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Rank	Country	HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)
1	Swaziland	25.9
2	Botswana	24.8
3	Lesotho	23.6
4	South Africa	17.8
5	Zimbabwe	14.3
6	Zambia	13.5
7	Namibia	13.1
8	Mozambique	11.5
9	Malawi	11
10	Uganda	6.5
11	Kenya	6.3
12	Tanzania	5.6
13	Cameroon	5.3
14	Gabon	5.2
15	Equatorial Guinea	5
16	Central African Republic	4.7
17	Nigeria	3.6
18	Cote d'Ivoire	3.4
19	Congo, Republic of the	3.4
20	Chad	3.4
21	Burundi	3.3
22	Togo	3.2
23	South Sudan	3.1
24	Bahamas, The	3.1
25	Rwanda	2.9
26	Guinea-Bissau	2.5
27	Djibouti	2.5
28	Belize	2.3
29	Angola	2
30	Gambia, The	2
31	Haiti	1.9
32	Ghana	1.8
33	Jamaica	1.7
34	Sierra Leone	1.6
35	Liberia	1.5
36	Trinidad and Tobago	1.5
37	Barbados	1.4
38	Guinea	1.3
39	Thailand	1.3
40	Burkina Faso	1.2
41	Guyana	1.2
42	Estonia	1.2
43	Benin	1.2
44	Sudan	1.1
45	Ukraine	1.1
46	Russia	1
47	Suriname	1
48	Mali	1
49	Mauritius	1
50	Panama	0.9
51	Papua New Guinea	0.9
52	Senegal	0.9
53	Dominican Republic	0.9
54	Eritrea	0.8
55	El Salvador	0.8
56	Honduras	0.8
57	Guatemala	0.8
58	Niger	0.8
59	Mauritania	0.7
60	Latvia	0.7
61	Somalia	0.7
62	Portugal	0.6
63	Burma	0.6
64	United States	0.6
65	Uruguay	0.5
66	Argentina	0.5
67	Cambodia	0.5
68	Colombia	0.5
69	Malaysia	0.5
70	Moldova	0.4
71	Peru	0.4
72	Nepal	0.4
73	Spain	0.4
74	Switzerland	0.4
75	Chile	0.4
76	France	0.4
77	Ecuador	0.4
78	Vietnam	0.4
79	Italy	0.3
80	Iceland	0.3
81	India	0.3
82	Costa Rica	0.3
83	Belarus	0.3
84	Canada	0.3
85	Austria	0.3
86	Bermuda	0.3
87	Paraguay	0.3
88	Mexico	0.3
89	Luxembourg	0.3
90	Libya	0.3
91	Kyrgyzstan	0.3
92	Laos	0.2
93	Madagascar	0.2
94	Netherlands	0.2
95	Nicaragua	0.2
96	United Arab Emirates	0.2
97	Belgium	0.2
98	Bolivia	0.2
99	Bahrain	0.2
100	Bhutan	0.2
101	Iran	0.2
102	Israel	0.2
103	Indonesia	0.2
104	Denmark	0.2
105	Ireland	0.2
106	United Kingdom	0.2
107	Tajikistan	0.2
108	Uzbekistan	0.1
109	Yemen	0.1
110	Cuba	0.1
111	Egypt	0.1
112	Georgia	0.1
113	Czech Republic	0.1
114	Finland	0.1
115	Fiji	0.1
116	Iraq	0.1
117	Japan	0.1
118	Croatia	0.1
119	Hungary	0.1
120	Hong Kong	0.1
121	Germany	0.1
122	Greece	0.1
123	Bulgaria	0.1
124	Brunei	0.1
125	Sri Lanka	0.1
126	Comoros	0.1
127	China	0.1
128	Australia	0.1
129	Algeria	0.1
130	Azerbaijan	0.1
131	Armenia	0.1
132	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1
133	Bangladesh	0.1
134	Sweden	0.1
135	Syria	0.1
136	Tunisia	0.1
137	Turkey	0.1
138	Turkmenistan	0.1
139	Slovenia	0.1
140	Singapore	0.1
141	New Zealand	0.1
142	Pakistan	0.1
143	Poland	0.1
144	Qatar	0.1
145	Serbia	0.1
146	Romania	0.1
147	Philippines	0.1
148	Norway	0.1
149	Morocco	0.1
150	Mongolia	0.1
151	Macedonia	0.1
152	Malta	0.1
153	Oman	0.1
154	Maldives	0.1
155	Lithuania	0.1
156	Slovakia	0.1
157	Lebanon	0.1
158	Jordan	0.1
159	Korea, South	0.1
160	Kuwait	0.1
161	Kazakhstan	0.1
162	Cape Verde	0.04
163	Afghanistan	0.01
164	Saudi Arabia	0.01
165	Svalbard	0

Definition: This entry gives an estimate of the percentage of adults (aged 15-49) living with HIV/AIDS. The adult prevalence rate is calculated by dividing the estimated number of adults living with HIV/AIDS at yearend by the total adult population at yearend.

Source: CIA World Factbook - Unless otherwise noted, information in this page is accurate as of January 1, 2012

See also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate map

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