| MSM prevalence, lifetime No of studies (range of results) (%) | Sex with a man, last year No of studies (range of results) (%) | References | ||||
| Africa | 2 (1–4) | ND | 43, 44 | |||
| East-South | 2 (1–4) | ND | ||||
| West-Central | ND | ND | ||||
| Asia | 7 (4–34) | 1 (7) | 21, 45–50 | |||
| East | 2 (4–19) | ND | ||||
| South | 5 (8–34)† | 1 (7) | ||||
| South-East | ND | ND | ||||
| Caribbean | ND | ND | ||||
| Eastern Europe and Central Asia | 1 (3) | ND | 51 | |||
| Latin America | 4 (3–15) | 2 (1–14)‡ | 52–55 | |||
| Middle East and North Africa | ND | ND | ||||
| Total | 14 (1–34) | 3 (1–14) |
ND, no data.
*Some studies used men attending STI clinics as the study sample.
†The higher end of this range is from two studies—one in India where 23% of the study population had sold sex; the other one among truck drivers in Bangladesh.
‡One paper shows data for male sex contact within last 6 months.