Prevalence of HIV as a percentage of population aged 15-49 years fell 8.00% to 2.30% in Rwanda in 2021, according to World Bank / WHO.
Historically, prevalence of HIV as a percentage of population aged 15-49 years in Rwanda reached an all time high of 4.80% in 1996 and an all time low of 2.30% in 2021. When compared to Rwanda's main peers, prevalence of HIV as a percentage of population aged 15-49 years in Burundi amounted to 0.900%, 4.50% in Tanzania, 5.20% in Uganda and 0.700% in Dem. Republic of the Congo in 2021.
Rwanda has been ranked 18th within the group of 136 countries we follow in terms of prevalence of HIV as a percentage of population aged 15-49 years, 2 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Prevalence of HIV, Total (As % of Population Aged 15-49) | Unit | 2001 | 2002 | 2003 | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 |
| Angola | % | 1.90% | 1.80% | 1.80% | 1.70% | 1.70% | ||||||||||||||||
| Burundi | % | 1.30% | 1.20% | 1.20% | 1.10% | 1.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Central African Republic | % | 3.80% | 3.60% | 3.40% | 3.20% | 3.10% | ||||||||||||||||
| Congo | % | 3.50% | 3.60% | 3.60% | 3.60% | 3.70% | ||||||||||||||||
| Dem. Republic of the Congo | % | 0.900% | 0.900% | 0.900% | 0.800% | 0.800% | ||||||||||||||||
| Kenya | % | 5.00% | 4.90% | 4.70% | 4.50% | 4.40% | ||||||||||||||||
| Mozambique | % | 12.0% | 12.0% | 11.9% | 11.8% | 11.7% | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Rwanda | % | 3.00% | 2.90% | 2.80% | 2.70% | 2.60% | ||||||||||||||||
| South Sudan | % | 1.90% | 2.00% | 2.00% | 2.00% | 2.00% | ||||||||||||||||
| Tanzania | % | 5.10% | 5.10% | 5.00% | 4.90% | 4.80% | ||||||||||||||||
| Uganda | % | 6.00% | 5.90% | 5.80% | 5.70% | 5.50% | ||||||||||||||||
| Zambia | % | 12.6% | 12.4% | 12.2% | 12.0% | 11.6% |
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