Percentage of people living with HIV who know their HIV status in Zambia
Zambia: 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 Zambia, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2025, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Zambia stood at 96. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 21.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Zambia peaked at 96 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 79, in 2015.
Zambia 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 Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 79 | — |
| 2016 | 81 | +2.5% |
| 2017 | 84 | +3.7% |
| 2018 | 87 | +3.6% |
| 2019 | 89 | +2.3% |
| 2020 | 90 | +1.1% |
| 2021 | 91 | +1.1% |
| 2022 | 95 | +4.4% |
| 2023 | 96 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 96 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 96 | +0.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 96 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 84, 1.1× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Zambia'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 | 84 | 79 | 89 | 5 |
| 2020s | 94 | 90 | 96 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Zambia
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Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Zambia?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status in Zambia 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 Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 96 in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 79 in 2015.
- How does Zambia rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their hiv status?
- Zambia 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 Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia 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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