Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in South Africa
South Africa: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status was 96 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in South Africa, 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 South Africa is 96, measured in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 10.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in South Africa peaked at 96 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 87, in 2015.
South Africa ranks 9th of 127 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
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 South Africa, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 87 | — |
| 2016 | 89 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 90 | +1.1% |
| 2018 | 92 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 93 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 94 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 94 | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 95 | +1.1% |
| 2023 | 95 | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 96 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 96 | +0.0% |
South Africa compared with similar countries
- South Africa's 96 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 86, 1.1× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- South Africa's 96 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 | 90.2 | 87 | 93 | 5 |
| 2020s | 95 | 94 | 96 | 6 |
Countries ranked near South Africa
More health data for South Africa
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.2 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate -0.1386 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,152 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 3,333 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.5504 % 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 0.045 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.0003 % 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 South Africa?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in South Africa was 96 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 South Africa?
- The highest recorded value was 96 in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in South Africa?
- The lowest recorded value was 87 in 2015.
- How does South Africa rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- South Africa ranks 9th out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status rising or falling in South Africa?
- Over the last ten years it is up 10.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this South Africa 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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