Field Listing :: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate
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.
Country Comparison to the World
Country
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate(%)
Afghanistan 0.01% (2001 est.)
Albania NA
Algeria 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2007 est.)
American Samoa NA
Andorra NA
Angola 2.1% (2007 est.)
Anguilla NA
Antigua and Barbuda NA
Argentina 0.5% (2007 est.)
Armenia 0.1% (2007 est.)
Aruba NA
Australia 0.2% (2007 est.)
Austria 0.2% (2007 est.)
Azerbaijan less than 0.2% (2007 est.)
Bahamas, The 3% (2007 est.)
Bahrain 0.2% (2001 est.)
Bangladesh less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Barbados 1.2% (2007 est.)
Belarus 0.2% (2007 est.)
Belgium 0.2% (2007 est.)
Belize 2.1% (2007 est.)
Benin 1.2% (2007 est.)
Bermuda 0.3% (2005)
Bhutan less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Bolivia 0.2% (2007 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Botswana 23.9% (2007 est.)
Brazil 0.6% (2007 est.)
British Virgin Islands NA
Brunei less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
Bulgaria less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Burkina Faso 1.6% (2007 est.)
Burma 0.7% (2007 est.)
Burundi 2% (2007 est.)
Cambodia 0.8% (2007 est.)
Cameroon 5.1% (2007 est.)
Canada 0.4% (2007 est.)
Cape Verde 0.04% (2001 est.)
Cayman Islands NA
Central African Republic 6.3% (2007 est.)
Chad 3.5% (2007 est.)
Chile 0.3% (2007 est.)
China 0.1% (2007 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 0.6% (2007 est.)
Comoros less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 4.2% (2003 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 3.5% (2007 est.)
Cook Islands NA
Costa Rica 0.4% (2007 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 3.9% (2007 est.)
Croatia less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Cuba less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Cyprus 0.1% (2003 est.)
Czech Republic less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Denmark 0.2% (2007 est.)
Djibouti 3.1% (2007 est.)
Dominica NA
Dominican Republic 1.1% (2007 est.)
Ecuador 0.3% (2007 est.)
Egypt less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
El Salvador 0.8% (2007 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 3.4% (2007 est.)
Eritrea 1.3% (2007 est.)
Estonia 1.3% (2007 est.)
Ethiopia 2.1% (2007 est.)
European Union note - see individual country entries of member states
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands NA
Fiji 0.1% (2007 est.)
Finland less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
France 0.4% (2007 est.)
French Polynesia NA
Gabon 5.9% (2007 est.)
Gambia, The 0.9% (2007 est.)
Gaza Strip NA
Georgia less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Germany 0.1% (2007 est.)
Ghana 1.9% (2007 est.)
Gibraltar NA
Greece 0.2% (2007 est.)
Greenland NA
Grenada NA
Guam NA
Guatemala 0.8% (2007 est.)
Guernsey NA
Guinea 1.6% (2007 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 1.8% (2007 est.)
Guyana 2.5% (2007 est.)
Haiti 2.2% (2007 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 0.7% (2007 est.)
Hong Kong 0.1% (2003 est.)
Hungary 0.1% (2007 est.)
Iceland 0.2% (2007 est.)
India 0.3% (2007 est.)
Indonesia 0.2% (2007 est.)
Iran 0.2% (2007 est.)
Iraq less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Ireland 0.2% (2007 est.)
Isle of Man NA
Israel 0.1% (2007 est.)
Italy 0.4% (2007 est.)
Jamaica 1.6% (2007 est.)
Japan less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
Jersey NA
Jordan less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan 0.1% (2007 est.)
Kenya 6.7% (2003 est.)
Kiribati NA
Korea, North NA
Korea, South less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Kuwait 0.1% (2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Laos 0.2% (2007 est.)
Latvia 0.8% (2007 est.)
Lebanon 0.1% (2007 est.)
Lesotho 23.2% (2007 est.)
Liberia 1.7% (2007 est.)
Libya 0.3% (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein NA
Lithuania 0.1% (2007 est.)
Luxembourg 0.2% (2007 est.)
Macau NA
Macedonia less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Madagascar 0.1% (2007 est.)
Malawi 11.9% (2007 est.)
Malaysia 0.5% (2007 est.)
Maldives 0.1% (2001 est.)
Mali 1.5% (2007 est.)
Malta 0.1% (2007 est.)
Marshall Islands NA
Mauritania 0.8% (2007 est.)
Mauritius 1.7% (2007 est.)
Mayotte NA
Mexico 0.3% (2007 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of NA
Moldova 0.4% (2007 est.)
Monaco NA
Mongolia less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Montserrat NA
Morocco 0.1% (2007 est.)
Mozambique 12.5% (2007 est.)
Namibia 15.3% (2007 est.)
Nauru NA
Nepal 0.5% (2007 est.)
Netherlands 0.2% (2007 est.)
Netherlands Antilles NA
New Caledonia NA
New Zealand 0.1% (2007 est.)
Nicaragua 0.2% (2007 est.)
Niger 0.8% (2007 est.)
Nigeria 3.1% (2007 est.)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands NA
Norway 0.1% (2007 est.)
Oman 0.1% (2001 est.)
Pakistan 0.1% (2007 est.)
Palau NA
Panama 1% (2007 est.)
Papua New Guinea 1.5% (2007 est.)
Paraguay 0.6% (2007 est.)
Peru 0.5% (2007 est.)
Philippines less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2007 est.)
Portugal 0.5% (2007 est.)
Puerto Rico NA
Qatar 0.1% (2001 est.)
Romania less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Russia 1.1% (2007 est.)
Rwanda 2.8% (2007 est.)
Saint Helena, Ascension, and Tristan da Cunha NA
Saint Kitts and Nevis NA
Saint Lucia NA
Saint Pierre and Miquelon NA
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines NA
Samoa NA
San Marino NA
Sao Tome and Principe NA
Saudi Arabia 0.01% (2001 est.)
Senegal 1% (2007 est.)
Serbia 0.1% (2009 est.)
Seychelles NA
Sierra Leone 1.7% (2007 est.)
Singapore 0.2% (2007 est.)
Slovakia less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Slovenia less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Solomon Islands NA
Somalia 0.5% (2007 est.)
South Africa 18.1% (2007 est.)
Spain 0.5% (2007 est.)
Sri Lanka less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Sudan 1.4% (2007 est.)
Suriname 2.4% (2007 est.)
Svalbard 0% (2001)
Swaziland 26.1% (2007 est.)
Sweden 0.1% (2007 est.)
Switzerland 0.6% (2007 est.)
Syria less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Taiwan NA
Tajikistan less than 0.3% (2007 est.)
Tanzania 6.2% (2007 est.)
Thailand 1.4% (2007 est.)
Timor-Leste NA
Togo 3.3% (2007 est.)
Tokelau NA
Tonga NA
Trinidad and Tobago 1.5% (2007 est.)
Tunisia less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Turkey less than 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)
Turkmenistan less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA
Tuvalu NA
Uganda 5.4% (2007 est.)
Ukraine 1.6% (2007 est.)
United Arab Emirates 0.2% (2001 est.)
United Kingdom 0.2% (2007 est.)
United States 0.6% (2007 est.)
Uruguay 0.6% (2007 est.)
Uzbekistan less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Vanuatu NA
Venezuela 0.7%; note - no country specific models provided (2001 est.)
Vietnam 0.5% (2007 est.)
Virgin Islands NA
Wallis and Futuna NA
West Bank NA
Western Sahara NA
World 0.8% (2007 est.)
Yemen 0.1% (2001 est.)
Zambia 15.2% (2007 est.)
Zimbabwe 15.3% (2007 est.)