Women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%) by country
Prevalence of HIV is the percentage of people who are infected with HIV. Female rate is as a percentage of the total population ages 15+ who are living with HIV.
Countries reporting
172
Highest
73.1%
Angola
Lowest
6.1%
Japan
Median
34.9%
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
6,637
What the numbers show
Women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%) 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%).
Women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV: 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 | 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 |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Africa Western and Central 64.1%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 63.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa 63.2%
- Sub-Saharan Africa (IDA & IBRD countries) 63.2%
- Africa Eastern and Southern 62.4%
- Pre-demographic dividend 62.0%
- Heavily indebted poor countries (HIPC) 61.5%
- Low income 60.5%
- Least developed countries 59.3%
- IDA blend 57.6%
- IDA total 57.3%
- IDA only 57.2%
- World 53.2%
- Other small states 42.8%
- Arab World 37.6%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (excluding high income) 33.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan (IDA & IBRD) 33.2%
- Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan 29.3%
- European Union 27.8%
- Euro area 27.1%
About this data
Prevalence of HIV is the percentage of people who are infected with HIV. Female rate is as a percentage of the total population ages 15+ who are living with HIV.