Table 2

 National estimated numbers of FSW per country and per region in the world

CountryEstimated FSW prevalenceYearReference
CapitalOther urbanRuralOverall
Sub-Saharan Africa
    West Africa
    Benin1.2%0.4%2001
    Burkina Faso4.3%2000–03
    Cameroon2.2%1997
    Ivory Coast0.7%0.6%2000–04
    Ghana1.1%0.7%2003
    Niger2.6%2004
    East Africa
    Ethiopia2.1%2.9%2002
    Kenya4.3%1997–99
    South Africa
    Zambia2.4%1997
Asia
    Cambodia0.3%2003
    Cambodia1.4%1.5%0.1%0.4%200326
    India (Maharashtra)0.5%0.4%2001
    Indonesia0.4%2002
    Malaysia0.9%199922
    Nepal2.0%200023
    Philippines2.6%200024
    Vietnam0.2%200025
Ex-Russian Federation
    Western CIS
    Russian Federation0.5%200427
    Ukraine0.4%200427
    Belarus0.6%200427
    Baltic States
    Estonia1.1%200427
    Latvia1.5%200427
    Lithuania0.7%200427
    Caucasus
    Armenia1.0%200427
    Azerbaijan1.5%200427
    Georgia0.7%200427
    Central Asia
    Kazakhstan0.8%200427
    Uzbekistan0.3%200427
    Kyrgyzistan0.2%200427
    Tajikistan0.3%200427
    Turkmenistan0.1%200427
Europe
    East Europe
    Bulgaria0.6%200427
    Romania0.8%200427
    Albania0.7%200427
    FR Macedonia0.6%200427
    Croatia0.5%200427
    BosniaHerzegovina0.5%200427
    Serbia/Montenegro0.6%200427
    Czech republic0.4%200427
    Hungary0.6%200427
    Poland0.6%200427
    Slovakia0.4%200427
    Slovenia1.4%200427
    West Europe
    Belgium0.4%200028
    Netherlands0.6%200028
    Luxembourg0.4%200028
    United Kingdom0.5%200028
    France0.2%200028
    Austria1.0%200029
    Germany1.4%200029
    Denmark0.4%200029
    Sweden0.1%200029
    Finland0.3%200029
    Norway0.3%200029
    Greece0.4%200030
    Italy0.4%200030
Latin America
    Dom Republic1.8%20013
    Belize7.4%20013
    Haiti2.0%20013
    Bolivia0.2%3
    Colombia0.7%20013
    Peru0.3%20013
    Venezuela1.5%20013