Global HIV and AIDS statistics
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2017 global HIV statistics
HIV continues to be a major global public health issue. In 2017, an estimated 36.9 million people were living with HIV (including 1.8 million children) – with a global HIV prevalence of 0.8% among adults. Around 25% of these same people do not know that they have the virus.
Since the start of the epidemic, an estimated 77.3 million people have become infected with HIV and 35.4 million people have died of AIDS-related illnesses. In 2017, 940,000 people died of AIDS-related illnesses. This number has reduced by more than 51% (1.9 million) since the peak in 2004 and 1.4 million in 2010.
The vast majority of people living with HIV are located in low- and middle-income countries, with an estimated 66% living in sub-Saharan Africa. Among this group 19.6 million are living in East and Southern Africa which saw 800,000 new HIV infections in 2017.
Reaching the 90-90-90 targets
While there has been progress towards UNAIDS’ 90-90-90 targets for prevention and treatme...
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