Japan vs Korea: Number of deaths from HIV/AIDS

Japan
51.23 deaths
in 2021
Korea
72.73 deaths
in 2021
Japan rank
123rd
Korea rank
120th

Number of deaths from HIV/AIDS over time

  • Japan
  • Korea
255075100125150200020102021

How they compare

Korea currently reports 72.73 deaths against 51.23 deaths in Japan, a difference of 21.5 deaths.

That makes Korea's figure about 1.4 times Japan's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 22 shared years of data; in 2000 it was Japan ahead.

Japan ranks 123rd and Korea ranks 120th of 194 countries.

Korea has averaged higher in every one of the 3 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Japan Korea Difference Ahead
2000s 57.77 deaths 77.69 deaths 19.93 deaths Korea
2010s 52.97 deaths 116.55 deaths 63.57 deaths Korea
2020s 52.1 deaths 66.87 deaths 14.76 deaths Korea

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of deaths from hiv/aids, Japan or Korea?
Korea, at 72.73 deaths against 51.23 deaths in Japan as of 2021.
What is the difference in number of deaths from hiv/aids between Japan and Korea?
21.5 deaths, with Korea ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Japan and Korea?
22 years are reported by both, from 2000 to 2021.
How do Japan and Korea rank globally for number of deaths from hiv/aids?
Japan ranks 123rd and Korea ranks 120th of 194 countries.
Where does this data come from?
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of deaths from HIV/AIDS. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Japan vs Korea: Number of deaths from HIV/AIDS. Statizoid, drawing on World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 09 September 2026, from https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-deaths-from-hivaids-who/japan/korea-rep/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://health.statizoid.com/compare/number-of-deaths-from-hivaids-who/japan/korea-rep/">Japan vs Korea: Number of deaths from HIV/AIDS</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator
Number of deaths from HIV/AIDS
Unit
deaths
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
Last refreshed

Estimated number of deaths from HIV/AIDS in both sexes.