What is the difference in aids deaths in adults and children between Malawi and Zimbabwe?

30,000 high estimate, with Zimbabwe ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?

20 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2009.

Where does this data come from?

UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, published as AIDS deaths in adults and children (high estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malawi vs Zimbabwe: AIDS deaths in adults and children

Malawi

67,000 high estimate

in 2009

Zimbabwe

97,000 high estimate

in 2009

Malawi rank

8th

Zimbabwe rank

5th

AIDS deaths in adults and children over time

Malawi
Zimbabwe

How they compare

Zimbabwe currently reports 97,000 high estimate against 67,000 high estimate in Malawi, a difference of 30,000 high estimate.

That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.4 times Malawi's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 20 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.

Malawi ranks 8th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th of 48 countries.

Zimbabwe has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malawi	Zimbabwe	Difference	Ahead
1990s	46,300 high estimate	77,500 high estimate	31,200 high estimate	Zimbabwe
2000s	80,000 high estimate	140,700 high estimate	60,700 high estimate	Zimbabwe

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher aids deaths in adults and children, Malawi or Zimbabwe?: Zimbabwe, at 97,000 high estimate against 67,000 high estimate in Malawi as of 2009.
What is the difference in aids deaths in adults and children between Malawi and Zimbabwe?: 30,000 high estimate, with Zimbabwe ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zimbabwe?: 20 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2009.
How do Malawi and Zimbabwe rank globally for aids deaths in adults and children?: Malawi ranks 8th and Zimbabwe ranks 5th of 48 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, published as AIDS deaths in adults and children (high estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: AIDS deaths in adults and children (high estimate)
Unit: high estimate
Source: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 48 places, 960 data points, 1990–2009
Last refreshed: 04 September 2026

Deaths due to HIV/AIDS are the estimated number of adults and children that have died in a specific year based in the modeling of HIV surveillance data using standard and appropriate tools.