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HIV prevalence (15-49)
Estimated percentage of adults aged 15-49 living with HIV.
Methodology & source
How this is measured.
Definition
Estimated percentage of adults aged 15-49 living with HIV.
Calculation
UNAIDS Spectrum model estimates, drawing on antenatal-clinic surveillance and population-based surveys.
Primary source
Caveats
Estimates are model-based with credibility intervals. Country revisions occur as new survey data becomes available.
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Continent average
610,511.63
%
Lowest
7,800,000.00
South Africa
Continental view
Africa, color-coded.
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%
200.00130,000.007,800,000.00
Time series
How it's changed.
Continent average vs. Nigeria, Kenya, South Africa. Values in %.
Continent average
Nigeria
Kenya
South Africa
Biggest improvers
Largest gains since 2000
Eritrea↓ 57%
2001: 28,000.00 %2024: 12,000.00 %
Côte d'Ivoire↓ 41%
2002: 700,000.00 %2024: 410,000.00 %
Mauritania↓ 41%
2001: 10,000.00 %2024: 5,900.00 %
Central African Republic↓ 37%
2002: 160,000.00 %2024: 100,000.00 %
Stalled or worse
Smallest gains, or moved the wrong way
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Every country, latest available value.
Sorted lowest to highest — lower is better. Click any country to open its dataset detail page.
| Rank | Country | Value (%) | Year |
|---|
| #1 | 🇰🇲Comoros | 200.00 | 2024 |
| #2 | 🇨🇻Cabo Verde | 3,900.00 | 2024 |
| #3 | 🇲🇷Mauritania | 5,900.00 | 2024 |
| #4 | 🇪🇷Eritrea | 12,000.00 | 2024 |
| #5 | 🇬🇲Gambia | 25,000.00 | 2024 |
| #6 | 🇩🇿Algeria | 30,000.00 | 2024 |
| #7 | 🇳🇪Niger | 32,000.00 | 2024 |
| #8 | 🇬🇼Guinea-Bissau | 34,000.00 | 2024 |
| #9 | 🇱🇷Liberia | 36,000.00 | 2024 |
| #10 | 🇸🇳Senegal | 48,000.00 | 2024 |
| … 23 more countries between … |
| #34 | 🇨🇩DR Congo | 610,000.00 | 2024 |
| #35 | 🇲🇼Malawi | 990,000.00 | 2024 |
| #36 | 🇿🇼Zimbabwe | 1,300,000.00 | 2024 |
| #37 | 🇰🇪Kenya | 1,300,000.00 | 2024 |
| #38 | 🇿🇲Zambia | 1,400,000.00 | 2024 |
| #39 | 🇺🇬Uganda | 1,500,000.00 | 2024 |
| #40 | 🇹🇿Tanzania | 1,800,000.00 | 2024 |
| #41 | 🇳🇬Nigeria | 2,000,000.00 | 2024 |
| #42 | 🇲🇿Mozambique | 2,500,000.00 | 2024 |
| #43 | 🇿🇦South Africa | 7,800,000.00 | 2024 |
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2002: 6,500.00 %2024: 90,000.00 %
Algeria↑ 733%
2002: 3,600.00 %2024: 30,000.00 %
Angola↑ 164%
2001: 140,000.00 %2024: 370,000.00 %
Mozambique↑ 127%
2002: 1,100,000.00 %2024: 2,500,000.00 %