HIV adult prevalence rate

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The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, varies in prevalence from countries. 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]

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As of 2022, around 39 million people, or 0.7% of the population, were estimated to be infected with HIV globally. Prevalence was higher among sex workers, gay and bisexual men, people who inject drugs, transgender people, and prisoners. [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 20% in Eswatini, Botswana, Lesotho and Zimbabwe, while an additional five countries report adult HIV prevalence of at least 10%.

In absolute numbers, South Africa (9.2 million)—followed by Kenya (7.49 million), Mozambique (2.48 million), and Nigeria (2.45million)—had the highest HIV/AIDS number of cases by the start of 2024. [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%. [1] However, countries such as Nigeria with high HIV rates above 1% are classified as having Generalized HIV Epidemics (GHEs) by UNAIDS. [6]

HIV/AIDS prevalence estimates table

This data was sourced from the CIA 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/RegionAdult prevalence
of HIV/AIDS [1]
Number of people
with HIV/AIDS
Annual deaths
from HIV/AIDS [3]
Year of estimate
Flag of Eswatini.svg Eswatini 28.30%240,0003,0002024
Flag of Lesotho.svg Lesotho 26.20%445,0007,0002025
Flag of Botswana.svg Botswana 22.80%399,1005,2752025
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe 22.10%1,660,00025,6002024
Flag of South Africa.svg South Africa 14.40%9,400,00080,0002025
Flag of Mozambique.svg Mozambique 12.65%2,485,00059,1002024
Flag of Namibia.svg Namibia [9] 11.8%2021
Flag of Malawi.svg Malawi 11.40%1,642,57015,2702024
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg Equatorial Guinea 7.66%74,1652,4002024
Flag of Tanzania.svg Tanzania 7%3,300,00039,0002025
Flag of Kenya.svg Kenya 5.10%1,710,00024,0002023
Flag of Uganda.svg Uganda 5%1,590,00023,3002023
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg Togo 5.20%220,4406,6002024
Flag of Cameroon.svg Cameroon 4%530,00014,6002023
Flag of Gabon.svg Gabon 4.50%68,0004,8002025
Flag of the Central African Republic.svg Central African Republic 4%126,2004,4002024
Flag of Guinea-Bissau.svg Guinea-Bissau 3.65%42,0002,2002023
Flag of the Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Republic of the 3.77%110,8406,7002024
Flag of Barbados.svg Barbados 0.90%2,100-2023
Flag of Rwanda.svg Rwanda 2.90%230,0002,8002016
Flag of Cote d'Ivoire.svg Côte d'Ivoire 2.70%430,00013,0002016
Flag of South Sudan.svg South Sudan 2.40%190,0009,1002016
Flag of The Gambia.svg Gambia, The 2.40%31,0001,5402023
Flag of Haiti.svg Haiti 2.20%180,0003,0002023
Flag of Nigeria.svg Nigeria 2.20%2,450,00056,5002024
Flag of Belize.svg Belize 3%6,000-2025
Flag of Angola.svg Angola 2.10%355,00015,0002024
Flag of Ghana.svg Ghana 2.00%361,89722,0002025
Flag of the Bahamas.svg Bahamas, The 1.10%3,988-2025
Flag of Jamaica.svg Jamaica 1.65%32,0001,0002019
Flag of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.svg Saint Vincent and the Grenadines [10] 1.60%860-2023
Flag of Russia.svg Russian Federation [11] 1.50%1,137,000 [12] 24,0002023
Flag of Liberia.svg Liberia 1.50%50,0002,3002023
Flag of Sierra Leone.svg Sierra Leone 1.50%78,0002,6002019
Flag of Guinea.svg Guinea 1.40%110,0003,1002016
Flag of Guyana.svg Guyana 1.40%8,700-2019
Flag of Suriname.svg Suriname 1.30%5,800-2019
Flag of Djibouti.svg Djibouti 1.50%9,100-2024
Flag of Burundi.svg Burundi 1.20%85,0001,8002016
Flag of Chad.svg Chad 1.20%120,0003,2002016
Flag of Mali.svg Mali 1.20%140,0005,8002016
Flag of Trinidad and Tobago.svg Trinidad and Tobago 1.20%11,000-2016
Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand 1.31%800,00025,0002024
Flag of Ethiopia.svg Ethiopia 1.40%760,00025,0002024
Flag of Israel.svg Israel 0.20%--2018
Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine 1.10%260,0009,1002023
Flag of Benin.svg Benin 1.00%67,0002,4002016
Flag of the Dominican Republic.svg Dominican Republic 0.9% [13] 67,0002,2002024
Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg Papua New Guinea 0.90%46,0001,1002016
Flag of Cape Verde.svg Cabo Verde 0.80%2,800-2016
Flag of Panama.svg Panama 1.30%42,000-2024
Flag of Myanmar.svg Myanmar 1.20%281,0008,4002024
Flag of Burkina Faso.svg Burkina Faso 0.80%95,0003,1002016
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg Congo, Democratic Republic of 0.70%370,00019,0002016
Flag of Georgia.svg Georgia 1.00%25,000-2024
Flag of Latvia.svg Latvia 0.85%8,000-2024
Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia 1.10%172,0003,7002024
Flag of Venezuela.svg Venezuela 0.70%160,0004,7002024
Flag of Moldova.svg Moldova 1.10%23,800-2024
Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil 0.60%1,250,00018,4002021
Flag of Eritrea.svg Eritrea 0.60%15,000-2016
Flag of El Salvador.svg El Salvador 0.60%24,000-2016
Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay 1.10%46,000-2024
Flag of Mauritania.svg Mauritania 0.50%11,000-2016
Flag of Chile.svg Chile 2.00%155,000-2024
Flag of Guatemala.svg Guatemala 0.50%46,0001,6002016
Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay 1.10%27,850-2024
Flag of Portugal (official).svg Portugal 0.5%47,000-2024
Flag of Niger.svg Niger 0.40%48,0003,4002016
Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia 0.30%110,0007,4002024
Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia 0.50%660,00047,0002024
Flag of Honduras (2022-).svg Honduras 0.40%21,000-2016
Flag of Cuba.svg Cuba 1.10%35,000-2024
Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica 0.40%13,000-2016
Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia 0.60%145,0005,2502024
Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina 0.65%150,0003,1002024
Flag of Belarus.svg Belarus 1.00%24,000-2016
Flag of Senegal.svg Senegal 2.30%54,0005,1002024
Flag of the United States.svg United States 0.42%1,427,155-2024 [14]
Flag of Bolivia.svg Bolivia 0.40%24,000-2023
Flag of France.svg France 0.30%231,791-2024
Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico 0.75%371,8205,1202024
Flag of Ecuador.svg Ecuador 0.30%33,000-2016
Flag of Peru.svg Peru 0.30%70,0002,2002016
Flag of Italy.svg Italy 0.30%200,000-2024
Flag of Laos.svg Laos 0.30%11,000-2016
Flag of Spain.svg Spain 0.70%188,000-2024
Flag of Tajikistan.svg Tajikistan 0.30%14,000-2016
Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam 0.70%271,0005,2002024
Flag of Armenia.svg Armenia 0.20%3,300-2016
Flag of India.svg India 0.20%2,300,00035,0002024 [15]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg Kazakhstan 0.40%52,000-2024
Flag of Kyrgyzstan.svg Kyrgyzstan 0.20%8,500-2016
Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania 0.45%11,000-2024
Flag of Madagascar.svg Madagascar 0.20%31,0001,6002016
Flag of Nepal.svg   Nepal 0.92%46,0003,5002024
Flag of Germany.svg Germany 0.25%100,000-2023
Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada 0.21%75,000-2023 [16]
Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands 0.50%59,900-2024
Flag of Nicaragua.svg Nicaragua 0.20%8,900-2016
Flag of Sudan.svg Sudan 0.20%56,0003,0002016
Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden 0.20%11,000-2016
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg  Switzerland 0.21%18,000 [17] -2022
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom 0.17%116,000 [18] -2024
Flag of Bhutan.svg Bhutan 0.16%1 265 [19] -2018
Flag of Ireland.svg Ireland 0.55%18,000-2024 [20]
Flag of Greenland.svg Greenland 0.13%70-2018 [21]
Flag of Norway.svg Norway [22] 0.45%19,0503052024
Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines 0.19%215,4008342024
Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark 0.11%6,500-2018 [23]
Flag of Albania.svg Albania 0.10%1,700-2016
Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia 0.10%28,880-2023
Flag of Fiji.svg Fiji 0.10%468 [24] [ unreliable source ]-2019
Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan [25] 0.10%31,620-2016
Flag of Azerbaijan.svg Azerbaijan 0.10%9,200-2016
Flag of Morocco.svg Morocco ---2016
Flag of Iran.svg Iran 0.10%66,0004,0002016
Flag of Somalia.svg Somalia -436 [26] -2023
Flag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan 0.10%130,0005,5002016
Flag of Poland.svg Poland 0.08%30,0921,4712022
Flag of Bangladesh.svg Bangladesh -12,0001,0002016
Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt -11,000-2016
Flag of Yemen.svg Yemen -9,900-2016
Flag of the Taliban.svg Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan -7,500-2016
Flag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka -4,000-2016
Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria -3,500-2016
Flag of Tunisia.svg Tunisia -2,900-2016
Flag of Serbia.svg Serbia 0.04%2,700-2016
Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia 0.14%2,700-2023
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China 0.09%1,250,000-2018 [27]
Flag of Malta.svg Malta 0.088%453 [28] -2019
Flag of Lebanon.svg Lebanon 0.063%3,750 [29] -2016
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg Czech Republic 0.051% [30] 3,122 [31] -2019
Flag of Montenegro.svg Montenegro 0.12%401-2023
Flag of Algeria.svg Algeria 0.029%13,000-2016
Flag of Saudi Arabia.svg Saudi Arabia 0.024%8,200-2016
Flag of Bosnia and Herzegovina.svg Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.009%350-2018
Flag of Kosovo.svg Kosovo 0.004%83-2013 [32]
Flag of Turkmenistan.svg Turkmenistan -720-2021
Flag of Grenada.svg Grenada -5 300-2023
Flag of Antigua and Barbuda.svg Antigua and Barbuda -84-2022
Flag of the Turks and Caicos Islands.svg Turks and Caicos Islands -1 000-2023
Flag of Samoa.svg Samoa -1 100-2023
Flag of Dominica.svg Dominica -240-2023
Flag of Iraq.svg Iraq 0.24%4 700-2021
Flag of the United Arab Emirates.svg United Arab Emirates 0.20%23,00010,0002024
Flag of East Timor.svg East Timor -30-2022
Flag of Finland.svg Finland 0.40%6,0001,5002021
Flag of Norway.svg Svalbard -2-2023
Flag of Kiribati.svg Kiribati -45-2023
Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia 0.2%1,000-2025
Flag of Saint Kitts and Nevis.svg Saint Kitts and Nevis -100-2023
Flag of Mauritius.svg Mauritius 0.16%6,671 [33] -2022
Flag of Singapore.svg Singapore 0.19%9,231-2021
Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong 0.16%11,737-2023
Flag of Palau.svg Palau -310-2023
Flag of Tonga.svg Tonga -400-2023
Flag of Japan.svg Japan 0.02%21,739-2022
Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico -526-2023
Flag of Brunei.svg Brunei Darussalam -40-2024
Flag of the Comoros.svg Comoros -188-2023
Flag of Niue.svg Niue -35-2023
Flag of Seychelles.svg Seychelles -86-2023
Flag of Kuwait.svg Kuwait -400-2023
Flag of Iceland.svg Iceland -2,000-2022
Flag of Anguilla.svg Anguilla -500-2024
Flag of French Polynesia.svg French Polynesia -290-2023
Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea 0.029% [34] 15,196 [35] -2023
Flag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand -3,033 [36] -2023
Flag of Austria.svg Austria -3,000-2023
Flag of Cyprus.svg Cyprus -1,200-2023
Flag of Tuvalu.svg Tuvalu 5.2%702-2022
Flag of Libya.svg Libya 1.02%1,700-2024
Flag of Christmas Island.svg Christmas Island -13-2024
Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary 0.11%10,000-2023
Flag of Romania.svg Romania -1,660-2024
Flag of France.svg Réunion -118-2024
Flag of Sao Tome and Principe.svg São Tomé and Príncipe -15,600-2023
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg Uzbekistan -48,658 [37] -2024
Flag of Slovakia.svg Slovakia -2,000-2023
Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium -4,000-2024
Flag of Greece.svg Greece -1,100-2024
Flag of Vanuatu.svg Vanuatu -325-2023
Flag of Mongolia.svg Mongolia -2,500-2024
Flag of the British Virgin Islands.svg British Virgin Islands -48-2024
Flag of American Samoa.svg American Samoa -110-2023
Flag of Nauru.svg Nauru -270-2024
Flag of the Marshall Islands.svg Marshall Islands -19-2024
Flag of Saint Lucia.svg Saint Lucia -287-2025
Flag of Andorra.svg Andorra -600-2025
Flag of the Federated States of Micronesia.svg Federated States of Micronesia -149-2025
Flag of Jordan.svg Jordan -2,000-2025
Flag of Luxembourg.svg Luxembourg -5,700-2025
Flag of Maldives.svg Maldives -660-2025

See also

By region:

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