Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status was 73 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
73
Change on year
up 9.0%
World rank
102nd
of 127 countries
All-time high
73
in 2025
All-time low
46
in 2019
Years of data
7
2019–2025
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Papua New Guinea, 2019–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 73 for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in 2025. That is the highest value across all 7 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 9.0% on the previous year and up 58.7% over ten years.
That places Papua New Guinea 102nd out of 127 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the bottom quarter.
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 46 | — |
| 2020 | 48 | +4.3% |
| 2021 | 50 | +4.2% |
| 2022 | 54 | +8.0% |
| 2023 | 59 | +9.3% |
| 2024 | 67 | +13.6% |
| 2025 | 73 | +9.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 73 is below the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84, 87% of the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 73 is below the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 89.5, 82% of the median. (12 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 46 | 46 | 46 | 1 |
| 2020s | 58.5 | 48 | 73 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 101 Lao People's Democratic Republic 75 compare
- 102 Syrian Arab Republic 73 compare
- 102 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 73 compare
- 102 Liberia 73 compare
More health data for Papua New Guinea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.3741 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,127 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,501 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 2 (2023)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.27 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0555 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.2621 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Papua New Guinea?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Papua New Guinea was 73 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 Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 73 in 2025.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 46 in 2019.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 102nd out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 58.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea 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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