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South Africa: New HIV infections

2.40per 1000 uninfected population · 2025-53.8% since 2015

New HIV infections (per 1000 uninfected population). WHO Global Health Observatory indicator SDGHIV. Annual figures for South Africa from 1990 to 2025.

19902025

Every year

YearValue (per 1000 uninfected population)Note
20252.4
20242.6
20232.6
20222.8
20213
20203.3
20193.5
20183.9
20174.3
20164.8
20155.2
20145.6
20136
20126.4
20117.1
20107.6
20098.5
20089.4
200710.1
200610.8
200511.4
200411.8
200312.1
200212.3
200112.7
200013
199913.2
199813
199712.6
199611.9
199510.8
19949.4
19937.8
19926.1
19914.5
19903.2

Source

Published by World Health Organization. Licence: CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO. Retrieved 2026-11-08.

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World Health Organization (2026). New HIV infections. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/who-sdghiv (accessed 2026-11-14). catalog snapshot 2026-11-08.

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