Mongolia stands at the fourteenth position in HIV deaths among 50 Asian  countries, according to a UNAIDS report. The central Asian country lost nearly 100 people in 2016 due to AIDS, says the report. The country has not seen a significant change in the incidence of cases for over a decade.

Mongolia registered its first case of HIV/AIDS in 1992. Currently, there are 249 people living with HIV in Mongolia: 80 percent of those are men and 79.2 percent are members of the LGBT community.