Drug users infected with HIV by world region 2016

Number of drug users with HIV infections in 2016, by world region

The data illustrates the number of injection drug users who were HIV-positive in 2016, sorted by WHO world sub-regions. In that year, there were around 71 thousand HIV-infected among people who injected drugs in North America.

Eastern and Southeastern Europe 409000
East and Southeast Asia 306000
Southwest Asia 212000
Africa 82000
Western and Central Europe 74000
North America 71000
Latin America and the Caribbean 39000
Central Asia and Transcaucasia 33000
South Asia 29000
Oceania 1600
Near and Middle East 800