What share of the population living with HIV are women? by country

Among those aged 15 years and older.

Countries reporting
172
Highest
73.1%
Angola
Lowest
6.1%
Japan
Median
34.9%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
5,972

What the numbers show

What share of the population living with HIV are women? is currently reported for 172 countries. The highest value is 73.1% in Angola; the lowest is 6.1% in Japan.

The median across all reporting countries is 34.9%, and the mean is 37.9%.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 12.

Over the past decade 115 countries rose and 57 fell. The largest increase was in Iran, Islamic Republic of (up 43.6%), and the largest decrease in Lebanon (down 42.2%).

What share of the population living with HIV are women?: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Angola 73.1% 2024 up 3.0% rising
2 Gabon 71.2% 2024 up 4.4% flat
3 Congo 70.9% 2024 up 5.5% rising
4 Ghana 69.6% 2024 up 8.7% rising
5 Côte d'Ivoire 68.1% 2024 up 8.6% rising
6 Guinea-Bissau 67.5% 2024 up 9.5% rising
7 South Africa 66.4% 2024 up 2.7% rising
8 Kenya 66.2% 2024 up 3.6% flat
9 Tanzania, United Republic of 66.2% 2024 up 7.5% rising
10 Togo 66.1% 2024 up 5.7% rising
11 Guinea 65.8% 2024 up 7.4% rising
12 Liberia 65.5% 2024 up 7.3% rising
13 Mozambique 65.3% 2024 up 4.5% rising
14 Central African Republic 65.1% 2024 up 4.5% falling
15 Ethiopia 65.1% 2024 up 2.3% rising
16 Sierra Leone 64.8% 2024 up 8.2% rising
17 Cameroon 64.8% 2024 up 8.8% rising
18 Namibia 64.8% 2024 up 3.0% rising
19 Malawi 64.6% 2024 up 2.2% rising
20 South Sudan 64.4% 2024 up 6.4% rising
21 Benin 64.4% 2024 up 3.4% rising
22 Nigeria 64.2% 2024 up 6.6% rising
23 Uganda 63.7% 2024 up 5.2% rising
24 Burkina Faso 63.7% 2024 up 9.0% rising
25 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 63.5% 2024 up 5.7% rising
26 Rwanda 63.5% 2024 up 2.4% rising
27 Zambia 63.4% 2024 up 3.2% flat
28 Mali 63.4% 2024 up 3.9% rising
29 Burundi 63.3% 2024 up 4.3% rising
30 Chad 63.0% 2024 up 5.2% rising
31 Lesotho 62.4% 2024 up 3.4% flat
32 Haiti 62.1% 2024 up 5.2% rising
33 Papua New Guinea 62.0% 2024 up 6.9% rising
34 Eritrea 62.0% 2024 up 4.4% rising
35 Botswana 61.7% 2024 up 3.5% flat
36 Equatorial Guinea 61.6% 2024 up 12.9% flat
37 Gambia 61.3% 2024 up 8.0% rising
38 Eswatini 61.2% 2024 up 3.9% rising
39 Zimbabwe 60.2% 2024 up 2.8% rising
40 Niger 57.7% 2024 up 15.5% rising
41 Mauritania 56.7% 2024 up 12.3% rising
42 Senegal 55.5% 2024 up 2.5% rising
43 Somalia 55.2% 2024 up 3.8% flat
44 Sao Tome and Principe 51.5% 2024 up 2.4% rising
45 Dominican Republic 50.9% 2024 down 0.1% falling
46 Djibouti 50.9% 2024 up 3.9% rising
47 Guyana 50.6% 2024 up 6.5% falling
48 Trinidad and Tobago 49.3% 2024 down 4.2% rising
49 Comoros 49.2% 2024 up 2.4% rising
50 Kazakhstan 48.9% 2024 down 1.1% rising
51 Jamaica 48.2% 2024 up 8.4% rising
52 Cambodia 48.1% 2024 down 9.2% rising
53 Korea, Democratic People's Republic of 48.1% 2024 down 0.9% flat
54 Cape Verde 47.5% 2024 up 4.5% flat
55 Madagascar 47.3% 2024 up 2.3% rising
56 Algeria 46.6% 2024 up 0.5% rising
57 Belize 46.6% 2024 up 4.8% rising
58 Uzbekistan 46.5% 2024 up 3.3% rising
59 Fiji 45.8% 2024 up 1.8% rising
60 Bahamas 45.7% 2024 down 0.1% flat
61 Sudan 45.6% 2024 down 8.3% falling
62 India 45.4% 2024 up 7.0% rising
63 Ukraine 43.5% 2024 down 7.4% rising
64 Bhutan 42.3% 2024 up 0.3% rising
65 Nepal 42.1% 2024 up 13.3% rising
66 Suriname 41.8% 2024 up 4.0% falling
67 Brunei Darussalam 41.8% 2024 up 26.3% rising
68 Myanmar 41.5% 2024 down 0.2% rising
69 Honduras 41.2% 2024 down 7.9% falling
70 Thailand 40.3% 2024 down 9.5% rising
71 Libya 40.1% 2024 up 3.5% rising
72 Kyrgyzstan 39.9% 2024 up 7.5% flat
73 Estonia 39.2% 2024 up 2.7% rising
74 Republic of Moldova 39.1% 2024 up 15.1% rising
75 Sweden 39.1% 2024 up 2.1% flat
76 Morocco 38.7% 2024 down 10.6% falling
77 Barbados 37.5% 2024 down 3.6% falling
78 Mauritius 37.4% 2024 up 19.5% falling
79 Latvia 37.0% 2024 up 4.4% rising
80 Tajikistan 36.8% 2024 up 5.4% rising
81 Belarus 36.6% 2024 up 11.1% rising
82 Guatemala 36.1% 2024 down 6.1% falling
83 Lao People's Democratic Republic 36.0% 2024 down 9.0% falling
84 Argentina 35.7% 2024 up 2.3% rising
85 Romania 35.2% 2024 down 8.5% falling
86 Uruguay 35.0% 2024 up 3.4% rising
87 El Salvador 34.7% 2024 up 3.6% rising
88 Armenia 34.4% 2024 up 1.9% rising
89 Norway 34.1% 2024 up 2.0% rising
90 Ecuador 34.1% 2024 up 3.8% rising
91 France 33.9% 2024 up 6.0% rising
92 Belgium 33.5% 2024 down 2.4% flat
93 Russian Federation 33.2% 2024 up 8.4% rising
94 Brazil 32.8% 2024 down 0.7% rising
95 Indonesia 32.7% 2024 up 0.2% rising
96 United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland 32.4% 2024 up 2.7% rising
97 Ireland 32.4% 2024 up 0.4% falling
98 Bangladesh 32.4% 2024 up 1.1% rising
99 Paraguay 32.3% 2024 up 0.8% rising
100 Turkmenistan 32.3% 2024 up 1.3% rising
101 Nicaragua 31.2% 2024 down 7.3% falling
102 Yemen 30.9% 2024 up 5.1% rising
103 Timor-Leste 30.2% 2024 down 1.2% rising
104 Israel 30.1% 2024 up 3.6% falling
105 Luxembourg 29.8% 2024 up 6.5% rising
106 Iceland 29.6% 2024 up 3.1% rising
107 Portugal 29.1% 2024 up 2.2% rising
108 Viet Nam 29.0% 2024 down 3.9% rising
109 Georgia 28.4% 2024 up 2.7% rising
110 Panama 28.4% 2024 down 4.1% rising
111 Azerbaijan 28.0% 2024 up 19.7% flat
112 Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of 28.0% 2024 up 2.7% rising
113 Maldives 27.8% 2024 down 15.6% falling
114 Finland 27.3% 2024 up 1.0% rising
115 Albania 27.3% 2024 up 2.5% rising
116 Bolivia, Plurinational State of 27.0% 2024 up 12.3% rising
117 Denmark 26.9% 2024 up 2.4% rising
118 Tunisia 26.8% 2024 up 4.1% falling
119 Switzerland 26.7% 2024 up 1.1% rising
120 Lithuania 26.6% 2024 down 1.3% rising
121 Canada 26.3% 2024 up 13.3% rising
122 Italy 26.0% 2024 down 5.7% falling
123 China 25.4% 2024 down 2.6% flat
124 Oman 24.6% 2024 up 13.2% falling
125 Austria 24.3% 2024 up 2.5% rising
126 Türkiye 24.2% 2024 up 0.3% flat
127 Iran, Islamic Republic of 24.1% 2024 up 43.6% falling
128 Syrian Arab Republic 23.2% 2024 down 9.3% falling
129 Peru 22.4% 2024 up 3.9% rising
130 Cyprus 21.5% 2024 down 5.0% falling
131 United States of America 21.1% 2024 down 3.7% flat
132 Poland 20.8% 2024 down 2.2% falling
133 Germany 20.5% 2024 up 15.0% rising
134 Czechia 19.8% 2024 up 20.1% falling
135 Bulgaria 19.7% 2024 down 6.3% falling
136 Sri Lanka 19.5% 2024 down 40.5% rising
137 Malaysia 19.2% 2024 up 8.2% rising
138 Malta 19.1% 2024 down 15.1% falling
139 Cuba 19.0% 2024 up 0.9% falling
140 Hungary 18.9% 2024 up 2.3% flat
141 Netherlands 18.7% 2024 down 1.3% flat
142 Colombia 18.0% 2024 up 1.3% falling
143 Iraq 17.8% 2024 down 19.2% falling
144 Mexico 17.8% 2024 down 1.8% flat
145 Egypt 17.7% 2024 down 0.0% falling
146 New Zealand 17.6% 2024 up 1.4% rising
147 Pakistan 17.5% 2024 up 10.0% rising
148 Qatar 17.3% 2024 down 5.8% falling
149 United Arab Emirates 17.3% 2024 down 36.8% falling
150 Greece 17.2% 2024 down 10.2% falling
151 Spain 17.1% 2024 down 4.7% falling
152 Kuwait 16.8% 2024 down 37.1% falling
153 Chile 16.3% 2024 up 3.7% rising
154 Jordan 16.2% 2024 down 21.0% falling
155 Mongolia 15.8% 2024 up 1.9% rising
156 Bosnia and Herzegovina 14.8% 2024 down 8.7% falling
157 Costa Rica 14.4% 2024 down 16.8% falling
158 Australia 13.7% 2024 up 6.5% rising
159 Slovakia 13.5% 2024 down 5.5% falling
160 Saudi Arabia 13.1% 2024 down 35.1% falling
161 Montenegro 12.0% 2024 down 2.5% falling
162 Slovenia 11.7% 2024 up 0.7% flat
163 Bahrain 11.5% 2024 down 38.2% falling
164 Serbia 11.3% 2024 down 28.1% falling
165 Croatia 10.5% 2024 down 17.0% falling
166 Republic of Korea 9.8% 2024 down 4.6% falling
167 Afghanistan 9.6% 2024 down 11.4% falling
168 Lebanon 8.9% 2024 down 42.2% falling
169 North Macedonia 8.6% 2024 down 25.1% falling
170 Singapore 8.5% 2024 down 14.0% falling
171 Philippines 7.1% 2024 up 7.5% volatile
172 Japan 6.1% 2024 down 21.2% falling

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Indicator
What share of the population living with HIV are women?
Unit
%
Source
UNAIDS estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
172 places, 5,972 data points, 1990–2024
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Among those aged 15 years and older.