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HIV prevalence
What this indicator measures
Share of people aged 15 to 49 living with HIV (UNAIDS estimate).
How to read this?
A value of 1% means one person in 100 aged 15 to 49 lives with HIV.
Ranking : ranked from lowest to highest
In brief
HIV prevalence: across 152 countries and territories, values range from 0.1 % (Yemen) to 23.4 % (Eswatini), with a world median of 0.4 %. Data: 2022–2024. The top 10% of countries exceed 2.4 %, while the bottom 10% stay below 0.1 %. By continent, the median is highest in Africa (1.3 %) and lowest in Oceania (0.1 %).
Median by continent
- Africa 1.3 % (49)
- North America 0.8 % (19)
- South America 0.6 % (11)
- Europe 0.2 % (30)
- Asia 0.1 % (35)
- Oceania 0.1 % (7)
Why this indicator matters
HIV prevalence shows the scale of the epidemic and the needs for prevention, testing and treatment.
What makes this indicator vary
It depends on risk behaviors, access to condoms and tests, antiretroviral treatment, inequalities and prevention policies.
Reading precautions
These are UNAIDS estimates with a margin of uncertainty. The share concerns 15-49 year olds and says nothing about differences between regions of the same country.
Full ranking
ranked from lowest to highest
| Rank | Country | Value | Year |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1er | 🇦🇫 Afghanistan | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇦🇱 Albania | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇦🇪 United Arab Emirates | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇦🇺 Australia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇦🇿 Azerbaijan | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇧🇩 Bangladesh | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇧🇬 Bulgaria | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇧🇭 Bahrain | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇨🇦 Canada | 0.1 % | 2022 |
| 1er | 🇰🇲 Comoros | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇩🇰 Denmark | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇩🇿 Algeria | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇪🇬 Egypt | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇭🇷 Croatia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇮🇶 Iraq | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇮🇸 Iceland | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇯🇴 Jordan | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇰🇼 Kuwait | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇱🇧 Lebanon | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇱🇾 Libya | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇱🇰 Sri Lanka | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇲🇦 Morocco | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇲🇻 Maldives | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇲🇰 North Macedonia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇲🇪 Montenegro | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇲🇳 Mongolia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇲🇷 Mauritania | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇳🇱 Netherlands | 0.1 % | 2023 |
| 1er | 🇳🇴 Norway | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇳🇵 Nepal | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇳🇿 New Zealand | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇴🇲 Oman | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇶🇦 Qatar | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇸🇬 Singapore | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇸🇧 Solomon Islands | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇸🇴 Somalia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇷🇸 Serbia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇸🇰 Slovakia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇸🇮 Slovenia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇸🇪 Sweden | 0.1 % | 2022 |
| 1er | 🇸🇾 Syria | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇹🇳 Tunisia | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇻🇺 Vanuatu | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 1er | 🇾🇪 Yemen | 0.1 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇧🇪 Belgium | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇧🇹 Bhutan | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇨🇭 Switzerland | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇩🇪 Germany | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇬🇧 United Kingdom | 0.2 % | 2023 |
| 46e | 🇬🇹 Guatemala | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇭🇳 Honduras | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇮🇳 India | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇮🇪 Ireland | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇱🇹 Lithuania | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇳🇪 Niger | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇵🇰 Pakistan | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇷🇴 Romania | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇸🇩 Sudan | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇹🇯 Tajikistan | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 46e | 🇹🇱 Timor-Leste | 0.2 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇪🇸 Spain | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇫🇷 France | 0.3 % | 2023 |
| 62e | 🇬🇷 Greece | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇮🇹 Italy | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇰🇿 Kazakhstan | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇰🇬 Kyrgyzstan | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇱🇺 Luxembourg | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇲🇹 Malta | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇲🇾 Malaysia | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇵🇭 Philippines | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 62e | 🇸🇳 Senegal | 0.3 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇦🇷 Argentina | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇦🇲 Armenia | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇧🇴 Bolivia | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇪🇨 Ecuador | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇪🇷 Eritrea | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇬🇪 Georgia | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇮🇩 Indonesia | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇱🇦 Laos | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇱🇨 St. Lucia | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇵🇪 Peru | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇸🇻 El Salvador | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇹🇻 Tuvalu | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 73e | 🇻🇳 Vietnam | 0.4 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇧🇫 Burkina Faso | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇩🇲 Dominica | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇰🇭 Cambodia | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇱🇻 Latvia | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇲🇬 Madagascar | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇲🇽 Mexico | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇵🇹 Portugal | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 86e | 🇵🇾 Paraguay | 0.5 % | 2024 |
| 94e | 🇨🇴 Colombia | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 94e | 🇨🇷 Costa Rica | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 94e | 🇨🇺 Cuba | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 94e | 🇻🇪 Venezuela | 0.6 % | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇧🇯 Benin | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇧🇷 Brazil | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇨🇱 Chile | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇨🇩 Congo - Kinshasa | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇪🇪 Estonia | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 98e | 🇪🇹 Ethiopia | 0.7 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇧🇮 Burundi | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇰🇳 St. Kitts & Nevis | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇲🇱 Mali | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 104e | 🇻🇨 St. Vincent & Grenadines | 0.8 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇨🇻 Cape Verde | 0.9 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇩🇯 Djibouti | 0.9 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇱🇷 Liberia | 0.9 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇲🇩 Moldova | 0.9 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇲🇲 Myanmar (Burma) | 0.9 % | 2024 |
| 108e | 🇹🇩 Chad | 0.9 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇧🇧 Barbados | 1 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇩🇴 Dominican Republic | 1 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇫🇯 Fiji | 1 % | 2024 |
| 114e | 🇹🇭 Thailand | 1 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇦🇬 Antigua & Barbuda | 1.1 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇧🇸 Bahamas | 1.1 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇯🇲 Jamaica | 1.1 % | 2024 |
| 118e | 🇵🇦 Panama | 1.1 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇧🇿 Belize | 1.2 % | 2024 |
| 122e | 🇳🇬 Nigeria | 1.2 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇬🇳 Guinea | 1.3 % | 2024 |
| 124e | 🇬🇲 Gambia | 1.3 % | 2024 |
| 126e | 🇸🇱 Sierra Leone | 1.4 % | 2024 |
| 127e | 🇬🇭 Ghana | 1.5 % | 2024 |
| 127e | 🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea | 1.5 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇦🇴 Angola | 1.6 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇬🇾 Guyana | 1.6 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇭🇹 Haiti | 1.6 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇸🇷 Suriname | 1.6 % | 2024 |
| 129e | 🇹🇬 Togo | 1.6 % | 2024 |
| 134e | 🇨🇮 Côte d’Ivoire | 1.7 % | 2024 |
| 135e | 🇷🇼 Rwanda | 2 % | 2024 |
| 136e | 🇬🇼 Guinea-Bissau | 2.2 % | 2024 |
| 137e | 🇨🇫 Central African Republic | 2.4 % | 2024 |
| 138e | 🇨🇲 Cameroon | 2.5 % | 2024 |
| 139e | 🇬🇦 Gabon | 2.8 % | 2024 |
| 140e | 🇰🇪 Kenya | 3 % | 2024 |
| 141e | 🇨🇬 Congo - Brazzaville | 3.2 % | 2024 |
| 142e | 🇹🇿 Tanzania | 3.5 % | 2024 |
| 143e | 🇺🇬 Uganda | 4.9 % | 2024 |
| 144e | 🇲🇼 Malawi | 6.2 % | 2024 |
| 145e | 🇳🇦 Namibia | 9 % | 2024 |
| 146e | 🇿🇲 Zambia | 9.4 % | 2024 |
| 147e | 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe | 9.8 % | 2024 |
| 148e | 🇲🇿 Mozambique | 11.5 % | 2024 |
| 149e | 🇧🇼 Botswana | 15.7 % | 2024 |
| 150e | 🇱🇸 Lesotho | 17.1 % | 2024 |
| 151e | 🇿🇦 South Africa | 17.2 % | 2024 |
| 152e | 🇸🇿 Eswatini | 23.4 % | 2024 |
Frequently asked questions
Which country has the highest value for "HIV prevalence"?
The highest value is in Eswatini, at 23.4 % (2024).
Which country has the lowest value for "HIV prevalence"?
The lowest value is in Yemen, at 0.1 % (2024).
What is the world median value of "HIV prevalence"?
The world median is 0.4 %, calculated across 152 countries: half of the countries are above it, the other half below.
What is the value of "HIV prevalence" for France?
France scores 0.3 % (2023), ranking 62 out of 152 countries (ranked from lowest to highest).
Where does the "HIV prevalence" data come from?
It comes from Banque mondiale (WDI), d'après ONUSIDA. Site last updated: November 8, 2026. Each country is shown with the year of its most recent value.
What does prevalence measure?
It measures the share of people aged 15 to 49 living with HIV at a given time.
Why can prevalence rise while new cases fall?
Thanks to treatments, people living with HIV live longer, so they remain counted for longer.
Source and update
Source : Banque mondiale (WDI), d'après ONUSIDA. Site last updated: November 8, 2026.
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