Young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV by country
Number of young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV.
Countries reporting
137
Highest
71,000
South Africa
Lowest
100
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
Median
500
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
4,821
What the numbers show
Young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV is currently reported for 137 countries. The highest value is 71,000 in South Africa; the lowest is 100 in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines.
The median across all reporting countries is 500, and the mean is 2,212.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 710.
Over the past decade 21 countries rose and 51 fell. The largest increase was in Saudi Arabia (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Lesotho (down 80.7%).
Young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 71,000 | 2024 | down 40.8% | falling |
| 2 | Mozambique | 34,000 | 2024 | down 42.4% | rising |
| 3 | Tanzania | 15,000 | 2024 | up 7.1% | falling |
| 4 | Philippines | 14,000 | 2024 | up 218.2% | volatile |
| 4 | Uganda | 14,000 | 2024 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 6 | Indonesia | 12,000 | 2024 | down 45.5% | volatile |
| 7 | Nigeria | 11,000 | 2024 | down 62.1% | falling |
| 7 | Zambia | 11,000 | 2024 | down 45.0% | falling |
| 9 | Mexico | 8,700 | 2024 | up 6.1% | rising |
| 10 | Angola | 6,400 | 2024 | down 9.9% | rising |
| 10 | Kenya | 6,400 | 2024 | down 57.3% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 5,900 | 2024 | down 36.6% | falling |
| 13 | Myanmar | 5,700 | 2024 | down 36.7% | falling |
| 14 | Ghana | 4,700 | 2024 | down 16.1% | falling |
| 15 | Zimbabwe | 4,400 | 2024 | down 56.0% | volatile |
| 16 | Thailand | 4,000 | 2024 | down 45.9% | volatile |
| 17 | Venezuela | 3,700 | 2024 | up 131.2% | volatile |
| 18 | Malawi | 3,600 | 2024 | down 74.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Cameroon | 3,400 | 2024 | down 52.8% | falling |
| 19 | Congo | 3,400 | 2024 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 21 | Vietnam | 2,900 | 2024 | down 53.2% | falling |
| 22 | Ethiopia | 2,700 | 2024 | down 48.1% | volatile |
| 22 | Madagascar | 2,700 | 2024 | up 225.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Papua New Guinea | 2,400 | 2024 | up 84.6% | rising |
| 25 | Colombia | 2,300 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 25 | South Sudan | 2,300 | 2024 | down 41.0% | falling |
| 27 | Cote d'Ivoire | 1,800 | 2024 | down 43.8% | volatile |
| 28 | Sudan | 1,600 | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea | 1,500 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 30 | Botswana | 1,400 | 2024 | down 65.9% | volatile |
| 30 | Haiti | 1,400 | 2024 | down 30.0% | falling |
| 30 | Mali | 1,400 | 2024 | down 41.7% | falling |
| 30 | Eswatini | 1,400 | 2024 | down 71.4% | falling |
| 34 | Chad | 1,300 | 2024 | down 35.0% | falling |
| 35 | Central African Republic | 1,200 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 35 | Dominican Republic | 1,200 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 35 | Egypt | 1,200 | 2024 | up 110.5% | rising |
| 38 | Argentina | 1,100 | 2024 | down 26.7% | falling |
| 38 | Lesotho | 1,100 | 2024 | down 80.7% | falling |
| 38 | Namibia | 1,100 | 2024 | down 54.2% | falling |
| 41 | Burkina Faso | 940 | 2024 | up 23.7% | volatile |
| 41 | Chile | 940 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 41 | Togo | 940 | 2024 | down 21.7% | volatile |
| 44 | Sierra Leone | 890 | 2024 | down 57.6% | falling |
| 45 | Algeria | 870 | 2024 | up 74.0% | rising |
| 46 | Ecuador | 810 | 2024 | down 26.4% | falling |
| 47 | Rwanda | 800 | 2024 | down 65.2% | volatile |
| 48 | Panama | 720 | 2024 | up 10.8% | rising |
| 49 | Peru | 690 | 2024 | up 13.1% | falling |
| 50 | Yemen | 580 | 2024 | up 16.0% | volatile |
| 51 | Cambodia | 550 | 2024 | down 28.6% | volatile |
| 52 | Cuba | 530 | 2024 | down 19.7% | rising |
| 52 | Laos | 530 | 2024 | up 3.9% | rising |
| 54 | Italy | 520 | 2024 | down 3.7% | falling |
| 55 | Afghanistan | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 55 | Burundi | 500 | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Benin | 500 | 2024 | down 43.2% | volatile |
| 55 | Bangladesh | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 55 | Bolivia | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Costa Rica | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 55 | Spain | 500 | 2024 | down 2.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Gabon | 500 | 2024 | down 30.6% | falling |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 500 | 2024 | down 7.4% | falling |
| 55 | Guatemala | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 55 | Jamaica | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 55 | Kazakhstan | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 55 | Malaysia | 500 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 55 | Paraguay | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 55 | Saudi Arabia | 500 | 2024 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 55 | Senegal | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 55 | El Salvador | 500 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 55 | Tunisia | 500 | 2024 | up 150.0% | rising |
| 73 | Canada | 200 | 2022 | unchanged | falling |
| 73 | Eritrea | 200 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Fiji | 200 | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 73 | Gambia | 200 | 2024 | down 60.0% | rising |
| 73 | Greece | 200 | 2024 | unchanged | rising |
| 73 | Iraq | 200 | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 73 | Libya | 200 | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 73 | Niger | 200 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 73 | Romania | 200 | 2024 | down 60.0% | falling |
| 73 | Suriname | 200 | 2024 | up 100.0% | rising |
| 83 | Albania | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | United Arab Emirates | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Armenia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Antigua and Barbuda | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Australia | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Azerbaijan | 100 | 2024 | down 50.0% | falling |
| 83 | Bulgaria | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 83 | Bahrain | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Bahamas | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 83 | Belize | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Barbados | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Switzerland | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 83 | Comoros | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Cape Verde | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Djibouti | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Dominica | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Denmark | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Estonia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Georgia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Guyana | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | falling |
| 83 | Honduras | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Croatia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Ireland | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Iceland | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Jordan | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Kyrgyzstan | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Saint Lucia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Sri Lanka | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Lithuania | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Luxembourg | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Latvia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Morocco | 100 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Moldova | 100 | 2024 | down 80.0% | falling |
| 83 | Maldives | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | North Macedonia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Malta | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Montenegro | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Mongolia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Mauritania | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Netherlands | 100 | 2023 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Nepal | 100 | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 83 | New Zealand | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Oman | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Portugal | 100 | 2024 | down 50.0% | volatile |
| 83 | Qatar | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Singapore | 100 | 2023 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Somalia | 100 | 2022 | unchanged | volatile |
| 83 | Serbia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Slovakia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Slovenia | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Syria | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Tajikistan | 100 | 2024 | down 80.0% | volatile |
| 83 | East Timor | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
| 83 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100 | 2024 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- World 370,000
About this data
Number of young people (ages 15-24) newly infected with HIV.