HIV incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa
HIV incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa was 0.88 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 in 2024. The value for 2024 is the lowest in the series, which starts in 1990.
Sub-Saharan Africa is a group: World Bank region. The value is the aggregate published by World Bank, not an average calculated on this site.
Sub-Saharan Africa, 2024
0.88
Change from 2023
−0.10per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
World, 2024
0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49
HIV incidence in Sub-Saharan Africa 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 | Sub-Saharan Africa | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.88 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2023 | 0.98 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.29 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2022 | 1.06 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.30 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2021 | 1.19 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.32 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2020 | 1.29 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.33 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2019 | 1.44 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.35 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2018 | 1.56 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.36 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2017 | 1.70 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.38 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2016 | 1.89 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.40 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2015 | 2.05 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.41 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2014 | 2.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.43 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2013 | 2.38 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.44 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2012 | 2.55 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.46 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2011 | 2.71 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.47 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2010 | 2.88 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.48 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2009 | 3.01 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.50 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2008 | 3.18 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.51 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2007 | 3.36 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.52 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2006 | 3.56 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.54 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2005 | 3.76 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.56 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2004 | 4.00 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.58 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2003 | 4.25 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.60 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2002 | 4.56 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.63 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2001 | 4.90 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 | 0.66 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 |
| 2000 | 5.29 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 −0.10 from 0.98 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49 in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 2.20 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49, the figure has changed by −1.33.
- The figure for the world in 2024 was 0.28 per 1,000 people aged 15 to 49.
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Life expectancy at birth, women
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Life expectancy at birth, men
60.7 years
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Health spending share of GDP
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Under-five mortality rate
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