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Estimated HIV Prevalence Rate (%) in Young People, 1999
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Estimated HIV Prevalence Rate (%) in Young People, 1999
Country |
Females
(aged 15-24) |
Males
(aged 15-24) |
| Low
estimate |
High
estimate |
Low
estimate |
High
estimate |
| Sub-Saharan
Africa |
Angola |
2.58 |
2.86 |
1.08 |
1.43 |
Benin |
1.58 |
2.91 |
0.50 |
1.29 |
Botswana |
32.55 |
36.07 |
13.68 |
18.00 |
Burkina
Faso |
4.07 |
7.51 |
1.28 |
3.33 |
Burundi |
9.86 |
13.34 |
3.80 |
7.59 |
Cameroon |
6.61 |
8.94 |
2.54 |
5.09 |
Central
African Republic |
11.96 |
16.18 |
4.61 |
9.21 |
Chad |
2.55 |
3.51 |
1.52 |
2.31 |
Comoros |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Congo |
5.49 |
7.43 |
2.12 |
4.23 |
Cote
d'Ivoire |
6.68 |
12.33 |
2.10 |
5.47 |
Dem.
Republic of Congo |
4.31 |
5.84 |
1.66 |
3.32 |
Djibouti |
11.70 |
16.13 |
6.99 |
10.61 |
Equatorial
Guinea |
0.46 |
0.63 |
0.18 |
0.36 |
Eritrea |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Ethiopia |
9.98 |
13.75 |
5.96 |
9.04 |
Gabon |
4.01 |
5.42 |
1.54 |
3.09 |
Gambia |
1.52 |
2.82 |
0.48 |
1.25 |
Ghana |
2.40 |
4.44 |
0.76 |
1.97 |
Guinea |
1.01 |
1.86 |
0.32 |
0.82 |
Guinea-Bissau |
1.74 |
3.22 |
0.55 |
1.43 |
Kenya |
11.07 |
14.98 |
4.26 |
8.52 |
Lesotho |
23.94 |
28.85 |
8.04 |
16.07 |
Liberia |
1.51 |
2.78 |
0.47 |
1.23 |
Madagascar |
0.12 |
0.14 |
0.02 |
0.06 |
Malawi |
14.48 |
16.04 |
6.08 |
8.00 |
Mali |
1.74 |
2.40 |
1.04 |
1.58 |
Mauritania |
0.50 |
0.69 |
0.30 |
0.45 |
Mauritius |
0.04 |
0.05 |
0.02 |
0.06 |
Mozambique |
13.36 |
16.11 |
4.49 |
8.97 |
Namibia |
18.78 |
20.82 |
7.89 |
10.38 |
Niger |
1.26 |
1.73 |
0.75 |
1.14 |
Nigeria |
4.35 |
5.89 |
1.68 |
3.35 |
Reunion |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Rwanda |
9.04 |
12.23 |
3.48 |
6.96 |
Senegal |
1.12 |
2.07 |
0.39 |
1.02 |
Sierra
Leone |
2.05 |
3.79 |
0.65 |
1.68 |
Somalia |
… |
… |
… |
… |
South
Africa |
22.51 |
27.13 |
7.56 |
15.11 |
Swaziland |
25.88 |
31.19 |
8.69 |
17.37 |
Togo |
3.89 |
7.18 |
1.22 |
3.18 |
Uganda |
6.65 |
8.99 |
2.56 |
5.12 |
United
Rep. of Tanzania |
6.85 |
9.27 |
2.64 |
5.28 |
Zambia |
16.86 |
18.68 |
7.08 |
9.32 |
Zimbabwe |
23.25 |
25.76 |
9.77 |
12.85 |
| East
Asia & Pacific |
China |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.07 |
0.18 |
Dem.
Peo. Rep. of Korea |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Fiji |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Hong
Kong |
0.04 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.14 |
Japan |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.04 |
Mongolia |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Papua
New Guinea |
0.16 |
0.33 |
0.03 |
0.13 |
Republic
of Korea |
0.00 |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.03 |
| Australia & New
Zealand |
Australia |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.07 |
0.21 |
New
Zealand |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.08 |
| South & South-East
Asia |
Afghanistan |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Bangladesh |
<0.01 |
0.01 |
<0.01 |
0.02 |
Bhutan |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Brunei
Darussalam |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Cambodia |
2.31 |
4.70 |
0.94 |
3.77 |
India |
0.40 |
0.82 |
0.14 |
0.58 |
Indonesia |
0.02 |
0.04 |
0.01 |
0.04 |
Iran
(Islamic Republic of) |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Lao
People's Dem. Rep |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.02 |
0.05 |
Malaysia |
0.08 |
0.10 |
0.32 |
0.82 |
Maldives |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Myanmar |
1.13 |
2.30 |
0.42 |
1.67 |
Nepal |
0.13 |
0.26 |
0.06 |
0.23 |
Pakistan |
0.03 |
0.06 |
0.02 |
0.10 |
Philippines |
0.04 |
0.08 |
0.01 |
0.05 |
Singapore |
0.10 |
0.21 |
0.09 |
0.35 |
Sri
Lanka |
0.03 |
0.07 |
0.02 |
0.07 |
Thailand |
1.53 |
3.11 |
0.47 |
1.89 |
Viet
Nam |
0.09 |
0.10 |
0.15 |
0.38 |
| Eastern
Europe & Central Asia |
Armenia |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Azerbaijan |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Belarus |
0.14 |
0.23 |
0.29 |
0.51 |
Bosnia
and Herzegovina |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Bulgaria |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Croatia |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.03 |
Czech
Republic |
0.03 |
0.03 |
0.05 |
0.07 |
Estonia |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Georgia |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Hungary |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.07 |
0.10 |
Kazakhstan |
… |
… |
0.05 |
0.09 |
Kyrgyzstan |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Latvia |
0.05 |
0.08 |
0.13 |
0.22 |
Lithuania |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Poland |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Republic
of Moldova |
0.08 |
0.14 |
0.20 |
0.35 |
Romania |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
Russian
Federation |
0.09 |
0.15 |
0.19 |
0.32 |
Slovakia |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.02 |
0.02 |
Tajikistan |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Turkmenistan |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Ukraine |
0.60 |
0.98 |
0.95 |
1.63 |
Uzbekistan |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| Western
Europe |
Albania |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Austria |
0.07 |
0.13 |
0.10 |
0.29 |
Belgium |
0.07 |
0.14 |
0.05 |
0.16 |
Denmark |
0.05 |
0.10 |
0.08 |
0.24 |
Finland |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.02 |
0.05 |
France |
0.15 |
0.30 |
0.16 |
0.49 |
Germany |
0.03 |
0.05 |
0.05 |
0.14 |
Greece |
0.04 |
0.07 |
0.06 |
0.18 |
Iceland |
0.04 |
0.08 |
0.05 |
0.15 |
Ireland |
0.03 |
0.06 |
0.03 |
0.09 |
Italy |
0.16 |
0.31 |
0.14 |
0.43 |
Luxembourg |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Malta |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Netherlands |
0.06 |
0.11 |
0.09 |
0.27 |
Norway |
0.02 |
0.04 |
0.03 |
0.09 |
Portugal |
0.17 |
0.33 |
0.29 |
0.86 |
Slovenia |
0.01 |
0.01 |
0.03 |
0.04 |
Spain |
0.15 |
0.30 |
0.24 |
0.71 |
Sweden |
0.03 |
0.05 |
0.03 |
0.09 |
Switzerland |
0.22 |
0.43 |
0.18 |
0.55 |
TFYR
Macedonia |
… |
… |
… |
… |
United
Kingdom |
0.03 |
0.06 |
0.05 |
0.14 |
Yugoslavia |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| North
Africa & Middle East |
Algeria |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Bahrain |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Cyprus |
0.06 |
0.08 |
0.08 |
0.12 |
Egypt |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Iraq |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Israel |
0.05 |
0.06 |
0.05 |
0.07 |
Jordan |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Kuwait |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Lebanon |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Libyan
Arab Jamahiriya |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Morocco |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Oman |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Qatar |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Saudi
Arabia |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Sudan |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Syrian
Arab Republic |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Tunisia |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Turkey |
… |
… |
… |
… |
United
Arab Emirates |
… |
… |
… |
… |
Yemen |
… |
… |
… |
… |
| North
America |
Canada |
0.05 |
0.09 |
0.15 |
0.44 |
United
States |
0.16 |
0.30 |
0.25 |
0.75 |
| Caribbean |
Bahamas |
2.41 |
2.93 |
3.15 |
4.55 |
Barbados |
0.76 |
0.92 |
0.99 |
1.43 |
Cuba |
0.02 |
0.03 |
0.05 |
0.07 |
Dominican
Republic |
2.44 |
3.11 |
2.08 |
3.08 |
Haiti |
2.56 |
3.26 |
3.94 |
5.83 |
Jamaica |
0.36 |
0.44 |
0.48 |
0.70 |
Trinidad
and Tobago |
0.53 |
0.64 |
0.69 |
1.00 |
| Latin
America |
Argentina |
0.23 |
0.34 |
0.68 |
1.04 |
Belize |
0.77 |
0.98 |
1.75 |
2.59 |
Bolivia |
0.03 |
0.04 |
0.10 |
0.15 |
Brazil |
0.23 |
0.33 |
0.55 |
0.84 |
Chile |
0.06 |
0.09 |
0.23 |
0.35 |
Colombia |
0.08 |
0.12 |
0.35 |
0.53 |
Costa
Rica |
0.22 |
0.33 |
0.51 |
0.78 |
Ecuador |
0.06 |
0.09 |
0.29 |
0.45 |
El
Salvador |
0.24 |
0.31 |
0.55 |
0.81 |
Guatemala |
0.81 |
1.03 |
0.93 |
1.38 |
Guyana |
2.03 |
2.58 |
3.12 |
4.62 |
Honduras |
1.46 |
1.86 |
1.13 |
1.68 |
Mexico |
0.05 |
0.08 |
0.33 |
0.48 |
Nicaragua |
0.05 |
0.08 |
0.17 |
0.26 |
Panama |
1.20 |
1.52 |
1.33 |
1.97 |
Paraguay |
0.03 |
0.04 |
0.11 |
0.16 |
Peru |
0.14 |
0.21 |
0.31 |
0.48 |
Suriname |
0.70 |
0.89 |
1.07 |
1.59 |
Uruguay |
0.17 |
0.25 |
0.33 |
0.49 |
Venezuela |
0.12 |
0.17 |
0.52 |
0.79 |
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS). Report on the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic. Geneva, Switzerland: UNAIDS, 2000.
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