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%, with India's prevalence rate at 0.2%. In absolute numbers, South Africa (7.5 million), followed by Mozambique (2.2 million), India (2.1 million) and Nigeria (1.8 million) had the highest HIV/AIDS number of cases by the end of 2022. Outside Africa, the highest prevalence rate is found in the Bahamas (3.3%). Adult HIV prevalence exceeds 15% in Eswatini, Botswana, and Lesotho, while an additional six countries report adult HIV prevalence of at least 10%. Over 10% of all people infected with HIV/AIDS reside within the region. The HIV pandemic is most severe in Southern Africa. Īs of 2018, 38 million people are estimated infected with HIV globally.
Listed here are the prevalence rates among adults in various countries, based on data from various sources, largely the CIA World Factbook. The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which causes AIDS, varies in prevalence from nation to nation. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information.
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