Top banner
The World Factbook 2002
  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
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate (%)
Afghanistan less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Albania less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Algeria 0.07% (1999 est.)
American Samoa NA%
Andorra NA%
Angola 2.78% (1999 est.)
Anguilla NA%
Antigua and Barbuda NA%
Argentina 0.69% (1999 est.)
Armenia 0.01% (1999 est.)
Aruba NA%
Australia 0.15% (1999 est.)
Austria 0.1% (2001 est.)
Azerbaijan less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Bahamas, The 4.13% (1999 est.)
Bahrain 0.15% (1999 est.)
Bangladesh 0.02% (1999 est.)
Barbados 1.17% (1999 est.)
Belarus 0.28% (1999 est.)
Belgium 0.15% (1999 est.)
Belize 2.01% (1999 est.)
Benin 4.1% (2002)
Bermuda NA%
Bhutan less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Bolivia 0.1% (1999 est.)
Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.04% (1999 est.)
Botswana 35.8% (1999 est.)
Brazil 0.57% (1999 est.)
British Virgin Islands NA%
Brunei 0.2% (1999 est.)
Bulgaria 0.01% (1999 est.)
Burkina Faso 6.44% (1999 est.)
Burma 1.99% (1999 est.)
Burundi 11.32% (1999 est.)
Cambodia 4.04% (1999 est.)
Cameroon 7.73% (1999 est.)
Canada 0.3% (1999 est.)
Cape Verde 0.04% (2001 est.)
Cayman Islands NA%
Central African Republic 13.84% (1999 est.)
Chad 5%-7% (2001)
Chile 0.19% (1999 est.)
China less than 0.2% (2000-01 est.)
Christmas Island NA%
Cocos (Keeling) Islands NA%
Colombia 0.31% (1999 est.)
Comoros 0.12% (1999 est.)
Congo, Democratic Republic of the 5.07% (1999 est.)
Congo, Republic of the 6.43% (1999 est.)
Cook Islands NA%
Costa Rica 0.54% (1999 est.)
Cote d'Ivoire 10.76% (1999 est.)
Croatia 0.02% (1999 est.)
Cuba 0.03% (1999 est.)
Cyprus 0.1% (1999 est.)
Czech Republic 0.04% (1999 est.)
Denmark 0.17% (1999 est.)
Djibouti 11.75% (1999 est.)
Dominica NA%
Dominican Republic 2.8% (1999 est.)
East Timor NA
Ecuador 0.3% (2001)
Egypt 0.02% (1999 est.)
El Salvador 0.6% (1999 est.)
Equatorial Guinea 0.51% (1999 est.)
Eritrea 2.87% (1999 est.)
Estonia 0.04% (1999 est.)
Ethiopia 10.63% (1999 est.)
Falkland Islands (Islas Malvinas) NA%
Faroe Islands NA%
Fiji 0.07% (1999 est.)
Finland 0.05% (1999 est.)
France 0.44% (1999 est.)
French Guiana NA%
French Polynesia NA%
Gabon 9% (2001 est.)
Gambia, The 1.95% (1999 est.)
Gaza Strip NA%
Georgia less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Germany 0.1% (1999 est.)
Ghana 3.6% (1999 est.)
Gibraltar NA%
Greece 0.16% (1999 est.)
Greenland NA%
Grenada NA%
Guadeloupe NA%
Guam NA%
Guatemala 1.38% (1999 est.)
Guernsey NA%
Guinea 1.54% (1999 est.)
Guinea-Bissau 2.5% (1999 est.)
Guyana 3.01% (1999 est.)
Haiti 5.17% (1999 est.)
Holy See (Vatican City) NA%
Honduras 1.92% (1999 est.)
Hong Kong 0.06% (1999 est.)
Hungary 0.05% (1999 est.)
Iceland 0.14% (1999 est.)
India 0.7% (1999 est.)
Indonesia 0.05% (1999 est.)
Iran less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Iraq less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Ireland 0.1% (1999 est.)
Israel 0.08% (1999 est.)
Italy 0.35% (1999 est.)
Jamaica 0.71% (1999 est.)
Japan 0.02% (1999 est.)
Jersey NA%
Jordan 0.02% (1999 est.)
Kazakhstan 0.04% (1999 est.)
Kenya 13.5% (2001 est.)
Kiribati NA%
Korea, North NA%
Korea, South 0.01% (1999 est.)
Kuwait 0.12% (1999 est.)
Kyrgyzstan less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Laos 0.05% (1999 est.)
Latvia 0.12% (2001 est.)
Lebanon 0.09% (1999 est.)
Lesotho 23.57% (1999 est.)
Liberia 9% (2001 est.)
Libya 0.05% (1999 est.)
Liechtenstein NA%
Lithuania 0.02% (1999 est.)
Luxembourg 0.16% (1999 est.)
Macau NA%
Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Madagascar 0.15% (1999 est.)
Malawi 15.96% (1999 est.)
Malaysia 0.42% (1999 est.)
Maldives 0.05% (1999 est.)
Mali 1.7% (2001 est.)
Malta 0.52% (1999 est.)
Man, Isle of NA%
Marshall Islands NA%
Martinique NA%
Mauritania 1.8% (2000 est.)
Mauritius 0.08% (1999 est.)
Mayotte NA%
Mexico 0.29% (1999 est.)
Micronesia, Federated States of NA%
Moldova 0.2% (1999 est.)
Monaco NA%
Mongolia less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Montserrat NA%
Morocco 0.03% (1999 est.)
Mozambique 12.6 to 16.4%, estimates vary (2001)
Namibia 19.54% (1999 est.)
Nauru NA%
Nepal 0.29% (1999 est.)
Netherlands 0.19% (1999 est.)
Netherlands Antilles NA%
New Caledonia NA%
New Zealand 0.06% (1999 est.)
Nicaragua 0.2% (2000/01 est.)
Niger 4% (2001 est.)
Nigeria 5.06% (1999 est.)
Niue NA%
Norfolk Island NA%
Northern Mariana Islands NA%
Norway NA% (1999 est.)
Oman 0.11% (1999 est.)
Pakistan 0.1% (1999 est.)
Palau NA%
Panama 1.54% (1999 est.)
Papua New Guinea 0.22% (1999 est.)
Paraguay 0.11% (1999 est.)
Peru 0.35% (1999 est.)
Philippines 0.07% (1999 est.)
Pitcairn Islands NA%
Poland 0.07% (1999 est.)
Portugal 0.74% (1999 est.)
Puerto Rico NA%
Qatar 0.09% (1999 est.)
Reunion NA%
Romania 0.02% (1999 est.)
Russia 0.18% (1999 est.)
Rwanda 11.21% (1999 est.)
Saint Helena 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% (1999 est.)
Senegal 1.4% (2001 est.)
Seychelles NA%
Sierra Leone 2.99% (1999 est.)
Singapore 0.19% (1999 est.)
Slovakia less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Slovenia 0.02% (1999 est.)
Solomon Islands NA%
Somalia NA%
South Africa 19.94% (2000 est.)
Spain 0.58% (1999 est.)
Sri Lanka 0.07% (1999 est.)
Sudan 0.99% (1999 est.)
Suriname 1.26% (1999 est.)
Svalbard 0% (2001)
Swaziland 35.6% (2002 est.)
Sweden 0.08% (1999 est.)
Switzerland 0.46% (1999 est.)
Syria 0.01% (1999 est.)
Tajikistan less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Tanzania 8.09% (1999 est.)
Thailand 2.15% (1999 est.)
Togo 5.98% (1999 est.)
Tokelau NA%
Tonga NA%
Trinidad and Tobago 1.05% (1999 est.)
Tunisia 0.04% (1999 est.)
Turkey 0.01% (1999 est.)
Turkmenistan 0.01% (1999 est.)
Turks and Caicos Islands NA%
Tuvalu NA%
Uganda 6.1% (2001 est.)
Ukraine 0.96% (1999 est.)
United Arab Emirates 0.18% (1999 est.)
United Kingdom 0.11% (1999 est.)
United States 0.61% (1999 est.)
Uruguay 0.33% (1999 est.)
Uzbekistan less than 0.01% (1999 est.)
Vanuatu NA%
Venezuela 0.49% (1999 est.)
Vietnam 0.24% (1999 est.)
Virgin Islands NA%
Wallis and Futuna NA%
West Bank NA%
Western Sahara NA%
World NA%
Yemen 0.01% (1999 est.)
Yugoslavia NA%
Zambia 19.95% (1999 est.)
Zimbabwe 25.06% (1999 est.)

This page was last updated on 1 January 2002
Bottom Banner