Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Africa (WHO region)
Africa (WHO region): Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving was 92 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
92
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
1st
of 7 groups
All-time high
92
in 2024
All-time low
69
in 2015
Years of data
11
2015–2025
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Africa (WHO region), 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2025, percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Africa (WHO region) stood at 92. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
The figure is up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Africa (WHO region) peaked at 92 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 69, in 2015.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 11 years of available data.
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Africa (WHO region), year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 69 | — |
| 2016 | 73 | +5.8% |
| 2017 | 78 | +6.8% |
| 2018 | 80 | +2.6% |
| 2019 | 83 | +3.8% |
| 2020 | 86 | +3.6% |
| 2021 | 87 | +1.2% |
| 2022 | 90 | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 91 | +1.1% |
| 2024 | 92 | +1.1% |
| 2025 | 92 | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 76.6 | 69 | 83 | 5 |
| 2020s | 89.67 | 86 | 92 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Africa (WHO region)
- 1 Botswana 98 compare
- 1 Comoros 98 compare
- 1 Kenya 98 compare
- 1 Lesotho 98 compare
- 1 Madagascar 98 compare
- 1 Namibia 98 compare
- 1 Rwanda 98 compare
- 1 Zambia 98 compare
- 1 Zimbabwe 98 compare
- 1 Costa Rica 98 compare
- 1 Saudi Arabia 98 compare
- 1 Benin 98 compare
- 1 Cape Verde 98 compare
- 1 Democratic Republic of Congo 98 compare
- 1 Guinea 98 compare
- 1 Mali 98 compare
- 1 Mauritania 98 compare
- 1 Nigeria 98 compare
- 1 Senegal 98 compare
- 1 Sierra Leone 98 compare
- 1 Togo 98 compare
- 1 Sao Tome and Principe 98 compare
- 1 Germany 98 compare
- 1 Sweden 98 compare
- 1 Switzerland 98 compare
- 1 Cambodia 98 compare
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- Total tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 20,578 (2025)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 1,654 (2025)
- Measles - number of reported cases, gaps filled 179,400 (2025)
- Diphtheria - number of reported cases, gaps filled 20,261 (2025)
- Number of under-five deaths, annual growth rate -1.43 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of neonatal deaths, annual growth rate -0.0365 % change on previous year (2024)
- Number of infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8695 % change on previous year (2024)
- Measles - number of reported cases, annual growth rate -8.02 % change on previous year (2025)
- Pertussis - number of reported cases, annual growth rate 160.28 % change on previous year (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Africa (WHO region)?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Africa (WHO region) was 92 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving recorded in Africa (WHO region)?
- The highest recorded value was 92 in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving recorded in Africa (WHO region)?
- The lowest recorded value was 69 in 2015.
- How does Africa (WHO region) rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving?
- Africa (WHO region) ranks 1st out of 7 groups with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving rising or falling in Africa (WHO region)?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Africa (WHO region) 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 status receiving antiretroviral therapy. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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