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 | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
About this data
Among those aged 15 years and older.