Global HIV/AIDS situation (2021)
- Number of people living with HIV: 38.4 million
- People newly infected with HIV: 1.5 million.
- AIDS-related deaths: 650,000 people.
- 28.7 million people living with HIV were accessing antiretroviral therapy.
- About 5.9 million people did not know that they were living with HIV in 2021.
HIV/AIDS situation by region (2021)
| Region | People living with HIV | New infections 2021 | AIDS deaths 2021 | People accessing treatment 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eastern and southern Africa | 20.6 million | 670,000 | 280,000 | 16.2 million |
| Latin America | 2.2 million | 110,000 | 29,000 | 1.5 million |
| The Caribbean | 330,000 | 14,000 | 5,7000 | 230,000 |
| Asia and the Pacific | 6.0 million | 260,000 | 140,000 | 4.0 million |
| Eastern Europe and central Asia | 1.8 million | 160,000 | 44,000 | 930,000 |
| Middle East and North Africa | 180,000 | 14,000 | 51,000 | 88,000 |
| Western and central Europe and North America | 2.3 million | 63,000 | 13,000 | 1.9 million |
Source: UNAIDS, 2022
For HIV prevalence rates by country go to http://aidsinfo.unaids.org/
HIV in Australia (2021)
- An estimated 29,090 people were living with HIV in Australia at the end of 2020.
- The main mode of HIV transmission continues to be sexual contact between men, which accounted for 74% of diagnosis in 2016; a further 23% of cases were attributed to heterosexual sex, 2% to injecting drug use, and <1% to mother to child, blood transmissions, etc.
- An estimated 2,610 (9%) people living with HIV were unaware of their HIV status (undiagnosed). About 44% of all new HIV cases were diagnosed late.
- Among people reporting heterosexual sex as their exposure risk 59% were diagnosed late in 2020, compared with 31% in those reporting male to male sex.
- 91% of people with diagnosed HIV were receiving antiretroviral therapy overall in 2020 (92% of males and 93% of
females. - 80% of all people living with HIV having a suppressed viral load in 2020.
Source: Kirby Institute, 2021
HIV among culturally and linguistically diverse communities in Australia:
- At least 15% of all people newly diagnosed with HIV in 2020 spoke a language other than English at home.
- Over the past five years (2016–2020) the proportion of late HIV diagnoses was higher among people born in
Sub‑Saharan Africa (54%), Southeast Asia (52%), and Central or South America (36%). - The proportion of late HIV diagnoses was also higher among people who reported heterosexual sex as their HIV risk exposure (49%) and in particular, men aged over 50 years with heterosexual sex as their HIV risk exposure (58%).
Source: Kirby Institute, 2021
HIV notification rates per 100,000 population in Australia, years 2011 and 2020, by region of birth
| Region | 2011 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|
| Australia | 4.0 | 2.0 |
| Oceania | 5.7 | 4.6 |
| North-West Europe and North America | 4.6 | 1.2 |
| Southern and Eastern Europe | 4.7 | 1.1 |
| North Africa and the Middle East | 3.2 | 1.8 |
| South-East Asia | 8.4 | 7.9 |
| North-East Asia | 4.2 | 0.9 |
| Southern and Central Asia | 3.1 | 1.4 |
| Sub-Saharan Africa | 14.8 | 10.8 |
Source: Kirby Institute, 2021
HIV in NSW
Of 633 new HIV diagnoses in Australia in 2020:
• 216 (34%) occurred in NSW. (Kirby Institute, 2020)