Distribution of new HIV infections among adults by gender and age worldwide 2020

In 2020, around 30 percent of new HIV infections globally were among cis males aged 25 to 49 years old, compared to just 24 percent among females in the same age group. This statistic illustrates the distribution of new HIV infections among adults aged 15 to 49 years old worldwide in 2020, by gender and age.

Distribution of new HIV infections among adults worldwide in 2020, by gender and age

Characteristic	0 to 14 years old	15 to 24 years old	25 to 49 years old	50 years and older
Cis male	5%	10%	30%	4%
Cis female	5%	18%	24%	4%

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Release date

July 2021

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Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2020

Age group

0 years and older

Supplementary notes

Epidemiologic data from transgender populations are available primarily from the Asia and the Pacific, Caribbean and Latin America regions. Sparser data are available from the western and central Europe and North America region. Limited programme data are available from western and central Africa and eastern and southern Africa. Furthermore, data are primarily from transwomen, and among those transwomen, data are frequently from people who sell sex. Only a few data points were available from transmen.

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