Malawi vs Papua New Guinea: Children newly infected with HIV
Malawi
2,164 infections
in 2024
Papua New Guinea
2,675 infections
in 2024
Malawi rank
12th
Papua New Guinea rank
11th
Children newly infected with HIV over time
- Malawi
- Papua New Guinea
How they compare
Papua New Guinea currently reports 2,675 infections against 2,164 infections in Malawi, a difference of 511 infections.
That makes Papua New Guinea's figure about 1.2 times Malawi's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 12th and Papua New Guinea ranks 11th of 86 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Papua New Guinea | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 27,700 infections | 525.8 infections | 27,174 infections | Malawi |
| 2000s | 24,429 infections | 1,392 infections | 23,037 infections | Malawi |
| 2010s | 9,159 infections | 2,000 infections | 7,159 infections | Malawi |
| 2020s | 2,850 infections | 2,574 infections | 276.14 infections | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children newly infected with hiv, Malawi or Papua New Guinea?
- Papua New Guinea, at 2,675 infections against 2,164 infections in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children newly infected with hiv between Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 511 infections, with Papua New Guinea ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Papua New Guinea?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Papua New Guinea rank globally for children newly infected with hiv?
- Malawi ranks 12th and Papua New Guinea ranks 11th of 86 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) β with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Children newly infected with HIV. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people aged 0-14 newly infected with HIV in the last 12 months. This is the central estimate.