Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Lesotho
Lesotho: 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 2024
All-time low
57
in 2015
Years of data
11
2015–2025
Percentage of people living with HIV who know their status receiving in Lesotho, 2015–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Lesotho recorded 98 for percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in 2025. That is the highest value across all 11 years on record.
That represents a change of up 71.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Lesotho peaked at 98 in 2024 and was at its lowest, 57, in 2015.
Lesotho ranks 1st 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 status receiving in Lesotho, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 57 | — |
| 2016 | 65 | +14.0% |
| 2017 | 72 | +10.8% |
| 2018 | 75 | +4.2% |
| 2019 | 81 | +8.0% |
| 2020 | 85 | +4.9% |
| 2021 | 89 | +4.7% |
| 2022 | 92 | +3.4% |
| 2023 | 95 | +3.3% |
| 2024 | 98 | +3.2% |
| 2025 | 98 | +0.0% |
Lesotho compared with similar countries
- Lesotho's 98 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 94, 1.0× the median. (39 countries reporting)
- Lesotho'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 | 70 | 57 | 81 | 5 |
| 2020s | 92.83 | 85 | 98 | 6 |
Countries ranked near Lesotho
- 1 Botswana 98 compare
- 1 Comoros 98 compare
- 1 Kenya 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 Lesotho
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -2.05 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4669 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,227 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 382 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 0 (2020)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate -0.8108 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0548 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate -0.7473 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Lesotho?
- Percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving in Lesotho 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 Lesotho?
- The highest recorded value was 98 in 2024.
- What is the lowest percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving recorded in Lesotho?
- The lowest recorded value was 57 in 2015.
- How does Lesotho rank for percentage of people living with hiv who know their status receiving?
- Lesotho 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 Lesotho?
- Over the last ten years it is up 71.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Lesotho 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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