Prevalence of HIV among drug users by world region 2017

Published by John Elflein, Jul 3, 2019
This statistic shows the prevalence of HIV among injection drug users in 2017, sorted by WHO world sub-regions. In that year, some 6.9 percent of users of injection drugs in North America were HIV-positive.

Prevalence of HIV among drug users in 2017, by world region*

Percentage of injection drug users
Southwest Asia28.9%
Eastern and Southeastern Europe23.5%
Africa11.4%
Western and Central Europe10.6%
East and Southeast Asia10%
South Asia10%
Latin America and the Caribbean8.5%
Central Asia and Transcaucasia7.5%
North America6.9%
Near and Middle East3.8%
Oceania1.2%
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Release date

June 2019

Region

Worldwide

Survey time period

2017

Supplementary notes

* Based on injecting drug use. Figures are best estimates.

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