Malawi vs Zambia: People living with HIV/AIDS, total
Malawi
830,000 low estimate
in 2009
Zambia
890,000 low estimate
in 2009
Malawi rank
9th
Zambia rank
8th
People living with HIV/AIDS, total over time
- Malawi
- Zambia
How they compare
Zambia currently reports 890,000 low estimate against 830,000 low estimate in Malawi, a difference of 60,000 low estimate.
That makes Zambia's figure about 1.1 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 20 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 9th and Zambia ranks 8th of 48 countries.
Zambia has averaged higher in every one of the 2 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Zambia | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 520,000 low estimate | 541,000 low estimate | 21,000 low estimate | Zambia |
| 2000s | 791,000 low estimate | 809,000 low estimate | 18,000 low estimate | Zambia |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher people living with hiv/aids, total, Malawi or Zambia?
- Zambia, at 890,000 low estimate against 830,000 low estimate in Malawi as of 2009.
- What is the difference in people living with hiv/aids, total between Malawi and Zambia?
- 60,000 low estimate, with Zambia ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Zambia?
- 20 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2009.
- How do Malawi and Zambia rank globally for people living with hiv/aids, total?
- Malawi ranks 9th and Zambia ranks 8th of 48 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, published as People living with HIV/AIDS, total (low estimate). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Estimated total number of people with HIV/AIDS is the number of people living with HIV. Depending on the reliability of the data available, there may be more or less uncertainty surrounding each estimate.