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Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

Name: Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)
Creator: World Bank World Development Indicators
Keywords: trend-research-200, world-bank, infectious-disease-immunization, prevalence, total, population, ages

Compare prevalence of hiv, total (% of population ages 15-49) across 148 countries using the latest fixed-year World Bank WDI observations for 2024.

Source: World Bank World Development Indicators•148 countries

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Key Insights

Global Average

1.4%

Median: 0.4%

Countries Covered

148

with available data

Highest

Eswatini

23.4%

Lowest

Solomon Islands

0.1%

Top 5 Countries

1Eswatini23.4%

2South Africa17.2%

3Lesotho17.1%

4Botswana15.7%

5Mozambique11.5%

By Region

Africa2.8%(9 countries)

Other1.9%(88 countries)

South America0.5%(6 countries)

North America0.4%(2 countries)

Europe0.2%(21 countries)

Key Findings

•148 ISO-mapped countries or territories have a finite fixed-year observation.
•Eswatini has the highest published value (23.4 %).
•Afghanistan has the lowest published value (0.1 %).

Country Rankings

Top 10 Countries

Bottom 10 Countries

Data Analysis

Value Distribution

How countries are distributed across the value range

Low (0.1%)High (23.4%)

Regional Comparison

Average values by world region (Global avg: 1.4%)

Africa (9)

Other (88)

South America (6)

North America (2)

Europe (21)

Asia (20)

Oceania (2)

Percentile Profile

The curve shows how values change from the lowest to the highest country. Steep sections reveal inequality or outliers.

0th percentile · lowest100th percentile · highest

About This Statistic

Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.

Values use one fixed 2024 reference year from World Development Indicators series SH.DYN.AIDS.ZS. MapTheory excludes aggregates, missing/non-finite values, and geographies without an ISO 3166-1 numeric mapping; it does not interpolate missing countries.

Methodology

Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.

Full Data

Rank ↑	Country ↕	Value ↕
1	Eswatini	23.4%
2	South Africa	17.2%
3	Lesotho	17.1%
4	Botswana	15.7%
5	Mozambique	11.5%
6	Zimbabwe	9.8%
7	Zambia	9.4%
8	Namibia	9.0%
9	Malawi	6.2%
10	Uganda	4.9%
11	United Republic of Tanzania	3.5%
12	Republic of the Congo	3.2%
13	Kenya	3.0%
14	Gabon	2.8%
15	Cameroon	2.5%
16	Central African Republic	2.4%
17	Guinea-Bissau	2.2%
18	Rwanda	2.0%
19	Cote d'Ivoire	1.7%
20	Guyana	1.6%
21	Haiti	1.6%
22	Suriname	1.6%
23	Togo	1.6%
24	Angola	1.6%
25	Ghana	1.5%
26	Papua New Guinea	1.5%
27	South Sudan	1.5%
28	Sierra Leone	1.4%
29	Republic of The Gambia	1.3%
30	Guinea	1.3%
31	Nigeria	1.2%
32	Belize	1.2%
33	Jamaica	1.1%
34	Panama	1.1%
35	Antigua and Barbuda	1.1%
36	Bahamas	1.1%
37	Dominican Republic	1.0%
38	Fiji	1.0%
39	Thailand	1.0%
40	Barbados	1.0%
41	Myanmar	0.9%
42	Cape Verde	0.9%
43	Chad	0.9%
44	Djibouti	0.9%
45	Liberia	0.9%
46	Moldova, Republic of	0.9%
47	Burundi	0.8%
48	Mali	0.8%
49	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.8%
50	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	0.8%
51	Chile	0.7%
52	Democratic Republic of the Congo	0.7%
53	Benin	0.7%
54	Ethiopia	0.7%
55	Estonia	0.7%
56	Brazil	0.7%
57	Colombia	0.6%
58	Costa Rica	0.6%
59	Cuba	0.6%
60	Venezuela	0.6%
61	Cambodia	0.5%
62	Dominica	0.5%
63	Latvia	0.5%
64	Madagascar	0.5%
65	Mexico	0.5%
66	Paraguay	0.5%
67	Portugal	0.5%
68	Burkina Faso	0.5%
69	Ecuador	0.4%
70	El Salvador	0.4%
71	Eritrea	0.4%
72	Georgia	0.4%
73	Indonesia	0.4%
74	Lao People's Democratic Republic	0.4%
75	Peru	0.4%
76	Saint Lucia	0.4%
77	Vietnam	0.4%
78	Tuvalu	0.4%
79	Argentina	0.4%
80	Armenia	0.4%
81	Bolivia	0.4%
82	Greece	0.3%
83	Italy	0.3%
84	Kazakhstan	0.3%
85	Kyrgyzstan	0.3%
86	Luxembourg	0.3%
87	Malaysia	0.3%
88	Malta	0.3%
89	Philippines	0.3%
90	Senegal	0.3%
91	Spain	0.3%
92	Germany	0.2%
93	Guatemala	0.2%
94	Honduras	0.2%
95	India	0.2%
96	Ireland	0.2%
97	Lithuania	0.2%
98	Niger	0.2%
99	Pakistan	0.2%
100	Timor-Leste	0.2%
101	Romania	0.2%
102	Sudan	0.2%
103	Switzerland	0.2%
104	Tajikistan	0.2%
105	Belgium	0.2%
106	Bhutan	0.2%
107	Bulgaria	0.1%
108	Sri Lanka	0.1%
109	Comoros	0.1%
110	Croatia	0.1%
111	Denmark	0.1%
112	Iceland	0.1%
113	Iraq	0.1%
114	Jordan	0.1%
115	Kuwait	0.1%
116	Lebanon	0.1%
117	Libya	0.1%
118	Maldives	0.1%
119	Mauritania	0.1%
120	Mongolia	0.1%
121	Montenegro	0.1%
122	Morocco	0.1%
123	Oman	0.1%
124	Nepal	0.1%
125	Vanuatu	0.1%
126	New Zealand	0.1%
127	Norway	0.1%
128	Qatar	0.1%
129	Saudi Arabia	0.1%
130	Serbia	0.1%
131	Singapore	0.1%
132	Slovakia	0.1%
133	Slovenia	0.1%
134	Somalia	0.1%
135	Syrian Arab Republic	0.1%
136	United Arab Emirates	0.1%
137	Tunisia	0.1%
138	The Republic of North Macedonia	0.1%
139	Egypt	0.1%
140	Yemen	0.1%
141	Afghanistan	0.1%
142	Albania	0.1%
143	Algeria	0.1%
144	Azerbaijan	0.1%
145	Australia	0.1%
146	Bahrain	0.1%
147	Bangladesh	0.1%
148	Solomon Islands	0.1%

Showing 148 of 148 countries

Topics

#trend-research-200 #world-bank #infectious-disease-immunization #prevalence #total #population #ages

Data Source

This data comes from World Bank World Development Indicators (2024).

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