Which has higher aids deaths in adults and children, South Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 1.30 million against 310,000 in South Africa as of 2009.

What is the difference in aids deaths in adults and children between South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

990,000, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?

5 years are reported by both, from 2001 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. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

South Africa vs Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income): AIDS deaths in adults and children

South Africa

310,000

in 2009

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

1.30 million

in 2009

South Africa rank

1st

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank

1st

AIDS deaths in adults and children over time

South Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)

How they compare

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) currently reports 1.30 million against 310,000 in South Africa, a difference of 990,000.

That makes Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)'s figure about 4.2 times South Africa's.

Across all 5 years both countries report, Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has been ahead every year.

South Africa ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 1st of 47 countries.

Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) has averaged higher in every one of the 1 decades both report.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher aids deaths in adults and children, South Africa or Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income), at 1.30 million against 310,000 in South Africa as of 2009.
What is the difference in aids deaths in adults and children between South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 990,000, with Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income)?: 5 years are reported by both, from 2001 to 2009.
How do South Africa and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) rank globally for aids deaths in adults and children?: South Africa ranks 1st and Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) ranks 1st of 47 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. 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
Source: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 48 places, 945 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.