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Last update: Nov 2009

Knowledge of HIV

Countries	Year	% who have comprehensive knowledge of HIV (2003–2008) *				Source
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Countries	Year	Male		Female		Source
Afghanistan	–	–		–		–
Albania	2005	–		6		MICS 2005
Algeria	2006	–		13		MICS 2006
Andorra	–	–		–		–
Angola	–	–		–		–
Antigua and Barbuda	–	–		–		–
Argentina	–	–		–		–
Armenia	2005	15		23		DHS 2005
Australia	–	–		–		–
Austria	–	–		–		–
Azerbaijan	2006	5		5		DHS 2006
Bahamas	–	–		–		–
Bahrain	–	–		–		–
Bangladesh	2007	18		8		DHS 2007
Barbados	–	–		–		–
Belarus	2005	–		34		MICS 2005
Belgium	–	–		–		–
Belize	2006	–		40		MICS 2006
Benin	2006	35		16		DHS 2006
Bhutan	–	–		–		–
Bolivia	2003	18		15		DHS 2003
Bosnia and Herzegovina	2006	–		44		MICS 2006
Botswana	–	–		–		–
Brazil	–	–		–		–
Brunei Darussalam	–	–		–		–
Bulgaria	2005	15		17		National Committee on Prevention of AIDS and STDs at the Council of Ministers, Dec. 2005
Burkina Faso	2006	–		19		MICS 2006
Burundi	2005	–		30		MICS 2005 (table HA.3)
Cambodia	2005	45		50		DHS 2005
Cameroon	2006	–		32		MICS 2006
Canada	–	–		–		–
Cape Verde	2005	36		36		INE, IDSR–II 2005
Central African Republic	2006	27		17		MICS 2006
Chad	2004	20		8		DHS 2004
Chile	–	–		–		–
China	–	–		–		–
Colombia	–	–		–		–
Comoros	–	–		–		–
Congo	2005	35		26		DHS 2005
Cook Islands	–	–		–		–
Costa Rica	–	–		–		–
Côte d'Ivoire	2005	28		18		Aids Indicator Survey 2005
Croatia	–	–		–		–
Cuba	2006	–		52		MICS 2006
Cyprus	–	–		–		–
Czech Republic	–	–		–		–
Democratic People's Republic of Korea	–	–		–		–
Democratic Republic of the Congo	2007	21		15		DHS 2007
Denmark	–	–		–		–
Djibouti	2006	–		18		MICS 2006
Dominica	–	–		–		–
Dominican Republic	2007	34		41		DHS 2007
Ecuador	–	–		–		–
Egypt	2008	18		5		DHS 2008
El Salvador	2008	–		27		FESAL 2008
Equatorial Guinea	–	–		–		–
Eritrea	–	–		–		–
Estonia	–	–		–		–
Ethiopia	2005	33		20		DHS 2005
Fiji	–	–		–		–
Finland	–	–		–		–
France	–	–		–		–
Gabon	–	–		–		–
Gambia	2006	–		39		MICS 2005–2006
Georgia	2005	–		15		MICS 2005
Germany	–	–		–		–
Ghana	2006	33		25		MICS 2006
Greece	–	–		–		–
Grenada	–	–		–		–
Guatemala	–	–		–		–
Guinea	2005	23		17		DHS 2005
Guinea–Bissau	2006	–		18		MICS 2006
Guyana	2006	–		50		MICS 2006
Haiti	2005–2006	40		34		Enquête Mortalité, Morbidité et Utilisation des Services 2005/06
Holy See	–	–		–		–
Honduras	2005–2006	–		30		DHS 2005–2006
Hungary	–	–		–		–
Iceland	–	–		–		–
India	2005–2006	36		20		National Family Health Survey 2005–2006
Indonesia	2007	15	y	10	y	DHS 2007
Iran (Islamic Republic of)	–	–		–		–
Iraq	2006	–		3		MICS 2006
Ireland	–	–		–		–
Israel	–	–		–		–
Italy	–	–		–		–
Jamaica	2005	–		60		MICS 2005
Japan	–	–		–		–
Jordan	2007	–		13	y	DHS 2007
Kazakhstan	2006	–		22		MICS 2006
Kenya	2003	47		34		DHS 2003
Kiribati	–	–		–		–
Kuwait	–	–		–		–
Kyrgyzstan	2006	–		20		MICS 2006
Lao People's Democratic Republic	–	–		–		–
Latvia	–	–		–		–
Lebanon	–	–		–		–
Lesotho	2004	18		26		DHS 2004
Liberia	2007	27		21		DHS 2007
Libyan Arab Jamahiriya	–	–		–		–
Liechtenstein	–	–		–		–
Lithuania	–	–		–		–
Luxembourg	–	–		–		–
Madagascar	2003–2004	16		19		DHS 2003–2004
Malawi	2006	42		42		MICS 2006
Malaysia	–	–		–		–
Maldives	–	–		–		–
Mali	2006	22		18		DHS 2006
Malta	–	–		–		–
Marshall Islands	2007	39		27		DHS 2007
Mauritania	2007	14		5		MICS 2007
Mauritius	–	–		–		–
Mexico	–	–		–		–
Micronesia (Federated States of)	–	–		–		–
Monaco	–	–		–		–
Mongolia	2005	–		31		MICS 2005
Montenegro	2005	–		30		MICS 2005
Morocco	2003–2004	–		12		DHS 2003–2004
Mozambique	2008	–		14		MICS 2008
Myanmar	–	–		–		–
Namibia	2006	62		65		DHS 2006
Nauru	–	–		–		–
Nepal	2006	44		28		DHS 2006
Netherlands	–	–		–		–
New Zealand	–	–		–		–
Nicaragua	–	–		–		–
Niger	2006	16		13		DHS 2006
Nigeria	2003	21		18		DHS 2003
Niue	–	–		–		–
Norway	–	–		–		–
Occupied Palestinian Territory	–	–		–		–
Oman	–	–		–		–
Pakistan	2006–2007	–		3		DHS 2006–2007
Palau	–	–		–		–
Panama	–	–		–		–
Papua New Guinea	–	–		–		–
Paraguay	–	–		–		–
Peru	2007	–		19		DHS 2007
Philippines	2003	18		12		DHS 2003
Poland	–	–		–		–
Portugal	–	–		–		–
Qatar	–	–		–		–
Republic of Korea	–	–		–		–
Republic of Moldova	2008	39	y	42	y	National Representative Survey on Youth's KAP Regarding HIV/AIDS 2008
Romania	2004	1	y	3	y	Reproductive Health Survey 2004
Russian Federation	–	–		–		–
Rwanda	2005	54		51		DHS 2005
Saint Kitts and Nevis	–	–		–		–
Saint Lucia	–	–		–		–
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	–	–		–		–
Samoa	–	–		–		–
San Marino	–	–		–		–
Sao Tome and Principe	2006	–		44		MICS 2006
Saudi Arabia	–	–		–		–
Senegal	2005	24		19		DHS 2005
Serbia	2006	–		42		MICS 2006
Seychelles	–	–		–		–
Sierra Leone	2005	–		17		MICS 2005
Singapore	–	–		–		–
Slovakia	–	–		–		–
Slovenia	–	–		–		–
Solomon Islands	–	–		–		–
Somalia	2006	–		4		MICS 2006
South Africa	–	–		–		–
Spain	–	–		–		–
Sri Lanka	–	–		–		–
Sudan	–	–		–		–
Suriname	2006	–		41		MICS 2006
Swaziland	2006–2007	52		52		DHS 2006–2007
Sweden	–	–		–		–
Switzerland	–	–		–		–
Syrian Arab Republic	2006	–		7		MICS 2006
Tajikistan	2005	–		2		MICS 2005
Thailand	2005–2006	–		46		MICS 2005–2006
The former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia	2005	–		27		MICS 2005–2006
Timor–Leste	–	–		–		–
Togo	2006	–		15		MICS 2006
Tonga	–	–		–		–
Trinidad and Tobago	2006	–		54		MICS 2006
Tunisia	–	–		–		–
Turkey	–	–		–		–
Turkmenistan	2006	–		5		MICS 2006
Tuvalu	–	–		–		–
Uganda	2006	38		32		DHS 2006
Ukraine	2007	43		45		DHS 2007
United Arab Emirates	–	–		–		–
United Kingdom	–	–		–		–
United Republic of Tanzania	2007–2008	42		39		HMIS 2007–2008
United States	–	–		–		–
Uruguay	–	–		–		–
Uzbekistan	2006	–		31		MICS 2006
Vanuatu	2007	–		15		MICS 2007
Venezuela (Bolivarian Republic of)	–	–		–		–
Viet Nam	2006	–		44		MICS 2006
Yemen	2006	–		2	y	MICS 2006
Zambia	2007	37		34		DHS 2007
Zimbabwe	2005–2006	46		44		DHS 2005–2006


SUMMARY INDICATORS†
Africa		28		21
Sub–Saharan Africa		30		23
Eastern and Southern Africa		38		29
West and Central Africa		23		18
Middle East and North Africa		–		7
Asia		31	z	18	z
South Asia		34		17
East Asia and Pacific		17	z	22	z
Latin America and Caribbean		–		–
CEE/CIS		–		–
Industrialized countries		–		–
Developing countries		30	z	19	z
Least developed countries		28		19
World		–		–
DEFINITIONS OF THE INDICATORS *Comprehensive knowledge of HIV:* Percentage of young men and women (aged 15–24) who correctly identify the two major ways of preventing the sexual transmission of HIV (using condoms and limiting sex to one faithful, uninfected partner), who reject the two most common local misconceptions about HIV transmission and who know that a healthy–looking person can be HIV–infected. NOTES – Data not available. * Data refer to the most recent year available during the period specified in the column heading. ** United Nations General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS (2001) indicator. y Data refer to years or periods other than those specified in the column heading, differ from the standard definition or refer to only part of a country. Such data are included in the calculation of regional and global averages. z Excludes China † Regional averages are calculated only for the population representing 50 per cent or more of the region's total population of interest.