Report on the Global HIV/AIDS epidemic

Report on the global HIV/AIDS epidemic - June 2000

7. HIV prevalence rate (%), data from selected populations

Angola 1995 1.2 1.2 1.2 1996 8.5 8.5 8.5 1992 2.5 2.5 2.5.........
Benin 1998 3.7 2.9 5.9 1998 1.5 0 13.9 1998 2.8 2.8 2.8 1996 53.5 48.9 58.1
Botswana 1998 43 39.1 49.9 1998 30.0 22.3 37.5 1998 60.4 54.2 64.0.........
Burkina Faso 1998 7.4 5.9 8.3 1998 4.3 4.0 6.6 1992 41.8 41.8 41.8 1994 58.2 57.2 59.2
Burundi 1998 18.6 18.6 18.6 1998 19.7 19.7 19.7............ 1993 42.2 42.2 42.2
Cameroon 1998 5.5 5.5 5.5 1998 9.2 3.5 14.8 1996 16 16 16 1995 16.5 15.2 17.7
Central African Republic 1997 12.8 10.8 15.2 1997 12.2 5.3 22.0 1997 27.3 16 28.8 1989 18.9 18.9 18.9
Chad 1999 6.2 3.6 7.3 1999 4.7 4.1 5.5............ 1995 13.4 13.4 13.4
Comoros 1996 0 0 0............ 1996 0 0 0 1994 56.8 56.8 56.8
Congo 1996 5.2 5.2 5.2 1993 4 2 13.6 1990 18 16.4 19.6 1987 49.2 34.3 64.1
Cote d'Ivoire 1998 10.6 10.6 10.6 1998 10 8.1 12.8 1992 18.4 18.4 18.4 1995 68.4 67.6 69.2
Dem. Republic of Congo 1999 4.1 2.7 5.4 1999 8.5 8.5 8.5 1997 12.2 12.2 12.2 1997 29.0 29.0 29.0
Djibouti 1996 2.9 2.9 2.9............ 1996 22.2 22.2 22.2 1998 27.5 27.5 27.5
Equatorial Guinea 1996 0.7 0.4 1.0 1995 0.3 0.3 0.3 1996 15.9 3.2 28.6
Eritrea...... 1994 3 3 3 1994 9.5 9.5 9.5 1994 25r 25 25
Ethiopia 1997 17.6 14.1 20.0 1998 9.2 0.8 14.5 1992 37.5 32 43 1991 67.5r 65.6 69.4
Gabon 1995 4.0 2.1 5.4 1993 1.2 1.2 1.2 1988 3.7 3.7 3.7............
Gambia 1997 1.0 1.0 1.0 1997 2.4 0.7 3.5 1996 5.6 5.6 5.6 1993 13.6 13.6 13.6
Ghana 1998 3.4 2.2 6.6 1998 3.4 2 12.4 1998 16.7 6.3 27.1 1997 72.6 72.6 72.6
Guinea 1996 1.5 1.5 1.5 1996 1.4 1.3 1.8 1995 4.5 4.5 4.5 1996 27.0 17 38
Guinea-Bissau 1995 2.7 2.7 2.7....................................
Kenya 1997 15.2 14.4 15.9 1997 12.7 5.9 34.9 1998 29 29 29 1995 55.2 55.2 55.2
Lesotho 1994 31.3 31.3 31.3 1999 27.1 27.1 27.1 1994 30.5r 21 48.3............
Liberia 1993 4.0 4.0 4.0 1998 10.1 10.1 10.1 1993 8 8 8............
Madagascar 1996 0.0 0.0 0.0 1996 0 0 1 1998 0.9 0 1.7 1998 1.3 1.3 1.3
Malawi 1998 26.0 18.5 30.4 1998 18.2 6.4 25.2 1996 54.8 54.8 54.8 1994 70 70 70
Mali 1997 2.7 2.7 2.7 1994 2.9 2.9 4.5............ 1995 55.5 55.5 55.5
Mauritania 1994 0.5 0.5 0.5 1988 0 0 0 1994 0.9 0.9 0.9............
Mauritius 1998 0 0 0............ 1998 7.5 7.5 7.5 1990 0.8 0.8 0.8
Mozambique 1998 11.2 9.9 12.5 1998 17.0 5 18.3 1998 9 9 9............
Namibia 1998 25.9 22.7 29 1998 15 5.9 34.4 1998 42.2 39.9 44.6............
Niger 1993 1.3 1.3 1.3 1997 4.7 4.7 4.7 1992 4.1 4.1 4.1 1997 23.6 23.6 23.6
Nigeria 1999 4.5 2.7 8.0 1999 4.9 0.5 21.0 1996 3 3 3 1996 30.5 30.5 30.5
Reunion.................
Rwanda 1997 19 10 28 1997 7.5 6 12 1996 41.8 29.1 54.5............
Senegal 1998 0.5 0.5 0.5 1998 0.5 0.2 0.7 1998 3 0 4.1 1998 7.0 6.1 13.3
Sierra Leone 1992 2 2 2............ 1992 3.3 3.3 3.3 1995 26.7 26.7 26.7
Somalia 1985 0 0 0 1997 2.0 1.0 3.0 1990 0 0 0 1990 2.4 2.4 2.4
South Africa 1998 19.2 5.2 32.5 1998 21.3 9.9 30.0 1994 21.8 18.8 24.7 1998 61.1 61.1 61.1
Swaziland 1998 30.3 30.3 30.3 1998 31.5 29.6 34.8 1998 49.8 47.4 52.7...
Togo 1997 6.8 6.8 6.8 1997 4.6 3.0 8.2 1992 45.2 45.2 45.2 1992 78.9 78.9 78.9
Uganda 1998 13.8 13.4 14.2 1998 7.7 1.3 11.5 1998 29.4 29.4 29.4............
United Rep. of Tanzania 1996 13.7 13.7 13.7 1998 18.6 12.3 24.0 1997 13.2 13.2 13.2 1993 49.5 49.5 49.5
Zambia 1998 27 25.9 29.1 1998 13.9 5.2 31.0 1992 58 58 58............
Zimbabwe 1997 29.7 24 33.3 1997 30.0 7.0 53.3 1995 71 50.7 71.2 1995 86.0 86.0 86.0

China
Hong Kong S.A.R.
Dem. Peo. Rep. of Korea
Fiji
Japan
Mongolia
Papua New Guinea............ 1998 0.4 0.4 0.4 1998 0 0 0.4 1998 0........................ 1998 0.07n...... 1988 0

0 2.3
0 0

1993 0 0 0 1996 0......1............
1996 0.2 0.2 0.2 1992 0

0 0 1989 0...... 1990 0
0 0 1998 6

0 0 1992 0 0 0
0 0 1990 0 0 0
6 6 1998 9.9 3.1 16.7

usNew Zealanda
New Zealand... 1996 0.6 0.5 0.7... 1997 0.15 0.1 0.2

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