Germany

Population: 83.784.000 (year 2020). 

Estimate number of PLHIV: 91.400. 

• Percentage of PLHIV diagnosed (first 90 target): 90 % 
• Percentage of PLHIV on treatment (second 90 target): 97 % 
• Percentage of PLHIV with undetectable viral load (third 90 target): 96 %  

Main epidemiological trends

In 2020, 2.454 new cases were confirmed in Germany, equivalent to 3,0 new cases per 100.000 inhabitants. This corresponds to a decrease of 21 % between 2019 and 2020 (in 2019, 3.111 cases were reported). In 2018-2020, the highest incidence rates were reported in the region of North-Rhine Westphalia, followed by Bavaria. 

Out of the reported cases, 77,2 % accounted to men. 45,6 % of the new diagnoses were attributed to men who have sex with men (MSM). New HIV diagnoses among MSM in Germany have continuously decreased since 2014 – from a peak value of almost 2.000 new cases to approx. 1.000. 

Data related to the various foreign regions of origin shows a further decline in new HIV diagnoses among people from sub-Saharan Africa, significant increases among people from Western and Central Europe and Latin America, moderate increases among people from Eastern Europe and Asia / Oceania, and practically no change in people from North Africa and North America.

2021-2022 Discrimination against people living with HIV working in healthcare settings - country profile - Germany

2020-2021 Discrimination against people living with HIV in healthcare settings  - country profile - Germany

2018-2019 Criminalisation of HIV non-disclocure, exposure and transmission - country profile - Germany

2018-2019 Access to HIV-, viral hepatitis-, and TB-services for people in prison and other closed settings in Europe - country profile -Germany

2016-2017 Accessing HIV prevention, testing, treatment care and support in Europe as a migrant with irregular status in Europe - country profile - Germany