Share of the population living with HIV in Bahrain
Bahrain: Share of the population living with HIV was 0.1% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of the population living with HIV in Bahrain, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
The most recent figure for share of the population living with hiv in Bahrain is 0.1%, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of up 8.2% on the previous year and up 98.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population living with hiv in Bahrain peaked at 0.1% in 1996 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 2010.
That places Bahrain 136th out of 150 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Share of the population living with HIV in Bahrain, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +12.3% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +9.7% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +9.5% |
| 1994 | 0.1% | +8.9% |
| 1995 | 0.1% | +6.9% |
| 1996 | 0.1% | +1.9% |
| 1997 | 0.1% | -4.0% |
| 1998 | 0.1% | -7.1% |
| 1999 | 0.0% | -8.2% |
| 2000 | 0.0% | -7.5% |
| 2001 | 0.0% | -9.6% |
| 2002 | 0.0% | -10.1% |
| 2003 | 0.0% | -9.1% |
| 2004 | 0.0% | -8.1% |
| 2005 | 0.0% | -6.6% |
| 2006 | 0.0% | -4.7% |
| 2007 | 0.0% | -2.8% |
| 2008 | 0.0% | -1.3% |
| 2009 | 0.0% | +0.1% |
| 2010 | 0.0% | -0.2% |
| 2011 | 0.0% | +0.7% |
| 2012 | 0.0% | +2.4% |
| 2013 | 0.0% | +2.2% |
| 2014 | 0.0% | +3.8% |
| 2015 | 0.0% | +5.5% |
| 2016 | 0.0% | +6.1% |
| 2017 | 0.0% | +6.3% |
| 2018 | 0.0% | +6.1% |
| 2019 | 0.0% | +7.5% |
| 2020 | 0.0% | +3.8% |
| 2021 | 0.0% | +8.2% |
| 2022 | 0.0% | +11.0% |
| 2023 | 0.1% | +8.2% |
| 2024 | 0.1% | +8.2% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.0% | 0.0% | 0.1% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Bahrain
More health data for Bahrain
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate 0 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4635 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 476.9 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 41 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate -0.6631 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.0905 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate -1.05 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.0937 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population living with hiv in Bahrain?
- Share of the population living with hiv in Bahrain was 0.1% in 2024, according to Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of the population living with hiv recorded in Bahrain?
- The highest recorded value was 0.1% in 1996.
- What is the lowest share of the population living with hiv recorded in Bahrain?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 2010.
- How does Bahrain rank for share of the population living with hiv?
- Bahrain ranks 136th out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population living with hiv rising or falling in Bahrain?
- Over the last ten years it is up 98.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Bahrain data come from?
- The figures come from Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of the population living with HIV. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
Download this data
CSV · JSON — 35 observations, free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data).
About this data
Share of people aged 15-49 who test positive for HIV at a given time. This is the central estimate.