HIV incidence in El Salvador

HIV incidence in El Salvador was 0.26 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 in 2024. The value for 2024 is the highest since 2008.

Measure: HIV incidence, ages 15 to 49 Unit: New infections per 1,000 uninfected people aged 15 to 49 Data: 1990 to 2024 Source: World Bank
El Salvador, 2024 0.26 New infections per 1,000 uninfected people aged 15 to 49
Change from 2023 +0.01per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 2023: 0.25 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
World, 2024 0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 Official aggregate
Position in 2024 64th of 138 See the full ranking

HIV incidence in El Salvador over time

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New infections per 1,000 uninfected people aged 15 to 49. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

HIV incidence, ages 15 to 49 (new infections per 1,000 uninfected people aged 15 to 49), 2000 to 2024
Period El SalvadorWorld
2024 0.26 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2023 0.25 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.29 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2022 0.24 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.30 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2021 0.23 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.32 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2020 0.22 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.33 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2019 0.21 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.35 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2018 0.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.36 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2017 0.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.38 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2016 0.19 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2015 0.18 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.41 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2014 0.18 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.43 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2013 0.17 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.44 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2012 0.17 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.46 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2011 0.18 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.47 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2010 0.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.48 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2009 0.23 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.50 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2008 0.29 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.51 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2007 0.37 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.52 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2006 0.46 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.54 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2005 0.54 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.56 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2004 0.62 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.58 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2003 0.68 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.60 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2002 0.74 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.63 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2001 0.77 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.66 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
2000 0.79 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 0.70 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +0.01 from 0.25 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 in 2023.
  • Since 2014, when it was 0.18 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49, the figure has changed by +0.08.
  • Among the 138 countries with data for 2024, El Salvador has the 64th highest value.
  • The figure for the world in 2024 was 0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49.

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Source and dates

Original producer
Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SH.HIV.INCD.ZS · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1990 to 2024 for El Salvador
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS)