Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24) by country
Prevalence of HIV, female is the percentage of females who are infected with HIV. Youth rates are as a percentage of the relevant age group.
Countries reporting
146
Highest
9.4%
South Africa
Lowest
0.1%
Yemen
Median
0.1%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
5,813
What the numbers show
Prevalence of HIV, female (% ages 15-24) is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 9.4% in South Africa; the lowest is 0.1% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.6%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 94.
Over the past decade 7 countries rose and 48 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 62.5%).
Prevalence of HIV, female: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 9.4% | 2024 | down 27.1% | rising |
| 2 | Eswatini | 7.3% | 2024 | down 46.7% | rising |
| 3 | Mozambique | 6.1% | 2024 | down 32.2% | rising |
| 4 | Lesotho | 5.7% | 2024 | down 56.5% | falling |
| 5 | Botswana | 5.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 3.7% | 2024 | down 47.1% | volatile |
| 7 | Zambia | 3.6% | 2024 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 8 | Namibia | 3.4% | 2024 | down 32.0% | falling |
| 9 | Congo | 2.6% | 2024 | up 13.0% | falling |
| 10 | Malawi | 2.4% | 2024 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 11 | Uganda | 2.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 12 | Gabon | 1.4% | 2024 | down 36.4% | falling |
| 12 | Kenya | 1.4% | 2024 | down 51.7% | volatile |
| 12 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 1.4% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 15 | Angola | 1.0% | 2024 | down 23.1% | rising |
| 15 | Central African Republic | 1.0% | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 17 | Ghana | 0.9% | 2024 | down 18.2% | falling |
| 17 | Sierra Leone | 0.9% | 2024 | down 35.7% | falling |
| 19 | Cameroon | 0.8% | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 19 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.8% | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Papua New Guinea | 0.8% | 2024 | up 60.0% | rising |
| 19 | Rwanda | 0.8% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 19 | Togo | 0.8% | 2024 | down 27.3% | falling |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.7% | 2024 | down 46.2% | volatile |
| 24 | Guinea | 0.7% | 2024 | down 30.0% | flat |
| 24 | Haiti | 0.7% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 24 | South Sudan | 0.7% | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 28 | Suriname | 0.6% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 29 | Liberia | 0.5% | 2024 | down 44.4% | falling |
| 29 | Chad | 0.5% | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 31 | Djibouti | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 31 | Dominican Republic | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 31 | Fiji | 0.4% | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Guyana | 0.4% | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 31 | Jamaica | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 31 | Mali | 0.4% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 31 | Myanmar | 0.4% | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 31 | Nigeria | 0.4% | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 39 | Burundi | 0.3% | 2024 | down 62.5% | volatile |
| 39 | Benin | 0.3% | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 39 | Burkina Faso | 0.3% | 2024 | down 40.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Belize | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 39 | Barbados | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 39 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.3% | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 39 | Ethiopia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Gambia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 40.0% | rising |
| 39 | Panama | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 39 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 49 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 49 | Bahamas | 0.2% | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 49 | Cape Verde | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 49 | Eritrea | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 49 | Cambodia | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 49 | Saint Lucia | 0.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 49 | Madagascar | 0.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 49 | Thailand | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | volatile |
| 49 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 58 | Afghanistan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Albania | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Australia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Canada | 0.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Chile | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Colombia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Comoros | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Costa Rica | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Cuba | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Dominica | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 58 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Ecuador | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | flat |
| 58 | Egypt | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Spain | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 58 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Greece | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Indonesia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 58 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Italy | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Kuwait | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Lebanon | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Libya | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Republic of Moldova | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 58 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Mexico | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | North Macedonia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Malta | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Mauritania | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Niger | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Norway | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Oman | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Peru | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Philippines | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Paraguay | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Romania | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 58 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Sudan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Solomon Islands | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | El Salvador | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 58 | Somalia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Timor-Leste | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Tuvalu | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Viet Nam | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Vanuatu | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 58 | Yemen | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Eastern and Southern 1.8%
- Other small states 1.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 1.3%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 1.3%
- Small states 1.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.9%
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.9%
- Low income 0.8%
- Least developed countries 0.7%
- IDA only 0.7%
- IDA total 0.6%
- IDA blend 0.5%
- Africa Western and Central 0.5%
- Caribbean Small States 0.4%
- World 0.3%
- Pacific island small states 0.2%
- Arab World 0.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.1%
About this data
Prevalence of HIV, female is the percentage of females who are infected with HIV. Youth rates are as a percentage of the relevant age group.