Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income): Prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) rose 0.02 percentage points on 2023 (from 0.57% to 0.58%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.02 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 0.05 percentage points in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 0.01 percentage points in 2007. 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 0.00935 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 87% 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

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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

• Afghanistan — 0.1% (2024)
• Algeria — 0.1% (2024)
• Bahrain — 0.1% (2024)
• Djibouti — 0.9% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 0.1% (2024)
• Iraq — 0.1% (2024)
• Jordan — 0.1% (2024)
• Kuwait — 0.1% (2024)
• Lebanon — 0.1% (2024)
• Libya

More health data for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 6.8% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.31% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 68.88 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 21.64% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 71.68 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 23.24% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 140.57 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population)

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Questions people ask

What is Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49)?

0.58% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is up 0.43 percentage points from 0.16% in 1990. The highest value was 0.58% in 2024 and the lowest 0.16% in 1990.

Is the latest change in prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) unusual for Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)?

In 2024, Latin America & Caribbean (excluding high income)'s prevalence of HIV, total (% of population ages 15-49) rose 0.02 percentage points on 2023 (from 0.57% to 0.58%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.01 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.02 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations above that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.

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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