Population: 67.886.000193 (year 2020).
Estimate number of PLHIV: 106.890.
- Percentage of PLHIV diagnosed (first 90 target): 95 %
- Percentage of PLHIV on treatment (second 90 target): 99 %
- Percentage of PLHIV with undetectable viral load (third 90 target): 97 %
Main epidemiological trends
In 2020, 2.780 new HIV cases were diagnosed in the UK, equivalent to 4,1 new cases per 100.000 inhabitants. Compared to 2019, the number of all new HIV diagnoses decreased by 33 %.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, data for Scotland for 2020 is unavailable and data completeness and quality were compromised in other areas of the UK. Consequently, the HIV annual report of 2020 focuses primarily on England.
In England, the equivalent figure was 2.630 (new cases). Out of the new cases reported in England, 70,7 % accounted to men. 45,3 % of the new diagnoses were attributed to gay and bisexual men. London continues to have the highest rates of HIV in England: 37% of new diagnoses in 2020 were in London residents.
Late HIV diagnosis presents itself as a problem especially among heterosexual men and women. In 2020, 670 new diagnoses (among people first diagnosed in the UK) were made at a late stage of infection in the UK. Figures show that 55 % and 51 % of heterosexual men and women respectively were diagnosed with a low CD4 count; in comparison, only 29 % of gay and bisexual men were diagnosed at a late stage of the infection.
Only 3 % of people diagnosed with HIV in the UK in 2019 had contracted HIV via injecting drug use; New diagnoses among people who inject drugs remained stable and low. However, an outbreak of HIV in Glasgow (Scotland) among people who inject drugs that started in 2015 has been persistent.196 There is new evidence to suggest that this outbreak has now extended beyond Glasgow into other UK populations.
2021-2022 Discrimination against people living with HIV working in healthcare settings - country profile - United Kingdom
2018-2019 Criminalisation of HIV non-disclocure, exposure and transmission - country profile - United Kingdom
2016-2017 Accessing HIV prevention, testing, treatment care and support in Europe as a migrant with irregular status in Europe - country profile - United Kingdom
Population: 67.886.000193 (year 2020).
Estimate number of PLHIV: 106.890.
- Percentage of PLHIV diagnosed (first 90 target): 95 %
- Percentage of PLHIV on treatment (second 90 target): 99 %
- Percentage of PLHIV with undetectable viral load (third 90 target): 97 %
Main epidemiological trends
In 2020, 2.780 new HIV cases were diagnosed in the UK, equivalent to 4,1 new cases per 100.000 inhabitants. Compared to 2019, the number of all new HIV diagnoses decreased by 33 %.
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, data for Scotland for 2020 is unavailable and data completeness and quality were compromised in other areas of the UK. Consequently, the HIV annual report of 2020 focuses primarily on England.
In England, the equivalent figure was 2.630 (new cases). Out of the new cases reported in England, 70,7 % accounted to men. 45,3 % of the new diagnoses were attributed to gay and bisexual men. London continues to have the highest rates of HIV in England: 37% of new diagnoses in 2020 were in London residents.
Late HIV diagnosis presents itself as a problem especially among heterosexual men and women. In 2020, 670 new diagnoses (among people first diagnosed in the UK) were made at a late stage of infection in the UK. Figures show that 55 % and 51 % of heterosexual men and women respectively were diagnosed with a low CD4 count; in comparison, only 29 % of gay and bisexual men were diagnosed at a late stage of the infection.
Only 3 % of people diagnosed with HIV in the UK in 2019 had contracted HIV via injecting drug use; New diagnoses among people who inject drugs remained stable and low. However, an outbreak of HIV in Glasgow (Scotland) among people who inject drugs that started in 2015 has been persistent.196 There is new evidence to suggest that this outbreak has now extended beyond Glasgow into other UK populations.
2021-2022 Discrimination against people living with HIV working in healthcare settings - country profile - United Kingdom
2018-2019 Criminalisation of HIV non-disclocure, exposure and transmission - country profile - United Kingdom
2016-2017 Accessing HIV prevention, testing, treatment care and support in Europe as a migrant with irregular status in Europe - country profile - United Kingdom