Malawi vs Sierra Leone: What share of the population living with HIV are women?
Malawi
64.6%
in 2024
Sierra Leone
64.8%
in 2024
Malawi rank
19th
Sierra Leone rank
16th
What share of the population living with HIV are women? over time
- Malawi
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Sierra Leone currently reports 64.8% against 64.6% in Malawi, a difference of 0.2%.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Malawi ahead.
Malawi ranks 19th and Sierra Leone ranks 16th of 172 countries.
Malawi has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Malawi | Sierra Leone | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 56.6% | 55.3% | 1.3% | Malawi |
| 2000s | 60.1% | 58.0% | 2.2% | Malawi |
| 2010s | 63.2% | 60.4% | 2.8% | Malawi |
| 2020s | 64.3% | 64.2% | 0.1% | Malawi |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher what share of the population living with hiv are women?, Malawi or Sierra Leone?
- Sierra Leone, at 64.8% against 64.6% in Malawi as of 2024.
- What is the difference in what share of the population living with hiv are women? between Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 0.2%, with Sierra Leone ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Malawi and Sierra Leone?
- 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
- How do Malawi and Sierra Leone rank globally for what share of the population living with hiv are women??
- Malawi ranks 19th and Sierra Leone ranks 16th of 172 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UNAIDS estimates, via World Bank (2026) – processed by Our World in Data, published as What share of the population living with HIV are women?. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Among those aged 15 years and older.