Share of the population living with HIV in Viet Nam
Viet Nam: Share of the population living with HIV was 0.4% in 2024. ▲ Rising
Share of the population living with HIV in Viet Nam, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Viet Nam recorded 0.4% for share of the population living with hiv in 2024.
That represents a change of down 2.0% on the previous year and up 2.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of the population living with hiv in Viet Nam peaked at 0.5% in 2020 and was at its lowest, 0.0%, in 1990.
Viet Nam ranks 72nd of 150 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Share of the population living with HIV in Viet Nam, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 0.0% | — |
| 1991 | 0.0% | +100.4% |
| 1992 | 0.0% | +91.3% |
| 1993 | 0.0% | +78.6% |
| 1994 | 0.1% | +63.3% |
| 1995 | 0.1% | +48.0% |
| 1996 | 0.1% | +35.1% |
| 1997 | 0.2% | +25.5% |
| 1998 | 0.2% | +19.3% |
| 1999 | 0.2% | +15.6% |
| 2000 | 0.2% | +12.7% |
| 2001 | 0.3% | +10.5% |
| 2002 | 0.3% | +9.1% |
| 2003 | 0.3% | +7.4% |
| 2004 | 0.3% | +5.7% |
| 2005 | 0.3% | +4.1% |
| 2006 | 0.3% | +2.2% |
| 2007 | 0.4% | +2.1% |
| 2008 | 0.4% | +2.2% |
| 2009 | 0.4% | +3.1% |
| 2010 | 0.4% | +3.1% |
| 2011 | 0.4% | +2.6% |
| 2012 | 0.4% | +2.5% |
| 2013 | 0.4% | +2.4% |
| 2014 | 0.4% | +2.4% |
| 2015 | 0.4% | +2.1% |
| 2016 | 0.4% | +1.8% |
| 2017 | 0.5% | +1.5% |
| 2018 | 0.5% | +1.1% |
| 2019 | 0.5% | +0.6% |
| 2020 | 0.5% | +0.2% |
| 2021 | 0.5% | -0.3% |
| 2022 | 0.5% | -0.8% |
| 2023 | 0.4% | -1.4% |
| 2024 | 0.4% | -2.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 0.1% | 0.0% | 0.2% | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.4% | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.4% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.5% | 0.4% | 0.5% | 5 |
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More health data for Viet Nam
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.66 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.0536 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 1,306 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 3,132 deaths (2100)
- Population ages 75-79, female, annual growth rate 10.34 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, female, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, female, per capita 0.0094 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, annual growth rate 10.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per unit of GDP 0 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 75-79, male, per capita 0.0056 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is share of the population living with hiv in Viet Nam?
- Share of the population living with hiv in Viet Nam was 0.4% 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 Viet Nam?
- The highest recorded value was 0.5% in 2020.
- What is the lowest share of the population living with hiv recorded in Viet Nam?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0% in 1990.
- How does Viet Nam rank for share of the population living with hiv?
- Viet Nam ranks 72nd out of 150 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of the population living with hiv rising or falling in Viet Nam?
- Over the last ten years it is up 2.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Viet Nam 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.
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About this data
Share of people aged 15-49 who test positive for HIV at a given time. This is the central estimate.