Saudi Arabia: Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV)

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2024, Saudi Arabia's antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) rose 2 percentage points on 2023 (from 91% to 93%).

Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +3.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.82 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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 11 percentage points in 2016. 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 3.5 percentage points a year. A straight line explains 85% 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, Saudi Arabia had the 9th highest value of the 125 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 Saudi Arabia in the 2024 ranking

• Lesotho — 7th of 125: 94%
• Zambia — 8th of 125: 94%
• Burundi — 9th of 125: 93%
• Cambodia — 11th of 125: 92%
• Togo — 12th of 125: 92%
• Malawi — 13th of 125: 90%

What this measures

Antiretroviral therapy coverage indicates the percentage of all people living with HIV who are receiving antiretroviral therapy.

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 25 values

Antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) in nearby economies

• Afghanistan — 11% (2024)
• Algeria — 68% (2024)
• Bahrain — 55% (2024)
• Djibouti — 25% (2024)
• Egypt, Arab Rep. — 45% (2024)
• Iraq — 66% (2024)
• Jordan — 64% (2024)
• Kuwait — 69% (2024)
• Lebanon — 79% (2024)

More health data for Saudi Arabia

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 9.7% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 6.63% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 4.28 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 29.28% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 4.45 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 19.92% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 8.73 million (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 23.62% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 9.89% (2025)

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Questions people ask

What is Saudi Arabia's antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV)?

93% in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 2000?

It is up 78 percentage points from 15% in 2000. The highest value was 93% in 2024 and the lowest 15% in 2000.

How does Saudi Arabia rank?

9th highest of 125 economies with data for 2024.

Is the latest change in antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) unusual for Saudi Arabia?

In 2024, Saudi Arabia's antiretroviral therapy coverage (% of people living with HIV) rose 2 percentage points on 2023 (from 91% to 93%). Across the 23 yearly changes before that (2001 to 2023), the average change was +3.3 percentage points and a typical year strayed about 2.82 percentage points from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below 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.HIV.ARTC.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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