Children newly infected with HIV by country

Number of people aged 0-14 newly infected with HIV in the last 12 months. This is the central estimate.

Countries reporting
86
Highest
16,439 infections
Mozambique
Lowest
0.5747 infections
Ireland
Median
214.31 infections
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
3,006

What the numbers show

Children newly infected with HIV is currently reported for 86 countries. The highest value is 16,439 infections in Mozambique; the lowest is 0.5747 infections in Ireland.

The median across all reporting countries is 214.31 infections, and the mean is 1,036 infections.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 28,604.

Over the past decade 19 countries rose and 67 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 953.4%), and the largest decrease in Malaysia (down 94.2%).

Children newly infected with HIV: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Mozambique 16,439 infections 2024 down 35.4% rising
2 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 9,053 infections 2024 up 2.2% falling
3 South Africa 6,612 infections 2024 down 49.0% volatile
4 Tanzania, United Republic of 5,140 infections 2024 down 50.8% volatile
5 Uganda 4,733 infections 2024 down 60.9% falling
6 Angola 4,531 infections 2024 down 44.5% rising
7 Kenya 4,349 infections 2024 down 61.8% volatile
8 Zambia 3,001 infections 2024 down 68.0% falling
9 Zimbabwe 2,843 infections 2024 down 68.2% volatile
10 Cameroon 2,742 infections 2024 down 18.0% volatile
11 Papua New Guinea 2,675 infections 2024 up 38.1% rising
12 Malawi 2,164 infections 2024 down 78.3% volatile
13 Congo 1,879 infections 2024 down 2.7% falling
14 Chad 1,322 infections 2024 down 19.5% falling
15 Ethiopia 1,312 infections 2024 down 71.5% volatile
16 Madagascar 1,266 infections 2024 up 114.4% volatile
17 Ghana 1,243 infections 2024 down 68.8% falling
18 Mali 1,162 infections 2024 down 28.1% falling
19 South Sudan 1,130 infections 2024 down 65.1% falling
20 Guinea 1,070 infections 2024 down 59.4% rising
21 Haiti 1,061 infections 2024 up 41.7% volatile
22 Central African Republic 1,047 infections 2024 down 46.2% falling
23 Côte d'Ivoire 1,025 infections 2024 down 64.2% volatile
24 Myanmar 952.16 infections 2024 up 2.1% rising
25 Sudan 818.6 infections 2024 up 53.4% rising
26 Burkina Faso 800.68 infections 2024 down 42.1% volatile
27 Sierra Leone 664.7 infections 2024 down 52.4% falling
28 Togo 526.03 infections 2024 down 19.8% volatile
29 Benin 469.83 infections 2024 down 62.4% falling
30 Burundi 461.52 infections 2024 down 23.1% volatile
31 Namibia 431.89 infections 2024 down 64.4% volatile
32 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 412.7 infections 2024 down 18.3% rising
33 Niger 406.88 infections 2024 down 2.0% volatile
34 Rwanda 335.16 infections 2024 down 64.6% volatile
35 Mexico 330.16 infections 2024 down 9.1% rising
36 Lesotho 328.61 infections 2024 down 70.8% volatile
37 Philippines 326.7 infections 2024 up 198.8% volatile
38 Colombia 318.57 infections 2023 up 14.3% falling
39 Gabon 318.46 infections 2024 down 48.7% falling
40 Dominican Republic 299.75 infections 2024 down 43.9% falling
41 Senegal 249.16 infections 2024 down 41.2% volatile
42 Eswatini 225.64 infections 2024 down 79.5% volatile
43 Guinea-Bissau 215.31 infections 2024 up 12.9% volatile
44 Egypt 213.3 infections 2024 up 55.4% rising
45 Yemen 178.68 infections 2024 up 66.6% volatile
46 Gambia 169.49 infections 2024 down 43.3% rising
47 Viet Nam 167.76 infections 2024 down 66.1% volatile
48 Algeria 129.93 infections 2024 up 23.6% volatile
49 Peru 124.17 infections 2024 down 37.4% falling
50 Guatemala 108.02 infections 2024 down 12.3% volatile
51 Somalia 86.78 infections 2022 down 59.4% falling
52 Botswana 85.66 infections 2024 down 89.0% volatile
53 Ecuador 75.04 infections 2024 down 61.1% falling
54 Lao People's Democratic Republic 70.34 infections 2024 down 39.0% volatile
55 Honduras 69.48 infections 2024 down 35.2% volatile
56 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 59.5 infections 2024 down 58.3% falling
57 Afghanistan 59.44 infections 2024 up 49.0% rising
58 Paraguay 58.79 infections 2024 up 16.6% rising
59 Fiji 55.37 infections 2024 up 953.4% volatile
60 Mauritania 55.36 infections 2024 down 12.9% falling
61 Morocco 48.71 infections 2024 down 66.3% falling
62 Djibouti 46.04 infections 2024 down 51.1% volatile
63 Kazakhstan 45.08 infections 2024 down 27.1% volatile
64 Nepal 40.44 infections 2024 down 77.8% volatile
65 Thailand 40.06 infections 2024 down 85.6% volatile
66 Cambodia 39.89 infections 2024 down 83.3% volatile
67 Kyrgyzstan 35.11 infections 2024 down 62.6% volatile
68 Tajikistan 34.74 infections 2024 down 68.6% volatile
69 Guyana 34.12 infections 2024 up 11.1% falling
70 Panama 28.95 infections 2024 down 34.9% falling
71 Chile 28.6 infections 2024 up 112.4% falling
72 Tunisia 27.61 infections 2024 down 5.1% rising
73 Republic of Moldova 27.33 infections 2024 down 48.9% rising
74 El Salvador 27.01 infections 2024 down 10.8% volatile
75 Eritrea 22.66 infections 2024 down 24.7% volatile
76 Costa Rica 20.67 infections 2024 down 13.4% rising
77 Libya 17.68 infections 2024 down 30.6% volatile
78 Suriname 17.13 infections 2024 down 0.2% falling
79 Cuba 16.71 infections 2024 down 54.0% volatile
80 Cape Verde 8.29 infections 2024 up 12.3% volatile
81 Armenia 7.97 infections 2024 up 4.0% volatile
82 Romania 7.09 infections 2024 down 67.1% volatile
83 Portugal 5.15 infections 2024 down 56.1% volatile
84 Malaysia 2.71 infections 2024 down 94.2% volatile
85 Netherlands 2.03 infections 2023 down 82.2% falling
86 Ireland 0.5747 infections 2024 down 81.7% falling

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Indicator
Children newly infected with HIV
Unit
infections
Source
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
86 places, 3,006 data points, 1990–2024
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Number of people aged 0-14 newly infected with HIV in the last 12 months. This is the central estimate.