List of countries by HIV/AIDS adult prevalence rate

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, varies in prevalence from nation to nation. Listed here are the prevalence rates among adults in various countries, based on data from various sources, largely the CIA World Factbook.[1][2][3]

As of 2018, 38 million people are estimated infected with HIV globally.[4]

The HIV pandemic is most severe in Southern Africa. Over 10% of all people infected with HIV/AIDS reside within the region. Adult HIV prevalence exceeds 15% in Eswatini, Botswana, and Lesotho, while an additional six countries report adult HIV prevalence of at least 10%.

In absolute numbers, South Africa (7.5 million), followed by Mozambique (2.2 million), India (2.1 million) and Nigeria (1.8 million) had the highest HIV/AIDS number of cases by the end of 2022.[2][5] While South Africa's large population of HIV-positive people is attributable to its high disease prevalence (17.3%, one of the highest in the world), Nigeria's is lower at 1.3%, with India's prevalence rate at 0.2%.[1] However, countries such as Nigeria with high HIV rates above 1% are classified as having Generalized HIV Epidemics (GHEs) by UNAIDS, while India's prevalence is well below this threshold, with a prevalence lower than the US's and about the same as Spain.[6]

HIV/AIDS prevalence estimates table edit

This data was sourced from the CIA's world factbook[7] and UNAIDS AIDS info website[8] unless referenced otherwise. A horizontal dash "-" indicates the data was not published. Adult prevalence describes ages between 15 and 49.

Country/Region Adult prevalence
of HIV/AIDS[1]
Number of people
with HIV/AIDS
Annual deaths
from HIV/AIDS[3]
Year of estimate
  Eswatini 28.30% 240,000 3,000 2024
  Lesotho 24.10% 403,000 5,380 2024
  Botswana 22.60% 398,500 5,240 2024
  Zimbabwe 22.10% 1,660,000 25,600 2024
  South Africa 14% 9,230,000 77,000 2024
  Namibia 13.20% 219,330 3,880 2024
  Zambia 12.5% 1,550,000 20,000 2023
  Mozambique 12.65% 2,485,000 59,100 2024
  Malawi 11.40% 1,642,570 15,270 2024
  Equatorial Guinea 7.66% 74,165 2,400 2024
  Tanzania 5.45% 2,550,000 33,000 2024
  Kenya 5.10% 1,710,000 24,000 2023
  Uganda 5% 1,590,000 23,300 2023
  Togo 5.20% 220,440 6,600 2024
  Cameroon 4% 530,000 14,600 2023
  Gabon 3.90% 59,000 1,500 2023
  Central African Republic 4% 126,200 4,400 2024
  Guinea-Bissau 3.65% 42,000 2,200 2023
  Congo, Republic of the 3.770% 110,840 6,700 2024
  Barbados 3.10% 4,400 - 2023
  Rwanda 2.90% 230,000 2,800 2016
  Côte d'Ivoire 2.70% 430,000 13,000 2016
  South Sudan 2.40% 190,000 9,100 2016
  Gambia, The 2.40% 31,000 1,540 2023
  Haiti 2.20% 180,000 3,000 2023
  Nigeria 2.20% 2,450,000 56,500 2024
  Belize 1.90% 4,900 - 2018
  Angola 2.10% 355,000 15,000 2024
  Ghana 2.00% 361,897 22,000 2024
  Bahamas, The 1.80% 6,000 - 2018
  Jamaica 1.65% 32,000 1,000 2019
  Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [9] 1.60% 860 - 2023
  Russian Federation[10] 1.50% 1,137,596 24,000 2021
  Liberia 1.50% 50,000 2,300 2023
  Sierra Leone 1.50% 78,000 2,600 2019
  Guinea 1.40% 110,000 3,100 2016
  Guyana 1.40% 8,700 - 2019
  Suriname 1.30% 5,800 - 2019
  Djibouti 1.50% 9,100 - 2024
  Burundi 1.20% 85,000 1,800 2016
  Chad 1.20% 120,000 3,200 2016
  Mali 1.20% 140,000 5,800 2016
  Trinidad and Tobago 1.20% 11,000 - 2016
  Thailand 1.31% 800,000 25,000 2024
  Ethiopia 1.40% 760,000 25,000 2024
  Ukraine 1.10% 260,000 9,100 2023
  Brazil 1.50% 1,250,000 18,400 2024
  Benin 1.00% 67,000 2,400 2016
  Dominican Republic 1.00% 67,000 2,200 2024
  Papua New Guinea 0.90% 46,000 1,100 2016
  Cabo Verde 0.80% 2,800 - 2016
  Panama 1.30% 42,000 - 2024
  Myanmar 1.20% 281,000 8,400 2024
  Burkina Faso 0.80% 95,000 3,100 2016
  Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.70% 370,000 19,000 2016
  Georgia 1.00% 25,000 - 2024
  Latvia 0.85% 8,000 - 2024
  Cambodia 1.10% 172,000 3,700 2024
  Venezuela 0.70% 160,000 4,700 2024
  Moldova 1.10% 23,800 - 2024
  Eritrea 0.60% 15,000 - 2016
  El Salvador 0.60% 24,000 - 2016
  Uruguay 1.10% 46,000 - 2024
  Mauritania 0.50% 11,000 - 2016
  Chile 2.00% 155,000 - 2024
  Guatemala 0.50% 46,000 1,600 2016
  Paraguay 1.10% 27,850 - 2024
  Portugal 1.60% 62,000 - 2024
  Niger 0.40% 48,000 3,400 2016
  Malaysia 0.30% 110,000 7,400 2024
  Indonesia 0.50% 660,000 47,000 2024
  Honduras 0.40% 21,000 - 2016
  Cuba 1.10% 35,000 - 2024
  Costa Rica 0.40% 13,000 - 2016
  Colombia 0.60% 145,000 5,250 2024
  Argentina 0.65% 150,000 3,100 2024
  Belarus 1.00% 24,000 - 2016
  Senegal 2.30% 54,000 5,100 2024
  United States 0.90% 1,427,155 - 2024[11]
  Bolivia 0.40% 24,000 - 2023
  France 0.90% 231,791 - 2024
  Mexico 0.75% 371,820 5,120 2024
  Ecuador 0.30% 33,000 - 2016
  Peru 0.30% 70,000 2,200 2016
  Italy 1.80% 200,000 - 2024
  Laos 0.30% 11,000 - 2016
  Spain 0.70% 188,000 - 2024
  Tajikistan 0.30% 14,000 - 2016
  Vietnam 0.70% 271,000 5,200 2024
  Armenia 0.20% 3,300 - 2016
  India 0.02% 2,300,000 75,000 2024[12]
  Kazakhstan 0.40% 52,000 - 2024
  Kyrgyzstan 0.20% 8,500 - 2016
  Lithuania 0.45% 11,000 - 2024
  Madagascar 0.20% 31,000 1,600 2016
    Nepal 0.92% 46,000 3,500 2024
  Philippines 0.25% 80,000 - 2023
  Germany 0.25% 100,000 - 2023
  Canada 0.21% 75,000 - 2023[13]
  Netherlands 0.50% 59,900 - 2024
  Nicaragua 0.20% 8,900 - 2016
  Sudan 0.20% 56,000 3,000 2016
  Sweden 0.20% 11,000 - 2016
   Switzerland 0.20% 17,000 - 2019
  United Kingdom 1.10% 188,000 - 2024
  Bhutan 0.16% 1 265[14] - 2018
  Ireland 0.55% 18,000 - 2024[15]
  Greenland 0.13% 70 - 2018[16]
  Norway[17] 0.45% 19,050 305 2024
  Denmark 0.11% 6,500 - 2018[18]
  Albania 0.10% 1,700 - 2016
  Australia 0.10% 28,880 - 2023
  Fiji 0.10% 468[19][unreliable source] - 2019
  Taiwan[20] 0.10% 31,620 - 2016
  Azerbaijan 0.10% 9,200 - 2016
  Iran 0.10% 66,000 4,000 2016
  Somalia - 436[21] - 2023
  Morocco 0.10% 22,000 - 2016
  Pakistan 0.10% 130,000 5,500 2016
  Bangladesh - 12,000 1,000 2016
  Egypt - 11,000 - 2016
  Yemen - 9,900 - 2016
  Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan - 7,500 - 2016
  Sri Lanka - 4,000 - 2016
  Bulgaria - 3,500 - 2016
  Tunisia - 2,900 - 2016
  Serbia 0.04% 2,700 - 2016
  Croatia 0.14% 2,700 - 2023
  China 0.09% 1,250,000 - 2018[22]
  Malta 0.088% 453[23] - 2019
  Lebanon 0.063% 3,750[24] - 2016
  Czech Republic 0.051%[25] 3,122[26] - 2019
  Montenegro 0.12% 401 - 2023
  Algeria 0.029% 13,000 - 2016
  Saudi Arabia 0.024% 8,200 - 2016
  Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.009% 350 - 2018
  Kosovo 0.00004% 83 - 2013[27]
  Turkmenistan - 720 - 2021
  Grenada - 5 300 - 2023
  Antigua and Barbuda - 84 - 2022
  Turks and Caicos Islands - 1 000 - 2023
  Samoa - 1 100 - 2023
  Dominica - 240 - 2023
  Iraq 0.24% 4 700 - 2021
  United Arab Emirates 0.20% 23,000 10,000 2024
  East Timor - 30 - 2022
  Finland 0.40% 6,000 1,500 2021
  Svalbard - 2 - 2023
  Kiribati - 45 - 2023
  Saint Kitts and Nevis - 100 - 2023
  Mauritius 0.16% 6,671[28] - 2022
  Singapore 0.19% 9,231 - 2021
  Hong Kong 0.16% 11,737 - 2023
  Palau - 310 - 2023
  Tonga - 400 - 2023
  Japan 0.02% 21,739 - 2022
  Puerto Rico - 526 - 2023
  Brunei Darussalam - 40 - 2024
  Comoros - 188 - 2023
  Niue - 35 - 2023
  Seychelles - 86 - 2023
  Kuwait - 400 - 2023
  Iceland - 2,000 - 2022
  Anguilla - 500 - 2024
  French Polynesia - 290 - 2023
  South Korea 0.029%[29] 15,196[30] - 2023
  New Zealand - 1,000 - 2023
  Austria - 3,000 - 2023
  Cyprus - 1,200 - 2023
  Tuvalu 5.2% 702 - 2022
  Libya 1.02% 1,700 - 2024
  Christmas Island - 13 - 2024
  Hungary 1.10% 10,000 - 2023
  Romania - 1,660 - 2024
  Réunion - 118 - 2024
  São Tomé and Príncipe - 15,600 - 2023
  Uzbekistan - 244 - 2024
  Slovakia - 2,000 - 2023
  Belgium - 4,000 - 2024
  Greece - 1,100 - 2024
  Vanuatu - 325 - 2023
  Mongolia - 2,500 - 2024
  British Virgin Islands - 48 - 2024
  American Samoa - 110 - 2023
  Nauru - 270 - 2024
  Marshall Islands - 19 - 2024

[31]

See also edit

By region:

References edit

  1. ^ a b c "HIV/AIDS – adult prevalence rate – The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  2. ^ a b "HIV/AIDS – people living with HIV/AIDS – The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-02-04. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  3. ^ a b "HIV/AIDS – deaths – The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Archived from the original on 2021-01-24. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  4. ^ "Global HIV & AIDS statistics — 2020 fact sheet". www.unaids.org. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  5. ^ "The Hindu – India has 3rd-highest number of HIV-infected people: UN". The Hindu. 2014-07-17.
  6. ^ Kenyon, C.; Buyze, J. (2014). "Should the threshold for a generalised HIV epidemic be 1% or 5%?". International Journal of STD & AIDS. 25 (12): 898–900. doi:10.1177/0956462414526575. PMID 25278511. S2CID 10387855.
  7. ^ "Guide to Country Comparisons – The World Factbook". www.cia.gov. Retrieved 2021-01-17.
  8. ^ "AIDSinfo | UNAIDS". aidsinfo.unaids.org.
  9. ^ "Men still leading in HIV/AIDS cases in St Vincent and the Grenadines". 24 February 2023.
  10. ^ "ВИЧ-инфекция в Российской Федерации на 31.12.2021" [HIV infection in the Russian Federation as of December 31, 2021] (PDF). Federal Scientific and Methodological Center for AIDS Prevention and Control. 2021. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  11. ^ "Statistics Overview | Statistics Center | HIV/AIDS | CDC". 2018-12-31.
  12. ^ "India". www.unaids.org.
  13. ^ "The epidemiology of HIV in Canada". www.catie.ca. Archived from the original on 2020-04-06. Retrieved 2019-10-08.
  14. ^ "Ministry of Health Detects 30 New HIV Cases – Ministry of Health". Archived from the original on 2020-01-26. Retrieved 2020-01-25.
  15. ^ "HIV in Ireland – HIV Ireland".
  16. ^ "Nye tilfælde af HIV blandt unge". Naalakkersuisut. 13 October 2019. Archived from the original on 23 November 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  17. ^ "HIV and AIDS prevalence in Norway". Avert. 2017-12-31. Retrieved 2020-11-27.
  18. ^ "Hiv - opgørelse over sygdomsforekomst 2018". Statens Serum Institut. 30 October 2019. Retrieved 22 November 2019.
  19. ^ "HIV cases a growing concern for Fijians: minister – Xinhua | English.news.cn". www.xinhuanet.com. Archived from the original on May 17, 2019.
  20. ^ "HIV月報105-03(更新).PDF".
  21. ^ Abdisamad, Sadia. "Waa kuwee Magaalooyinka Soomaaliya ee ay ku nool yihiin dadka ugu badan ee qaba HIV-AIDS". BBC News Somali.
  22. ^ the estimated PLWH (People Living with HIV/AIDS) infected population in China has risen to >1.25 million at the end of 2018. "The Enigma of the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Epidemic in China". Clinical Infectious Diseases. 2020-06-22.
  23. ^ "Over 400 people in Malta have HIV". Times of Malta. 4 April 2019.
  24. ^ "Around 3,750 HIV/AIDS cases in Lebanon | News, Lebanon News | THE DAILY STAR". www.dailystar.com.lb. Archived from the original on 2021-02-27. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  25. ^ Calculated based on data from https://www.czso.cz/documents/10180/121768532/1300642007.pdf/c80aeca5-b529-46c1-a58c-fc78e8024284?version=1.1
  26. ^ "Graphs for the annual report on the occurrence and spread of HIV AIDS in the Czech Republic in 2019" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2022-01-25. Retrieved 2021-01-09.
  27. ^ "Less than 100 people in Kosovo have HIV" (PDF).
  28. ^ "The Situation of HIV/AIDS in Mauritius – YUVA". 17 May 2018.
  29. ^ "KOSIS". kosis.kr. Retrieved 2024-02-04.
  30. ^ www.aids.or.kr https://www.aids.or.kr/bbs/board.php?bo_table=sub04_03&wr_id=21&sst=wr_hit&sod=desc&sop=and&page=1. Retrieved 2024-02-04. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  31. ^ "Statistics on HIV/AIDS". Swiss AIDS Federation.

Sources edit

  This article incorporates public domain material from The World Factbook. CIA.

External links edit