Egypt, Arab Rep.'s antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) was 27% in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is up 18 percentage points from 9% in 2014.
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 27% | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 17% | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 9% | 2014 |
| Highest | 31% | 2021 |
| Lowest | 0% | 2000 |
| Average since 2015 | 19.5% | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 0% | 2000 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Egypt, Arab Rep.'s antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) rose 7 percentage points on 2023 (from 20% to 27%).
Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +0.87 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 4.06 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 13 percentage points in 2021 and the biggest yearly fall was 10 percentage points in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is upward, about 2.02 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 67% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Egypt, Arab Rep. had the 71st highest value of the 76 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.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Egypt, Arab Rep. | 27% | 2024 |
| World | 84% | 2024 |
Closest to Egypt, Arab Rep. in the 2024 ranking
- Tunisia — 68th of 76: 32%
- Madagascar — 69th of 76: 30%
- Papua New Guinea — 70th of 76: 28%
- Philippines — 72nd of 76: 16%
- Afghanistan — 73rd of 76: 14%
- Pakistan — 74th of 76: 14%
What this measures
Percentage of pregnant women with HIV who receive antiretroviral medicine for prevention of mother-to-child transmission (PMTCT).
Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a weighted average.
All 25 values
| Year | Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 27 |
| 2023 | 20 |
| 2022 | 30 |
| 2021 | 31 |
| 2020 | 18 |
| 2019 | 17 |
| 2018 | 15 |
| 2017 | 14 |
| 2016 | 14 |
| 2015 | 9 |
| 2014 |
Antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) in nearby economies
- Afghanistan — 14% (2024)
- Algeria — 74% (2019)
- Djibouti — 38% (2024)
- Libya — 70% (2023)
- Morocco — 72% (2024)
- Pakistan — 14% (2024)
- Tunisia — 32% (2024)
- Yemen, Rep. — 11% (2024)
More health data for Egypt, Arab Rep.
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 9.84% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 10.15% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 18.23 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 31.1% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 19.12 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 32% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 37.35 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 31.56% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Egypt, Arab Rep.'s antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV)?
- 27% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 2000?
- It is up 27 percentage points from 0% in 2000. The highest value was 31% in 2021 and the lowest 0% in 2000.
- How does Egypt, Arab Rep. rank?
- 71st highest of 76 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in antiretroviral therapy coverage for PMTCT (% of pregnant women living with HIV) unusual for Egypt, Arab Rep.?
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.HIV.PMTC.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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