Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Botswana
Botswana: Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving was 98 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
98
Change on year
unchanged
World rank
1st
of 127 countries
All-time high
98
in 2023
All-time low
88
in 2015
Years of data
11
2015–2025
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Botswana, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
In 2025, percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Botswana stood at 98. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 11.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Botswana peaked at 98 in 2023 and was at its lowest, 88, in 2015.
That places Botswana 1st out of 127 countries with data for 2025, putting it 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 status receiving in Botswana, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 88 | — |
| 2016 | 90 | +2.3% |
| 2017 | 90 | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 92 | +2.2% |
| 2019 | 92 | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 94 | +2.2% |
| 2021 | 97 | +3.2% |
| 2022 | 97 | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 98 | +1.0% |
| 2024 | 98 | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 98 | +0.0% |
Botswana compared with similar countries
- Botswana's 98 is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 81.5, 1.2× the median. (32 countries reporting)
- Botswana's 98 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 97, 1.0× the median. (43 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 90.4 | 88 | 92 | 5 |
| 2020s | 97 | 94 | 98 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Botswana
- 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 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 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
More health data for Botswana
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.75 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.2265 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,150 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 281 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.6484 % 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 0.0579 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.9109 % 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 status receiving in Botswana?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Botswana was 98 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 Botswana?
- The highest recorded value was 98 in 2023.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving recorded in Botswana?
- The lowest recorded value was 88 in 2015.
- How does Botswana rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving?
- Botswana ranks 1st out of 127 countries with data for 2025.
- Is percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving rising or falling in Botswana?
- Over the last ten years it is up 11.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Botswana 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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