HIV incidence in Sierra Leone
HIV incidence in Sierra Leone was 0.38 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Sierra Leone, 2024
0.38
Change from 2023
−0.07per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
World, 2024
0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
Position in 2024
46th of 138
HIV incidence in Sierra Leone 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 | Sierra Leone | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.38 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2023 | 0.45 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.29 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2022 | 0.56 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.30 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2021 | 0.71 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.32 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2020 | 0.83 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.33 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2019 | 0.87 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.35 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2018 | 0.97 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.36 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2017 | 1.10 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.38 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2016 | 1.10 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2015 | 1.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.41 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2014 | 1.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.43 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2013 | 1.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.44 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2012 | 1.30 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.46 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2011 | 1.30 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.47 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2010 | 1.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.48 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2009 | 1.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.50 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2008 | 1.50 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.51 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2007 | 1.50 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.52 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2006 | 1.50 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.54 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2005 | 1.60 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.56 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2004 | 1.60 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.58 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2003 | 1.70 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.60 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2002 | 1.80 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.63 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2001 | 1.80 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.66 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2000 | 1.90 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 −0.07 from 0.45 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 1.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49, the figure has changed by −0.82.
- Among the 138 countries with data for 2024, Sierra Leone has the 46th highest value.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49.
More for Sierra Leone
All statistics for Sierra Leone
Tuberculosis incidence
372 per 100,000 people
2024 · World Bank
Life expectancy estimates and projections
61.8 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Life expectancy at 65, estimates and projections
12.6 years
2023 · UN Population Division
Healthy life expectancy
53.6 years
2023 · WHO
UHC service coverage
48
2023 · WHO
Alcohol consumption
0.18 litres
2024 · WHO