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. 2017 Apr 4;14(4):e1002253. doi: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1002253

Table 2. Number and proportion of people living with HIV, diagnosed, on ART, and with viral suppression for 53 countries with viral suppression estimates: Stratified by quality, region, and results (2010–2016).

    Number of countries Global HIV burden in 2015 People living with HIV (PLHIV) People living with diagnosed HIV Proportion of PLHIV diagnosed (range) People receiving ART Proportion of PLHIV receiving ART (range) People on ART with suppressed viral load Proportion of PLHIV with suppressed viral load (range)
ALL CONTINUA 53 54% 19,283,217 N/A NA (18%–95%) 9,257,849 48% (12%–86%) 7,718,557 40% (8%–78%)
By Quality High 6 2% 890,618 549,508 62% (49%–95%) 335,290 38% (36%–86%) 303,023 34% (32%–78%) 
Medium 28 15% 5,304,575 3,772,733 71% (18%–92%) 2,031,991 38% (12%–75%) 1,734,084 33% (8%–70%) 
Low 14 36% 12,965,785 N/A N/A (63%–81%) 6,839,526 53% (17%–71%) 5,649,727 44% (10%–68%) 
Unknown 5 <1% 122,239 81,576 67% (53%–92%) 51,042 42% (31%–68%) 31,723 26% (18%–37%) 
By Region Africa 9 35%  12,680,015 N/A N/A (56%–67%) 6,783,837 54% (35%–74%) 5,593,597 44% (22%–64%)
Americas 15 7%  2,666,234 2,160,704 81% (45%–87%) 1,158,221 43% (19%–55%) 952,422 36% (13%–50%)
Asia 15 5%  1,801,720 N/A N/A (18%–92%)  766,107 43% (15%–75%)  703,236 39% (8%–70%)
Australia 1 <1%  26,800 23,100 86% 17,700 66% 16,600 62% 
Europe 13 6%   2,108,448 1,200,195 57% (49%–95%) 531,984 25% (12%–86%) 452,701 21% (9%–78%)
Top 10 Countries Sweden* 1 <0.1%  7,718 6,946 90% 6,605 86% 6,053 78%
Cambodia** 1 0.2%  72,607 60,336 83% 54,769 75% 50,935 70%
United Kingdom** 1 0.3%  103,700 85,600 83% 76,900 74% 72,800 70%
Switzerland*** 1 <0.1%  15,800 12,800 81% 11,200 71% 10,700 68%
Denmark* 1 <0.1%  5,800 5,519 95% 4,029 69% 3,863 67%
Rwanda*** 1 0.5%  212,642 N/A N/A 156,471 74% 136,292 64%
Namibia*** 1 0.6%  229,631 N/A N/A 161,785 70% 143,989 63%
Australia** 1 0.1%  26,800 23,100 86% 17,700 66% 16,600 62%
Thailand** 1 1.2%  445,642 356,514 80% 271,652 61% 260,786 59%
Netherlands* 1 0.1%  25,000 19,065 76% 16,081 64% 14,602 58%

Abbreviations: N/A, not available. Data for the indicators PLHIV, diagnosed, on ART, and with viral suppression have been aggregated over varying years. Note: Green denotes 90% or more PLHIV diagnosed, 81% or more PLHIV on ART, or 73% or more PLHIV with viral suppression. Yellow denotes 70%–89% PLHIV diagnosed, 60%–80% PLHIV on ART, or 50%–72% PLHIV with viral suppression. Red denotes <70% PLHIV diagnosed, <60% PLHIV on ART, or <50% PLHIV with viral suppression.

* denotes high-quality continuum

** denotes medium-quality continuum

*** denotes low-quality continuum.