Share of young men and women living with HIV in Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea: Share of young men and women living with HIV was 0.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of young men and women living with HIV in Papua New Guinea, 1990–2024
Source: UNAIDS estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data. Measured in % ages 15-24.
Analysis
Papua New Guinea recorded 0.4% for share of young men and women living with hiv in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 33.3% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of young men and women living with hiv in Papua New Guinea peaked at 0.4% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.1%, in 1990.
Papua New Guinea ranks 24th of 146 countries on this measure, in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Share of young men and women living with HIV in Papua New Guinea, year by year
| Year | % ages 15-24 | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.1% | — |
| 1991 | 0.2% | +100.0% |
| 1992 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 0.2% | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 0.3% | +50.0% |
| 2008 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2010 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2011 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2012 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2013 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2014 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2016 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2018 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2019 | 0.3% | +0.0% |
| 2020 | 0.4% | +33.3% |
| 2021 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | +0.0% |
Papua New Guinea compared with similar countries
- Papua New Guinea's 0.4% is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 0.3%, 1.3× the median. (41 countries reporting)
- Papua New Guinea's 0.4% is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.2%, 2.7× the median. (18 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.2% | 0.1% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.2% | 0.2% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.3% | 0.3% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.4% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Papua New Guinea
- 24 Costa Rica 0.4% compare
- 24 Cote d'Ivoire 0.4% compare
- 24 Gabon 0.4% compare
- 24 Haiti 0.4% compare
- 24 Jamaica 0.4% compare
- 24 Myanmar 0.4% compare
- 24 Philippines 0.4% compare
- 24 Sierra Leone 0.4% compare
- 24 South Sudan 0.4% compare
- 24 Togo 0.4% compare
More health data for Papua New Guinea
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.77 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.3741 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,127 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 2,501 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 2 (2023)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 0.27 % 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 0.0555 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 0.2621 % 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 share of young men and women living with hiv in Papua New Guinea?
- Share of young men and women living with hiv in Papua New Guinea was 0.4% in 2024, according to UNAIDS estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of young men and women living with hiv recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The highest recorded value was 0.4% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of young men and women living with hiv recorded in Papua New Guinea?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.1% in 1990.
- How does Papua New Guinea rank for share of young men and women living with hiv?
- Papua New Guinea ranks 24th out of 146 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of young men and women living with hiv rising or falling in Papua New Guinea?
- Over the last ten years it is up 33.3%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Papua New Guinea data come from?
- The figures come from UNAIDS estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of young men and women living with HIV. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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In countries that are shown below the grey line the share of women with HIV infections is relatively higher.