Qatar: Women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Qatar's women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%) fell 0.12 percentage points on 2023 (from 17.45% to 17.33%).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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 1.09 percentage points in 2004 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.82 percentage points in 2006. 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 there is no clear straight-line trend: a straight line explains 4% 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, Qatar had the 149th highest value of the 172 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 Qatar in the 2024 ranking

• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 145th of 172: 17.73%
• New Zealand — 146th of 172: 17.61%
• Pakistan — 147th of 172: 17.53%
• United Arab Emirates — 149th of 172: 17.26%
• Greece — 150th of 172: 17.15%
• Spain — 151st of 172: 17.07%

What this measures

Prevalence of HIV is the percentage of people who are infected with HIV. Female rate is as a percentage of the total population ages 15+ who are living 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

Women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 9.6% (2024)
• Algeria — 46.56% (2024)
• Bahrain — 11.55% (2024)
• Djibouti — 50.89% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 17.73% (2024)
• Iran, Islamic Rep. — 24.14% (2024)
• Iraq — 17.78% (2024)
• Israel — 30.13% (2024)
• Jordan — 16.22% (2024)

More health data for Qatar

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 8.74% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 3.63% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 218,948 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 25.48% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 226,893 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 10.74% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 445,841 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 15% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 8.98% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)

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Questions people ask

What is Qatar's women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%)?

17.33% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1990?

It is down 15.57 percentage points from 32.89% in 1990. The highest value was 32.89% in 1990 and the lowest 17.13% in 2016.

How does Qatar rank?

149th highest of 172 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%) unusual for Qatar?

In 2024, Qatar's women's share of population ages 15+ living with HIV (%) fell 0.12 percentage points on 2023 (from 17.45% to 17.33%). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was −0.49 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 0.94 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.4 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.FE.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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