Share of the population infected with hiv by country
Countries reporting
150
Highest
23.38
Eswatini
Lowest
0.005
Syria
Median
0.4096
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
5,197
What the numbers show
Share of the population infected with hiv is currently reported for 150 countries. The highest value is 23.38 in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.005 in Syria.
The median across all reporting countries is 0.4096, and the mean is 1.4.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 4,704.
Over the past decade 76 countries rose and 74 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 1,095.7%), and the largest decrease in Mauritania (down 57.9%).
Share of the population infected with hiv: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Eswatini | 23.38 | 2024 | down 20.5% | rising |
| 2 | South Africa | 17.2 | 2024 | down 6.2% | rising |
| 3 | Lesotho | 17.13 | 2024 | down 30.6% | rising |
| 4 | Botswana | 15.74 | 2024 | down 28.9% | flat |
| 5 | Mozambique | 11.46 | 2024 | down 10.0% | rising |
| 6 | Zimbabwe | 9.78 | 2024 | down 34.4% | falling |
| 7 | Zambia | 9.39 | 2024 | down 20.9% | falling |
| 8 | Namibia | 8.97 | 2024 | down 29.0% | rising |
| 9 | Malawi | 6.25 | 2024 | down 36.9% | falling |
| 10 | Uganda | 4.94 | 2024 | down 28.5% | falling |
| 11 | Tanzania | 3.54 | 2024 | down 21.2% | falling |
| 12 | Congo | 3.23 | 2024 | down 1.1% | falling |
| 13 | Kenya | 3.03 | 2024 | down 37.6% | falling |
| 14 | Gabon | 2.8 | 2024 | down 29.3% | rising |
| 15 | Cameroon | 2.52 | 2024 | down 38.3% | flat |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 2.42 | 2024 | down 39.0% | falling |
| 17 | Guinea-Bissau | 2.16 | 2024 | down 37.2% | rising |
| 18 | Rwanda | 2.02 | 2024 | down 39.5% | falling |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1.68 | 2024 | down 42.0% | falling |
| 20 | Haiti | 1.65 | 2024 | down 2.7% | falling |
| 21 | Togo | 1.64 | 2024 | down 31.9% | falling |
| 22 | Suriname | 1.6 | 2024 | up 1.5% | rising |
| 23 | Guyana | 1.57 | 2024 | up 9.0% | rising |
| 24 | Angola | 1.56 | 2024 | down 12.4% | rising |
| 25 | South Sudan | 1.52 | 2024 | down 24.5% | rising |
| 26 | Papua New Guinea | 1.5 | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 27 | Ghana | 1.49 | 2024 | down 18.8% | falling |
| 28 | Sierra Leone | 1.37 | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea | 1.34 | 2024 | down 21.4% | rising |
| 30 | Gambia | 1.29 | 2024 | down 32.6% | rising |
| 31 | Palestine | 1.22 | 2024 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 32 | Belize | 1.17 | 2024 | down 16.4% | rising |
| 33 | Nigeria | 1.16 | 2024 | down 35.2% | falling |
| 34 | Jamaica | 1.14 | 2024 | down 17.3% | rising |
| 35 | Panama | 1.12 | 2024 | up 13.1% | rising |
| 36 | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.11 | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 37 | Bahamas | 1.06 | 2024 | down 32.5% | falling |
| 38 | Barbados | 1.05 | 2024 | down 14.6% | rising |
| 39 | Fiji | 1.04 | 2024 | up 1,095.7% | volatile |
| 40 | Dominican Republic | 1.03 | 2024 | down 6.8% | flat |
| 41 | Thailand | 1.01 | 2024 | down 31.6% | falling |
| 42 | Chad | 0.9216 | 2024 | down 37.9% | falling |
| 43 | Moldova | 0.9192 | 2024 | up 3.5% | volatile |
| 44 | Liberia | 0.9181 | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 45 | Cape Verde | 0.9155 | 2024 | up 21.2% | rising |
| 46 | Djibouti | 0.9095 | 2024 | down 51.5% | falling |
| 47 | Myanmar | 0.8886 | 2024 | down 0.2% | rising |
| 48 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.8139 | 2024 | down 19.1% | rising |
| 49 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 0.7863 | 2024 | up 34.0% | rising |
| 50 | Burundi | 0.7793 | 2024 | down 42.9% | volatile |
| 51 | Mali | 0.7574 | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 52 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 0.7479 | 2024 | down 29.9% | falling |
| 53 | Brazil | 0.747 | 2024 | up 51.0% | rising |
| 54 | Estonia | 0.7075 | 2024 | down 13.4% | volatile |
| 55 | Ethiopia | 0.675 | 2024 | down 42.6% | falling |
| 56 | Chile | 0.666 | 2024 | up 65.3% | volatile |
| 57 | Benin | 0.6609 | 2024 | down 36.1% | falling |
| 58 | Cuba | 0.6323 | 2024 | up 47.5% | volatile |
| 59 | Costa Rica | 0.63 | 2024 | up 52.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Colombia | 0.5914 | 2024 | up 14.7% | rising |
| 61 | Venezuela | 0.5763 | 2024 | up 12.8% | rising |
| 62 | Burkina Faso | 0.5206 | 2024 | down 38.1% | volatile |
| 63 | Latvia | 0.5183 | 2024 | down 11.9% | volatile |
| 64 | Cambodia | 0.5043 | 2024 | down 35.7% | rising |
| 65 | Paraguay | 0.4905 | 2024 | up 24.5% | volatile |
| 66 | Madagascar | 0.4787 | 2024 | up 90.2% | volatile |
| 67 | Dominica | 0.4758 | 2024 | up 8.4% | rising |
| 68 | Portugal | 0.4743 | 2024 | down 20.7% | rising |
| 69 | Mexico | 0.4573 | 2024 | up 29.7% | rising |
| 70 | Peru | 0.4483 | 2024 | up 24.4% | rising |
| 71 | Saint Lucia | 0.4468 | 2024 | up 18.5% | rising |
| 72 | Vietnam | 0.4397 | 2024 | up 2.8% | rising |
| 73 | Ecuador | 0.4195 | 2024 | up 1.7% | rising |
| 74 | Laos | 0.418 | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 75 | El Salvador | 0.416 | 2024 | down 13.4% | rising |
| 76 | Argentina | 0.4032 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 77 | Eritrea | 0.4006 | 2024 | down 48.7% | volatile |
| 78 | Armenia | 0.3734 | 2024 | up 119.3% | volatile |
| 79 | Georgia | 0.3718 | 2024 | up 92.7% | volatile |
| 80 | Bolivia | 0.363 | 2024 | up 8.7% | rising |
| 81 | Indonesia | 0.3551 | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 82 | Philippines | 0.3299 | 2024 | up 303.7% | volatile |
| 83 | Senegal | 0.3296 | 2024 | down 24.7% | falling |
| 84 | Kazakhstan | 0.327 | 2024 | up 50.6% | volatile |
| 85 | Malta | 0.2955 | 2024 | up 35.7% | volatile |
| 86 | Malaysia | 0.2876 | 2024 | down 20.8% | flat |
| 87 | France | 0.2848 | 2023 | up 2.3% | rising |
| 88 | Spain | 0.2838 | 2024 | down 29.3% | falling |
| 89 | Luxembourg | 0.2821 | 2024 | up 23.5% | rising |
| 90 | Kyrgyzstan | 0.2716 | 2024 | up 41.5% | volatile |
| 91 | Greece | 0.2696 | 2024 | up 40.1% | volatile |
| 92 | Italy | 0.2508 | 2024 | down 7.4% | rising |
| 93 | Pakistan | 0.2376 | 2024 | up 109.9% | volatile |
| 94 | Guatemala | 0.2256 | 2024 | down 19.3% | falling |
| 95 | Ireland | 0.224 | 2024 | up 15.9% | rising |
| 96 | East Timor | 0.2178 | 2024 | up 32.4% | rising |
| 97 | Lithuania | 0.2156 | 2024 | up 39.1% | volatile |
| 98 | Belgium | 0.1991 | 2024 | down 0.5% | rising |
| 99 | Tajikistan | 0.191 | 2024 | down 6.6% | volatile |
| 100 | United Kingdom | 0.1903 | 2023 | down 11.7% | falling |
| 101 | Sudan | 0.1759 | 2024 | up 32.5% | rising |
| 102 | Bhutan | 0.1699 | 2024 | up 60.5% | rising |
| 103 | Switzerland | 0.1691 | 2024 | down 24.7% | flat |
| 104 | Honduras | 0.1627 | 2024 | down 43.9% | falling |
| 105 | Germany | 0.1583 | 2024 | up 25.2% | rising |
| 106 | Romania | 0.1551 | 2024 | up 15.0% | rising |
| 107 | Niger | 0.1504 | 2024 | down 47.4% | falling |
| 108 | Netherlands | 0.1487 | 2023 | down 19.5% | rising |
| 109 | Canada | 0.1475 | 2022 | down 11.8% | falling |
| 110 | Montenegro | 0.146 | 2024 | up 98.7% | volatile |
| 111 | Mauritania | 0.1395 | 2024 | down 57.9% | falling |
| 112 | Nepal | 0.1346 | 2024 | down 39.6% | volatile |
| 113 | Libya | 0.1319 | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 114 | Azerbaijan | 0.1317 | 2024 | up 1.4% | rising |
| 115 | Singapore | 0.1283 | 2024 | up 3.0% | volatile |
| 116 | Iceland | 0.1197 | 2024 | up 10.9% | rising |
| 117 | Bulgaria | 0.1148 | 2024 | up 74.3% | rising |
| 118 | Serbia | 0.1053 | 2024 | up 63.6% | volatile |
| 119 | Tunisia | 0.1025 | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 120 | Australia | 0.101 | 2024 | down 7.2% | rising |
| 121 | Algeria | 0.0972 | 2024 | up 79.5% | volatile |
| 122 | Norway | 0.0875 | 2024 | down 22.1% | rising |
| 123 | Sweden | 0.0871 | 2022 | down 4.3% | rising |
| 124 | New Zealand | 0.0846 | 2024 | down 2.0% | rising |
| 125 | North Macedonia | 0.0803 | 2024 | up 163.8% | volatile |
| 126 | Slovenia | 0.08 | 2024 | up 48.5% | volatile |
| 127 | Lebanon | 0.0796 | 2024 | up 96.0% | volatile |
| 128 | Albania | 0.0791 | 2024 | up 62.7% | volatile |
| 129 | Oman | 0.0786 | 2024 | up 2.5% | rising |
| 130 | Egypt | 0.0775 | 2024 | up 78.8% | rising |
| 131 | Morocco | 0.0765 | 2024 | down 6.6% | rising |
| 132 | Denmark | 0.0731 | 2024 | down 38.4% | falling |
| 133 | Yemen | 0.0691 | 2024 | up 34.0% | volatile |
| 134 | Croatia | 0.0672 | 2024 | up 31.0% | volatile |
| 135 | Somalia | 0.0606 | 2024 | down 45.9% | falling |
| 136 | Bahrain | 0.0558 | 2024 | up 98.1% | falling |
| 137 | Afghanistan | 0.0556 | 2024 | up 58.7% | volatile |
| 138 | Slovakia | 0.0533 | 2024 | up 167.8% | volatile |
| 139 | Kuwait | 0.046 | 2024 | up 72.7% | volatile |
| 140 | Saudi Arabia | 0.045 | 2024 | up 49.2% | falling |
| 141 | Qatar | 0.0382 | 2024 | up 443.9% | volatile |
| 142 | Sri Lanka | 0.0359 | 2024 | up 29.2% | rising |
| 143 | Mongolia | 0.0298 | 2024 | up 13.8% | volatile |
| 144 | Comoros | 0.0269 | 2024 | up 0.9% | rising |
| 145 | Maldives | 0.0168 | 2024 | up 74.9% | rising |
| 146 | United Arab Emirates | 0.015 | 2024 | up 17.9% | volatile |
| 147 | Bangladesh | 0.0144 | 2024 | up 35.8% | volatile |
| 148 | Iraq | 0.0122 | 2024 | up 166.5% | volatile |
| 149 | Jordan | 0.0086 | 2024 | up 10.0% | rising |
| 150 | Syria | 0.005 | 2024 | up 10.4% | rising |