AIDS - adult prevalence rate

Rank	Country	HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)
1	Swaziland	27.1
2	Lesotho	23.1
3	Botswana	22.2
4	South Africa	17.3
5	Zimbabwe	13.4
6	Namibia	12.7
7	Zambia	12.1
8	Mozambique	12.1
9	Malawi	9.5
10	Equatorial Guinea	7
11	Uganda	6.1
12	Tanzania	5.1
13	Kenya	4.8
14	Gabon	3.6
15	Central African Republic	3.6
16	Guinea-Bissau	3.4
17	Cameroon	3.2
18	Congo, Republic of the	3.1
19	Rwanda	2.9
20	South Sudan	2.4
21	Togo	2.3
22	Gambia, The	2
23	Haiti	1.9
24	Belize	1.9
25	Bahamas, The	1.8
26	Angola	1.8
27	Ghana	1.7
28	Sierra Leone	1.5
29	Liberia	1.5
30	Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	1.5
31	Jamaica	1.4
32	Guinea	1.4
33	Guyana	1.4
34	Nigeria	1.3
35	Suriname	1.3
36	Russia	1.2
37	Mali	1.2
38	Chad	1.2
39	Burundi	1.2
40	Antigua and Barbuda	1.1
41	Barbados	1.1
42	Ethiopia	1.1
43	Benin	1
44	Mauritius	1
45	Trinidad and Tobago	0.9
46	Panama	0.9
47	Estonia	0.9
48	Djibouti	0.9
49	Dominican Republic	0.9
50	Congo, Democratic Republic of the	0.8
51	Papua New Guinea	0.8
52	Thailand	0.8
53	Burkina Faso	0.8
54	Ukraine	0.7
55	Sao Tome and Principe	0.7
56	Eritrea	0.7
57	El Salvador	0.6
58	Dominica	0.6
59	Burma	0.6
60	Cambodia	0.6
61	Cape Verde	0.6
62	Saint Lucia	0.6
63	Moldova	0.6
64	Uruguay	0.6
65	Venezuela	0.5
66	Saint Kitts and Nevis	0.5
67	Portugal	0.5
68	Colombia	0.5
69	Brazil	0.5
70	Chile	0.5
71	Grenada	0.5
72	Honduras	0.4
73	Indonesia	0.4
74	Ecuador	0.4
75	Costa Rica	0.4
76	Belarus	0.4
77	Argentina	0.4
78	Paraguay	0.4
79	Peru	0.4
80	Malaysia	0.4
81	Senegal	0.4
82	Spain	0.4
83	Luxembourg	0.3
84	Laos	0.3
85	Latvia	0.3
86	Niger	0.3
87	Cuba	0.3
88	Bhutan	0.3
89	Georgia	0.3
90	France	0.3
91	Guatemala	0.3
92	Italy	0.3
93	Vietnam	0.3
94	Uzbekistan	0.2
95	East Timor	0.2
96	Israel	0.2
97	India	0.2
98	Greece	0.2
99	Fiji	0.2
100	Ireland	0.2
101	Bolivia	0.2
102	Kazakhstan	0.2
103	Mexico	0.2
104	Netherlands	0.2
105	Mauritania	0.2
106	Kyrgyzstan	0.2
107	Libya	0.2
108	Madagascar	0.2
109	Switzerland	0.2
110	Singapore	0.2
111	Tajikistan	0.2
112	Sudan	0.2
113	Sweden	0.2
114	Nicaragua	0.2
115	New Zealand	0.1
116	Pakistan	0.1
117	Saudi Arabia	0.1
118	Qatar	0.1
119	Serbia	0.1
120	Romania	0.1
121	Philippines	0.1
122	Syria	0.1
123	Slovenia	0.1
124	Tunisia	0.1
125	Somalia	0.1
126	Mongolia	0.1
127	Slovakia	0.1
128	Kuwait	0.1
129	Jordan	0.1
130	Lithuania	0.1
131	Lebanon	0.1
132	Malta	0.1
133	Oman	0.1
134	Morocco	0.1
135	Montenegro	0.1
136	Macedonia	0.1
137	Norway	0.1
138	Nepal	0.1
139	Bangladesh	0.1
140	Bosnia and Herzegovina	0.1
141	Australia	0.1
142	Austria	0.1
143	Bahrain	0.1
144	Afghanistan	0.1
145	Algeria	0.1
146	Azerbaijan	0.1
147	Armenia	0.1
148	Bulgaria	0.1
149	Sri Lanka	0.1
150	Denmark	0.1
151	Comoros	0.1
152	Czech Republic	0.1
153	Finland	0.1
154	Egypt	0.1
155	Germany	0.1
156	Croatia	0.1
157	Hungary	0.1
158	Iceland	0.1
159	Iran	0.1
160	Japan	0.1
161	Yemen	0.1

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, 2020

See also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate map

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