Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24) by country
Prevalence of HIV, male is the percentage of males who are infected with HIV. Youth rates are as a percentage of the relevant age group.
What the numbers show
Prevalence of HIV, male (% ages 15-24) is currently reported for 146 countries. The highest value is 4.6% in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.1% in Yemen.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.1%, and the mean is 0.4%.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 46.
Over the past decade 8 countries rose and 47 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 300.0%), and the largest decrease in Burundi (down 60.0%).
Prevalence of HIV, male: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 4.6% | 2024 | down 37.8% | flat |
| 2 | South Africa | 3.8% | 2024 | down 7.3% | rising |
| 3 | Lesotho | 3.1% | 2024 | down 31.1% | rising |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 2.6% | 2024 | down 38.1% | falling |
| 5 | Botswana | 2.5% | 2024 | down 45.7% | falling |
| 5 | Mozambique | 2.5% | 2024 | down 32.4% | rising |
| 7 | Namibia | 2.2% | 2024 | down 8.3% | falling |
| 8 | Zambia | 1.6% | 2024 | down 38.5% | falling |
| 9 | Malawi | 1.5% | 2024 | down 28.6% | falling |
| 10 | Kenya | 0.9% | 2024 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 0.9% | 2024 | down 43.8% | falling |
| 12 | Panama | 0.7% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 12 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 0.7% | 2024 | down 12.5% | falling |
| 14 | Central African Republic | 0.6% | 2024 | down 45.5% | falling |
| 14 | Congo | 0.6% | 2024 | down 14.3% | falling |
| 14 | Suriname | 0.6% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Barbados | 0.5% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 17 | Cameroon | 0.5% | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 0.5% | 2024 | down 16.7% | falling |
| 17 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.5% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 17 | Rwanda | 0.5% | 2024 | down 37.5% | falling |
| 17 | Thailand | 0.5% | 2024 | down 16.7% | volatile |
| 17 | Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of | 0.5% | 2024 | up 150.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Côte d'Ivoire | 0.4% | 2024 | down 42.9% | falling |
| 24 | Costa Rica | 0.4% | 2024 | up 33.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Gabon | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 24 | Haiti | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 24 | Jamaica | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 24 | Myanmar | 0.4% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 24 | Philippines | 0.4% | 2024 | up 300.0% | volatile |
| 24 | Papua New Guinea | 0.4% | 2024 | up 33.3% | rising |
| 24 | Sierra Leone | 0.4% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 24 | South Sudan | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 24 | Togo | 0.4% | 2024 | down 20.0% | falling |
| 35 | Angola | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Bahamas | 0.3% | 2024 | down 57.1% | falling |
| 35 | Belize | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Chile | 0.3% | 2024 | up 50.0% | rising |
| 35 | Cuba | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Djibouti | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | Dominica | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | Ghana | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | Guinea | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 35 | Cambodia | 0.3% | 2024 | up 50.0% | falling |
| 35 | Liberia | 0.3% | 2024 | down 40.0% | falling |
| 35 | Mexico | 0.3% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 35 | Nigeria | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 35 | Chad | 0.3% | 2024 | down 25.0% | falling |
| 50 | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Burundi | 0.2% | 2024 | down 60.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Benin | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 50 | Burkina Faso | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 50 | Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 50 | Colombia | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Ecuador | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 50 | Ethiopia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 50 | Fiji | 0.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 50 | Gambia | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Guyana | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Indonesia | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 50 | Lao People's Democratic Republic | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Republic of Moldova | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 50 | Mali | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | falling |
| 50 | Malta | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | Paraguay | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 50 | El Salvador | 0.2% | 2024 | up 100.0% | falling |
| 50 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.2% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 50 | Viet Nam | 0.2% | 2024 | down 33.3% | rising |
| 70 | Afghanistan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Albania | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Argentina | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Armenia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Australia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Bangladesh | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Bulgaria | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Bahrain | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Bhutan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Canada | 0.1% | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Switzerland | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Comoros | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Cape Verde | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Denmark | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Algeria | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Egypt | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Eritrea | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Spain | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 70 | Estonia | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 70 | Georgia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Greece | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Guatemala | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Honduras | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Croatia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Ireland | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Iraq | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Iceland | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Italy | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Jordan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Kazakhstan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Kuwait | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Lebanon | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Libya | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Saint Lucia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Lithuania | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Luxembourg | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Latvia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Morocco | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Madagascar | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Maldives | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | North Macedonia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Montenegro | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Mongolia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Mauritania | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Malaysia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 70 | Niger | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Netherlands | 0.1% | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Norway | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Nepal | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | New Zealand | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Oman | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Pakistan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Peru | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Portugal | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 70 | Qatar | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Romania | 0.1% | 2024 | down 50.0% | rising |
| 70 | Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Sudan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Senegal | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Singapore | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Solomon Islands | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Somalia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Serbia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Slovakia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Slovenia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Syrian Arab Republic | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Tajikistan | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Timor-Leste | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Tunisia | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Tuvalu | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | Vanuatu | 0.1% | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 70 | 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 0.9%
- Other small states 0.8%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 0.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 0.6%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 0.6%
- Small states 0.6%
- Pre-demographic dividend 0.5%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 0.4%
- Low income 0.4%
- Least developed countries 0.4%
- IDA blend 0.4%
- IDA total 0.4%
- IDA only 0.4%
- Caribbean Small States 0.3%
- Africa Western and Central 0.3%
- World 0.2%
- Pacific island small states 0.1%
- Arab World 0.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 0.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 0.1%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 0.1%
About this data
Prevalence of HIV, male is the percentage of males who are infected with HIV. Youth rates are as a percentage of the relevant age group.