Kyrgyzstan
Country Statistics
Population: 6.524.000 (year 2020).
Estimate number of PLHIV: 10.000.
- Percentage of PLHIV diagnosed (first 90 target): 70,5%
- Percentage of PLHIV on treatment (second 90 target): 63 %
- Percentage of PLHIV with undetectable viral load (third 90 target): 86,6 %
Main epidemiological trends
In the last five years, the total number of officially registered HIV cases in the country has increased by nearly half (from 6.733 cases in 2016 to 9.773 cases in 2020). The estimate number of PLHIV in 2020 was 10.000. According to the Republican AIDS Centre, the total number of registered HIV cases in the Kyrgyz Republic as of December 31st, 2020, was 9.773, of which 2.237 died. On average, 500-700 new HIV cases are registered annually in the country. HIV cases are registered in all regions of the country. The highest HIV prevalence is in Chui and Osh regions, more specifically in the cities of Bishkek and Osh.
HIV prevalence in the Kyrgyz Republic was 101 per 100.000 inhabitants in 2019 and 88 per 100.000 inhabitants in 2020. Overall, HIV prevalence in the country remains at approximately the same level since 2015. With a relatively stable HIV prevalence rate, a slight increase in the incidence rate can be observed. In 2015, the HIV incidence rate was 9,8 new cases per 100.000 inhabitants. In 2019, the HIV incidence rate peaked at 12,3 new cases per 100.000 inhabitants, and in 2020 decrease to 9,8 per 100.000 inhabitants. Each year around 200 PLHIV die in the country, of whom around 30 % die in the AIDS phase.
