Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 in World
World: Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 was 0.7% in 2025. ▲ Rising
Latest (2025)
0.7%
Change on year
unchanged
Rank
2nd
of 7 groups
All-time high
0.8%
in 2015
All-time low
0.7%
in 2000
Years of data
26
2000–2025
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 in World, 2000–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
World recorded 0.7% for prevalence of hiv among adults aged 15 to 49 in 2025. That is the lowest value across all 26 years on record.
That represents a change of down 12.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, prevalence of hiv among adults aged 15 to 49 in World peaked at 0.8% in 2015 and was at its lowest, 0.7%, in 2000.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 26 years of available data.
Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 in World, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 0.7% | — |
| 2001 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.8% | +14.3% |
| 2016 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.8% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.7% | -12.5% |
| 2021 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
| 2025 | 0.7% | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.8% | 0.7% | 0.8% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7% | 0.7% | 0.7% | 6 |
Countries ranked near World
- 1 Eswatini 22.4% compare
- 2 Lesotho 16.3% compare
- 3 South Africa 15.9% compare
- 4 Botswana 14.7% compare
- 5 Mozambique 11.0% compare
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Frequently asked questions
- What is prevalence of hiv among adults aged 15 to 49 in World?
- Prevalence of hiv among adults aged 15 to 49 in World was 0.7% in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest prevalence of hiv among adults aged 15 to 49 recorded in World?
- The highest recorded value was 0.8% in 2015.
- What is the lowest prevalence of hiv among adults aged 15 to 49 recorded in World?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.7% in 2000.
- How does World rank for prevalence of hiv among adults aged 15 to 49?
- World ranks 2nd out of 7 groups with data for 2025.
- Is prevalence of hiv among adults aged 15 to 49 rising or falling in World?
- Over the last ten years it is down 12.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this World data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 (%). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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