020s | 73.17 | 64 | 80 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Nigeria
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Nigeria?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Nigeria was 80 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 Nigeria?
- The highest recorded value was 80 in 2025.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Nigeria?
- The lowest recorded value was 49 in 2015.
- How does Nigeria rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- Nigeria ranks 89th out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status rising or falling in Nigeria?
- Over the last ten years it is up 63.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Nigeria 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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