HIV incidence in Lesotho
HIV incidence in Lesotho was 3.10 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Lesotho, 2024
3.10
Change from 2023
−0.60per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
World, 2024
0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
Position in 2024
4th of 138
HIV incidence in Lesotho 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.
| Period | Lesotho | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3.10 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2023 | 3.70 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.29 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2022 | 3.90 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.30 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2021 | 5.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.32 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2020 | 6.50 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.33 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2019 | 7.30 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.35 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2018 | 8.30 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.36 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2017 | 10.10 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.38 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2016 | 13.00 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2015 | 16.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.41 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2014 | 18.60 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.43 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2013 | 20.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.44 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2012 | 20.90 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.46 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2011 | 21.80 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.47 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2010 | 22.90 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.48 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2009 | 25.00 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.50 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2008 | 26.30 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.51 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2007 | 27.60 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.52 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2006 | 28.10 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.54 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2005 | 27.90 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.56 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2004 | 27.90 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.58 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2003 | 28.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.60 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2002 | 28.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.63 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2001 | 29.70 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.66 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2000 | 31.30 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 −0.60 from 3.70 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 18.60 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49, the figure has changed by −15.50.
- Among the 138 countries with data for 2024, Lesotho has the 4th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49.
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Healthy life expectancy
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UHC service coverage
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