The average for 2022 based on 135 countries was 1.66 percent. The highest value was in Swaziland: 25.9 percent and the lowest value was in Afghanistan: 0.1 percent. The indicator is available from 1990 to 2022. Below is a chart for all countries where data are available.

Among all countries worldwide those in sub-Saharan Africa have the highest rates of HIV. The countries with the highest rates of HIV include Eswatini, Lesotho, and South Africa. In 2023, Eswatini had the highest prevalence of HIV with a rate of around ** percent. Other countries, such as Zimbabwe, have significantly decreased their HIV prevalence. Community-based HIV services are considered crucial to the prevention and treatment of HIV. HIV Worldwide The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a viral infection that is transmitted via exposure to infected semen, blood, vaginal and anal fluids and breast milk. HIV destroys the human immune system, rendering the host unable to fight off secondary infections. Globally, the number of people living with HIV has generally increased over the past two decades. However, the number of HIV-related deaths has decreased significantly in recent years. Despite being a serious illness that affects millions of people, medication exists that effectively manages the progression of the virus in the body. These medications are called antiretroviral drugs. HIV Treatment Generally, global access to antiretroviral treatment has increased in recent years. However, despite being available worldwide, not all adults have access to antiretroviral drugs. Europe and North America have the highest rates of antiretroviral use among people living with HIV. There are many different antiretroviral drugs available on the market. As of 2024, ********, an antiretroviral marketed by Gilead, was the leading HIV treatment based on revenue.

As of 2023, South Africa was the country with the highest number of people living with HIV in Africa. At that time, around 7.7 million people in South Africa were HIV positive. In Mozambique, the country with the second-highest number of HIV-positive people in Africa, around 2.4 million people were living with HIV. Which country in Africa has the highest prevalence of HIV? Although South Africa has the highest total number of people living with HIV in Africa, it does not have the highest prevalence of HIV on the continent. Eswatini currently has the highest prevalence of HIV in Africa and worldwide, with almost 26 percent of the population living with HIV. South Africa has the third-highest prevalence, with around 18 percent of the population HIV positive. Eswatini also has the highest rate of new HIV infections per 1,000 population worldwide, followed by Lesotho and South Africa. However, South Africa had the highest total number of new HIV infections in 2023, with around 150,000 people newly infected with HIV that year. Deaths from HIV in Africa Thanks to advances in treatment and awareness, HIV/AIDS no longer contributes to a significant amount of death in many countries. However, the disease is still the fourth leading cause of death in Africa, accounting for around 5.6 percent of all deaths. In 2023, South Africa and Nigeria were the countries with the highest number of AIDS-related deaths worldwide with 50,000 and 45,000 such deaths, respectively. Although not every country in the leading 25 for AIDS-related deaths is found in Africa, African countries account for the majority of countries on the list. Fortunately, HIV treatment has become more accessible in Africa over the years and now up to 95 percent of people living with HIV in Eswatini are receiving antiretroviral therapy (ART). Access to ART does vary from country to country, however, with around 77 percent of people who are HIV positive in South Africa receiving ART, and only 31 percent in the Congo.

This scatter chart displays incidence of HIV (per 1,000 uninfected population) against health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Northern Africa. The data is about countries.

This scatter chart displays health expenditure per capita (current US$) against incidence of HIV (per 1,000 uninfected population). The data is about countries.

In 2020, the prevalence of HIV among individuals aged 15 to 49 years was nearly two percent in Haiti, the highest among selected Latin American countries. Meanwhile, Nicaragua and Bolivia reported a prevalence rate of the virus of 0.2 percent that year. In 2019, Brazil was home to the most people living with HIV in the region.

This scatter chart displays health expenditure per capita (current US$) against incidence of HIV (per 1,000 uninfected population) in Europe. The data is about countries.

This scatter chart displays incidence of HIV (per 1,000 uninfected population) against health expenditure per capita (current US$) in Eastern Africa. The data is about countries.

Sweden SE: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data was reported at 100.000 Person in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 Person for 2015. Sweden SE: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2016, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 100.000 Person in 2016. Sweden SE: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Sweden – Table SE.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Children living with HIV refers to the number of children ages 0-14 who are infected with HIV.; ; UNAIDS estimates.; ;

This scatter chart displays health expenditure per capita (current US$) against incidence of HIV (per 1,000 uninfected population) in Western Africa. The data is about countries.

Belarus BY: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data was reported at 200.000 Person in 2022. This stayed constant from the previous number of 200.000 Person for 2021. Belarus BY: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2022, with 33 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 200.000 Person in 2022 and a record low of 100.000 Person in 2014. Belarus BY: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Belarus – Table BY.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Children living with HIV refers to the number of children ages 0-14 who are infected with HIV.;UNAIDS estimates.;;

Guatemala GT: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data was reported at 1,800.000 Person in 2016. This records an increase from the previous number of 1,700.000 Person for 2015. Guatemala GT: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data is updated yearly, averaging 1,000.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2016, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 1,800.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 100.000 Person in 1997. Guatemala GT: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Guatemala – Table GT.World Bank: Health Statistics. Children living with HIV refers to the number of children ages 0-14 who are infected with HIV.; ; UNAIDS estimates.; ;

ART is antiretroviral treatment. GNI is gross national income. MRY: most recent year is 2009, 2008 or 2007. PEPFAR is the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief. PLWH is person living with HIV/AIDS; pc is per capita. Resource needs per prevalent case for ART and non-ART do not exactly add to total HIV Resource Need, because these are medians, not means.Of PEPFAR’s 15 initial focus countries, Guyana, Ethiopia, Haiti and Tanzania were not included in our analysis because of insufficient data on predictor variables. For Egypt, the resource need estimate used excludes an implausibly high HIV counseling and testing (HCT) cost line item in the UNAIDS Investment Framework, which would imply a total national resource need of over $1.4 billion, to instead assume a more plausible $39.4 million total need. For the estimated gap, we used the maximum between expected domestic contribution and actual domestic contribution within each country.

Netherlands NL: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data was reported at 100.000 Person in 2016. This stayed constant from the previous number of 100.000 Person for 2015. Netherlands NL: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data is updated yearly, averaging 100.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2016, with 27 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 100.000 Person in 2016 and a record low of 100.000 Person in 2016. Netherlands NL: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Netherlands – Table NL.World Bank: Health Statistics. Children living with HIV refers to the number of children ages 0-14 who are infected with HIV.; ; UNAIDS estimates.; ;

United States US: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data was reported at 2,500.000 Person in 2019. This records a decrease from the previous number of 2,800.000 Person for 2018. United States US: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data is updated yearly, averaging 3,700.000 Person from Dec 2010 (Median) to 2019, with 10 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 4,700.000 Person in 2010 and a record low of 2,500.000 Person in 2019. United States US: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s United States – Table US.World Bank.WDI: Social: Health Statistics. Children living with HIV refers to the number of children ages 0-14 who are infected with HIV.;UNAIDS estimates.;;

Laos LA: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data was reported at 670.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 660.000 Person for 2016. Laos LA: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data is updated yearly, averaging 350.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 670.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 100.000 Person in 2001. Laos LA: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Laos – Table LA.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Children living with HIV refers to the number of children ages 0-14 who are infected with HIV.; ; UNAIDS estimates.; ;

Mali ML: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data was reported at 13,000.000 Person in 2017. This stayed constant from the previous number of 13,000.000 Person for 2016. Mali ML: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data is updated yearly, averaging 9,000.000 Person from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2017, with 28 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 13,000.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 2,000.000 Person in 1990. Mali ML: Children: 0-14 Living with HIV data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Mali – Table ML.World Bank.WDI: Health Statistics. Children living with HIV refers to the number of children ages 0-14 who are infected with HIV.; ; UNAIDS estimates.; ;

In 2023, South Africa and Nigeria had the highest number of deaths due to AIDS worldwide, with around ** thousand and ** thousand such deaths, respectively. African countries account for eight of the top 10 countries with the highest number of AIDS-related deaths worldwide. AIDS-related deaths worldwide have been gradually declining over the past decade, decreasing from *** million deaths in 2010 to *** thousand deaths in 2023. HIV/AIDS HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is an infectious sexually transmitted disease that is transmitted via exposure to infected semen, blood, vaginal and anal fluids and breast milk. HIV weakens the human immune system, resulting in the affected person being unable to fight off opportunistic infections. The top 15 countries worldwide with the highest prevalence of new HIV infections as of 2023 were all African. HIV treatment Although there is currently no effective cure for HIV, death can be prevented by taking HIV antiretroviral therapy (ART). Access to antiretroviral therapy worldwide has significantly increased in the past decade. As of 2023, around **** million people with HIV worldwide were receiving ART. The leading countries with the highest percentage of HIV-infected children who were receiving ART were Eswatini, Kenya, and Lesotho.

In 2022, Brazil was the Latin American country with the highest number of people living with HIV. That year, approximately 990,000 patients were living with this condition in the South American country. Mexico followed with an estimate of around 370,000 people living with HIV.

Illustrates the distribution of HIV/AIDS throughout the World and the implications such as deaths, orphans, anti viral coverage. Economic factors such as per capita income and health care spend by country are also covered.