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HIV Rates by Country
Eswatini has the highest HIV Prevalence Among Adults in 2024 (23.4%), followed by South Africa (17.2%) and Lesotho (17.1%). Iceland has the lowest (0.1%).
Health203 countries · 8 metricsUpdated Oct 26, 2025Original page
9 sources
- Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV - World Health Organization
- Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 (%) - World Health Organization
- Number of new HIV infections - World Health Organization
- Number of people dying from HIV-related causes - World Health Organization
- HIV/AIDS surveillance in Europe: 2022 - 2021 data - World Health Organization
- HIV data and statistics - World Health Organization
- HIV/AIDS in Russia - Wiki
- Estimates of HIV incidence, prevalence and Canada's progress on meeting the 90-90-90 HIV targets, 2020 - Government of Canada
- New HIV infections (per 1000 uninfected population) - World Health Organization
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HIV Prevalence Among Adults, 2024
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Ranking
Best first: the first 15 and last 5 of 138 countries.
Distribution Median and middle halfThe median is the middle value: half of places are above it, half below. The middle half is the range holding the central 50% of places.More in the glossary →
Each dot is one country; the lines mark the median and the middle half.
Median
0.4%
Middle half 0.1% – 1.08%
Average
1.48%
138 countries
Lowest (best)
0.1%
Bangladesh
Highest (worst)
23.4%
Eswatini
Biggest changes · 2023 → 2024
130 countries have a value in both years.
Improved most
Declined most
Data
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139 countries · # = rank by HIV Prevalence Among Adults
| # | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  Bangladesh | 0.1% | 17,000 |
| 1 |  Egypt | 0.1% | 56,000 |
| 1 |  Algeria | 0.1% | 30,000 |
| 1 |  Iraq | 0.1% | — |
| 1 |  Afghanistan | 0.1% | 13,000 |
| 1 |  Yemen | 0.1% | 16,000 |
| 1 |  Morocco | 0.1% | 24,000 |
| 1 |  Saudi Arabia | 0.1% | 13,000 |
| 1 |  Nepal | 0.1% | 34,000 |
| 1 |  Australia | 0.1% | 31,000 |
| 1 |  Syria | 0.1% | 850 |
| 1 |  Sri Lanka | 0.1% | 5,700 |
| 1 |  Somalia | 0.1% | 8,100 |
| 1 |  Tunisia | 0.1% | 7,700 |
| 1 |  Jordan | 0.1% | 680 |
| 1 |  United Arab Emirates | 0.1% | 1,300 |
| 1 |  Azerbaijan | 0.1% | 9,900 |
| 1 |  Libya | 0.1% | 7,500 |
| 1 |  Bulgaria | 0.1% | 4,000 |
| 1 |  Serbia | 0.1% | 4,100 |
| 1 |  Denmark | 0.1% | 6,200 |
| 1 |  Singapore | 0.1% | 7,900 |
| 1 |  Lebanon | 0.1% | 3,000 |
| 1 |  Oman | 0.1% | 3,300 |
| 1 |  Norway | 0.1% | 5,400 |
| 1 |  Mauritania | 0.1% | 5,900 |
| 1 |  Slovakia | 0.1% | 1,800 |
| 1 |  New Zealand | 0.1% | 4,100 |
| 1 |  Kuwait | 0.1% | 1,700 |
| 1 |  Croatia | 0.1% | 1,800 |
| 1 |  Mongolia | 0.1% | 680 |
| 1 |  Qatar | 0.1% | 960 |
| 1 |  Albania | 0.1% | 1,600 |
| 1 |  Slovenia | 0.1% | 960 |
| 1 |  North Macedonia | 0.1% | 740 |
| 1 |  Comoros | 0.1% | 200 |
| 1 |  Solomon Islands | 0.1% | 100 |
| 1 |  Montenegro | 0.1% | 500 |
| 1 |  Maldives | 0.1% | 100 |
| 1 |  Iceland | 0.1% | 500 |
| 41 |  India | 0.2% | 2,600,000 |
| 41 |  Pakistan | 0.2% | 350,000 |
| 41 |  Sudan | 0.2% | 54,000 |
| 41 |  Niger | 0.2% | 32,000 |
| 41 |  Guatemala | 0.2% | 33,000 |
| 41 |  Romania | 0.2% | 18,000 |
| 41 |  Honduras | 0.2% | 19,000 |
| 41 |  Tajikistan | 0.2% | 14,000 |
| 41 |  Switzerland | 0.2% | 18,000 |
| 41 |  Ireland | 0.2% | 9,100 |
| 41 |  Lithuania | 0.2% | 3,700 |
| 41 |  Timor-Leste | 0.2% | 2,000 |
| 41 |  Bhutan | 0.2% | 1,100 |
| 54 |  Philippines | 0.3% | 220,000 |
| 54 |  Italy | 0.3% | 150,000 |
| 54 |  Spain | 0.3% | 160,000 |
| 54 |  Malaysia | 0.3% | 84,000 |
| 54 |  Kazakhstan | 0.3% | 43,000 |
| 54 |  Senegal | 0.3% | 48,000 |
| 54 |  Greece | 0.3% | 17,000 |
| 54 |  Kyrgyzstan | 0.3% | 13,000 |
| 54 |  Luxembourg | 0.3% | 1,700 |
| 54 |  Malta | 0.3% | 1,000 |
| 64 |  Indonesia | 0.4% | 570,000 |
| 64 |  Vietnam | 0.4% | 270,000 |
| 64 |  Argentina | 0.4% | 140,000 |
| 64 |  Peru | 0.4% | 130,000 |
| 64 |  Ecuador | 0.4% | 52,000 |
| 64 |  Bolivia | 0.4% | 33,000 |
| 64 |  Laos | 0.4% | 21,000 |
| 64 |  El Salvador | 0.4% | 21,000 |
| 64 |  Georgia | 0.4% | 9,500 |
| 64 |  Eritrea | 0.4% | 12,000 |
| 64 |  Armenia | 0.4% | 7,300 |
| 75 |  Mexico | 0.5% | 400,000 |
| 75 |  Madagascar | 0.5% | 90,000 |
| 75 |  Burkina Faso | 0.5% | 93,000 |
| 75 |  Cambodia | 0.5% | 76,000 |
| 75 |  Portugal | 0.5% | 50,000 |
| 75 |  Paraguay | 0.5% | 23,000 |
| 75 |  Latvia | 0.5% | 6,100 |
| 82 |  Colombia | 0.6% | 230,000 |
| 82 |  Venezuela | 0.6% | 110,000 |
| 82 |  Cuba | 0.6% | 43,000 |
| 82 |  Costa Rica | 0.6% | 21,000 |
| 86 |  Brazil | 0.7% | 1,100,000 |
| 86 |  Ethiopia | 0.7% | 600,000 |
| 86 |  DR Congo | 0.7% | 610,000 |
| 86 |  Chile | 0.7% | 91,000 |
| 86 |  Benin | 0.7% | 70,000 |
| 86 |  Estonia | 0.7% | 6,500 |
| 92 |  Mali | 0.8% | 110,000 |
| 92 |  Burundi | 0.8% | 79,000 |
| 94 |  Myanmar | 0.9% | 290,000 |
| 94 |  Chad | 0.9% | 120,000 |
| 94 |  Liberia | 0.9% | 36,000 |
| 94 |  Moldova | 0.9% | 17,000 |
| 94 |  Djibouti | 0.9% | 8,600 |
| 94 |  Cape Verde | 0.9% | 3,900 |
| 100 |  Thailand | 1% | 570,000 |
| 100 |  Dominican Republic | 1% | 85,000 |
| 100 |  Fiji | 1% | 5,900 |
| 100 |  Barbados | 1% | 2,400 |
| 104 |  Panama | 1.1% | 31,000 |
| 104 |  Jamaica | 1.1% | 28,000 |
| 104 |  Bahamas | 1.1% | 4,000 |
| 107 |  Nigeria | 1.2% | 2,000,000 |
| 107 |  Belize | 1.2% | 3,900 |
| 109 |  Guinea | 1.3% | 130,000 |
| 109 |  Gambia | 1.3% | 25,000 |
| 111 |  Sierra Leone | 1.4% | 81,000 |
| 112 |  Ghana | 1.5% | 330,000 |
| 112 |  South Sudan | 1.5% | 150,000 |
| 112 |  Papua New Guinea | 1.5% | 120,000 |
| 115 |  Angola | 1.6% | 370,000 |
| 115 |  Haiti | 1.6% | 150,000 |
| 115 |  Togo | 1.6% | 100,000 |
| 115 |  Guyana | 1.6% | 11,000 |
| 115 |  Suriname | 1.6% | 7,900 |
| 120 |  Ivory Coast | 1.7% | 410,000 |
| 121 |  Rwanda | 2% | 240,000 |
| 122 |  Guinea-Bissau | 2.2% | 34,000 |
| 123 |  Central African Republic | 2.4% | 100,000 |
| 124 |  Cameroon | 2.5% | 510,000 |
| 125 |  Gabon | 2.8% | 52,000 |
| 126 |  Kenya | 3% | 1,300,000 |
| 127 |  Republic of the Congo | 3.2% | 130,000 |
| 128 |  Tanzania | 3.5% | 1,800,000 |
| 129 |  Uganda | 4.9% | 1,500,000 |
| 130 |  Malawi | 6.2% | 990,000 |
| 131 |  Namibia | 9% | 220,000 |
| 132 |  Zambia | 9.4% | 1,400,000 |
| 133 |  Zimbabwe | 9.8% | 1,300,000 |
| 134 |  Mozambique | 11.5% | 2,500,000 |
| 135 |  Botswana | 15.7% | 360,000 |
| 136 |  Lesotho | 17.1% | 260,000 |
| 137 |  South Africa | 17.2% | 7,800,000 |
| 138 |  Eswatini | 23.4% | 220,000 |
| — |  Iran | — | 3,400 |
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Quick answers
- Which country has the highest HIV Prevalence Among Adults?
- Eswatini has the highest HIV Prevalence Among Adults in 2024, at 23.4%, followed by South Africa (17.2%) and Lesotho (17.1%).
- Which country has the lowest HIV Prevalence Among Adults?
- Iceland has the lowest HIV Prevalence Among Adults in 2024, at 0.1%.
- What is the median HIV Prevalence Among Adults across countries?
- The median is 0.4% across the 138 countries with data in 2024.
- Where does this hiv rates by country data come from?
- Rankodex compiles it from World Population Review and the primary sources it cites: Estimated number of people (all ages) living with HIV - World Health Organization; Prevalence of HIV among adults aged 15 to 49 (%) - World Health Organization; Number of new HIV infections - World Health Organization; Number of people dying from HIV-related causes - World Health Organization.