Bangladesh: Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

Key figures

What the numbers say

From 2015 to 2024 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains less than 1% of the movement over 10 observed years, so the value is moving around more than it is heading anywhere.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

How it compares

In 2024, Bangladesh had the 106th highest value of the 147 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Bangladesh in the 2024 ranking

• Australia — 109th of 147: 0.1%
• Azerbaijan — 110th of 147: 0.1%
• Bahrain — 111th of 147: 0.1%
• Bulgaria — 113th of 147: 0.1%
• Comoros — 114th of 147: 0.1%
• Croatia — 115th of 147: 0.1%

What this measures

Prevalence of HIV refers to the percentage of people ages 15-49 who are infected with HIV.

Limitations: The limited availability of data on health status is a major constraint in assessing the health situation in developing countries. Surveillance data are lacking for many major public health concerns. Estimates of prevalence and incidence are available for some diseases but are often unreliable and incomplete. National health authorities differ widely in capacity and willingness to collect or report information.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.

All 35 values

Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) in nearby economies

• Bhutan — 0.2% (2024)
• Maldives — 0.1% (2024)
• Nepal — 0.1% (2024)
• Sri Lanka — 0.1% (2024)

More health data for Bangladesh

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 9.21% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 9.97% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 23.54 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 26.35% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 25.03 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 28.99% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 48.57 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 27.65% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 8.59% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Bangladesh's prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)?

0.1% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is unchanged since 1990. The highest value was 0.1% in 1990 and the lowest 0.1% in 1990.

How does Bangladesh rank?

106th highest of 147 economies with data for 2024.

Where does this data come from?

The World Bank's World Development Indicators, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07.

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.DYN.AIDS.ZS, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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