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 0.1% (2012 est.)
Albania NA
Algeria 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2009 est.)
American Samoa NA
Andorra NA
Angola 2.3% (2012 est.)
Anguilla NA
Antigua and Barbuda NA
Argentina 0.4% (2012 est.)
Armenia 0.2% (2012 est.)
Aruba NA
Australia 0.1% (2009 est.)
Austria 0.3% (2009 est.)
Azerbaijan 0.2% (2012 est.)
Bahamas, The 3.3% (2012 est.)
Bahrain 0.2% (2001 est.)
Bangladesh 0.1% (2012 est.)
Barbados 0.9% (2012 est.)
Belarus 0.4% (2012 est.)
Belgium 0.2% (2009 est.)
Belize 1.4% (2012 est.)
Benin 1.1% (2012 est.)
Bermuda 0.3% (2005 est.)
Bhutan 0.2% (2012 est.)
Bolivia 0.3% (2012 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Botswana 23% (2012 est.)
Brazil NA
British Virgin Islands NA
Brunei less than 0.1% (2003 est.)
Bulgaria 0.1% (2009 est.)
Burkina Faso 1% (2012 est.)
Burma 0.6% (2012 est.)
Burundi 1.3% (2012 est.)
Cabo Verde 0.2% (2012 est.)
Cambodia 0.8% (2012 est.)
Cameroon 4.5% (2012 est.)
Canada 0.3% (2009 est.)
Cayman Islands NA
Central African Republic 4.7% (2009 est.)
Chad 2.7% (2012 est.)
Chile 0.4% (2012 est.)
China 0.1% (2012 est.)
Christmas Island NA
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA
Colombia 0.5% (2012 est.)
Comoros 0.1% (2009 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 1.1% (2012 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 2.8% (2012 est.)
Cook Islands NA
Costa Rica 0.3% (2012 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 3.2% (2012 est.)
Croatia less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
Cuba 0.1% (2012 est.)
Curacao NA
Cyprus 0.1% (2003 est.)
Czech Republic less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
Denmark 0.2% (2009 est.)
Djibouti 1.2% (2012 est.)
Dominica NA
Dominican Republic 0.7% (2012 est.)
Ecuador 0.6% (2012 est.)
Egypt 0.1% (2012 est.)
El Salvador 0.6% (2012 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 6.2% (2012 est.)
Eritrea 0.7% (2012 est.)
Estonia 1.2% (2009 est.)
Ethiopia 1.3% (2012 est.)
European Union note - see individual country entries of member states
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA
Faroe Islands NA
Fiji 0.2% (2012 est.)
Finland 0.1% (2009 est.)
France 0.4% (2009 est.)
French Polynesia NA
Gabon 4% (2012 est.)
Gambia, The 1.3% (2012 est.)
Gaza Strip NA
Georgia 0.3% (2012 est.)
Germany 0.1% (2009 est.)
Ghana 1.4% (2012 est.)
Gibraltar NA
Greece 0.1% (2009 est.)
Greenland NA
Grenada NA
Guam NA
Guatemala 0.7% (2012 est.)
Guernsey NA
Guinea 1.7% (2012 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 3.9% (2012 est.)
Guyana 1.3% (2012 est.)
Haiti 2.1% (2012 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA
Honduras 0.5% (2012 est.)
Hong Kong 0.1% (2003 est.)
Hungary less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
Iceland 0.3% (2009 est.)
India 0.3% (2012 est.)
Indonesia 0.4% (2012 est.)
Iran 0.2% (2012 est.)
Iraq less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Ireland 0.2% (2009 est.)
Isle of Man NA
Israel 0.2% (2009 est.)
Italy 0.3% (2009 est.)
Jamaica 1.7% (2012 est.)
Japan less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
Jersey NA
Jordan less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Kazakhstan 0.1% (2009 est.)
Kenya 6.1% (2012 est.)
Kiribati NA
Korea, North NA
Korea, South less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
Kuwait 0.1% (2001 est.)
Kyrgyzstan 0.3% (2012 est.)
Laos 0.3% (2012 est.)
Latvia 0.7% (2009 est.)
Lebanon 0.1% (2009 est.)
Lesotho 23.1% (2012 est.)
Liberia 0.9% (2012 est.)
Libya 0.3% (2001 est.)
Liechtenstein NA
Lithuania 0.1% (2009 est.)
Luxembourg 0.3% (2009 est.)
Macau NA
Macedonia less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Madagascar 0.5% (2012 est.)
Malawi 10.8% (2012 est.)
Malaysia 0.4% (2012 est.)
Maldives 0.1% (2012 est.)
Mali 0.9% (2012 est.)
Malta 0.1% (2009 est.)
Marshall Islands NA
Mauritania 0.4% (2012 est.)
Mauritius 1.2% (2012 est.)
Mexico 0.2% (2012 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of NA
Moldova 0.7% (2012 est.)
Monaco NA
Mongolia less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
Montserrat NA
Morocco 0.1% (2012 est.)
Mozambique 11.1% (2012 est.)
Namibia 13.3% (2012 est.)
Nauru NA
Nepal 0.3% (2012 est.)
Netherlands 0.2% (2009 est.)
New Caledonia NA
New Zealand 0.1% (2009 est.)
Nicaragua 0.3% (2012 est.)
Niger 0.5% (2012 est.)
Nigeria 3.1% (2012 est.)
Niue NA
Norfolk Island NA
Northern Mariana Islands NA
Norway 0.1% (2009 est.)
Oman 0.1% (2009 est.)
Pakistan 0.1% (2012 est.)
Palau NA
Panama 0.7% (2012 est.)
Papua New Guinea 0.5% (2012 est.)
Paraguay 0.3% (2012 est.)
Peru 0.4% (2012 est.)
Philippines 0.1% (2012 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA
Poland 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2009 est.)
Portugal 0.6% (2009 est.)
Puerto Rico NA
Qatar less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
Romania 0.1% (2009 est.)
Russia 1% (2009 est.)
Rwanda 2.9% (2012 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 1% (2012 est.)
Saudi Arabia 0.01% (2001 est.)
Senegal 0.5% (2012 est.)
Serbia 0.1% (2009 est.)
Seychelles NA
Sierra Leone 1.5% (2012 est.)
Singapore 0.1% (2009 est.)
Sint Maarten NA
Slovakia less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
Slovenia less than 0.1% (2009 est.)
Solomon Islands NA
Somalia 0.5% (2012 est.)
South Africa 17.9% (2012 est.)
South Sudan 2.7% (2012 est.)
Spain 0.4% (2009 est.)
Sri Lanka 0.1% (2012 est.)
Sudan 1.1% (2009 est.)
Suriname 1.1% (2012 est.)
Svalbard 0% (2001 est.)
Swaziland 26.5% (2012 est.)
Sweden 0.1% (2009 est.)
Switzerland 0.4% (2009 est.)
Syria less than 0.1% (2001 est.)
Taiwan NA
Tajikistan 0.3% (2012 est.)
Tanzania 5.1% (2012 est.)
Thailand 1.1% (2012 est.)
Timor-Leste NA
Togo 2.9% (2012 est.)
Tokelau NA
Tonga NA
Trinidad and Tobago 1.6% (2012 est.)
Tunisia 0.1% (2012 est.)
Turkey less than 0.1%; note - no country specific models provided (2009 est.)
Turkmenistan less than 0.1% (2007 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA
Tuvalu NA
Uganda 7.2% (2012 est.)
Ukraine 0.9% (2012 est.)
United Arab Emirates 0.2% (2001 est.)
United Kingdom 0.2% (2009 est.)
United States 0.6% (2009 est.)
Uruguay 0.7% (2012 est.)
Uzbekistan 0.1% (2012 est.)
Vanuatu NA
Venezuela 0.6% (2012 est.)
Vietnam 0.4% (2012 est.)
Virgin Islands NA
Wallis and Futuna NA
West Bank NA
Western Sahara NA
World 0.8% (2009 est.)
Yemen 0.1% (2012 est.)
Zambia 12.7% (2012 est.)
Zimbabwe 14.7% (2012 est.)