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AIDS deaths in adults and children (high estimate) by country

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.

Countries reporting
48
Highest
390,000 high estimate
South Africa
Lowest
100 high estimate
Comoros
Median
9,700 high estimate
Years covered
20
1990–2009
Data points
960

What the numbers show

AIDS deaths in adults and children (high estimate) is currently reported for 48 countries. The highest value is 390,000 high estimate in South Africa; the lowest is 100 high estimate in Comoros.

The median across all reporting countries is 9,700 high estimate, and the mean is 33,908 high estimate.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,900.

Over the past decade 31 countries rose and 15 fell. The largest increase was in Egypt (up 400.0%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 53.8%).

AIDS deaths in adults and children: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 South Africa 390,000 high estimate 2009 up 143.8% volatile
2 Nigeria 260,000 high estimate 2009 up 13.0% rising
3 Tanzania, United Republic of 110,000 high estimate 2009 down 8.3% rising
4 Kenya 99,000 high estimate 2009 down 29.3% rising
5 Zimbabwe 97,000 high estimate 2009 down 30.7% rising
6 Mozambique 92,000 high estimate 2009 up 148.6% volatile
7 Uganda 80,000 high estimate 2009 down 20.0% falling
8 Malawi 67,000 high estimate 2009 down 6.9% rising
9 Zambia 60,000 high estimate 2009 down 18.9% rising
10 Cameroon 46,000 high estimate 2009 up 53.3% rising
11 Côte d'Ivoire 44,000 high estimate 2009 down 30.2% rising
12 Congo, Democratic Republic of the 40,000 high estimate 2009 up 21.2% rising
13 Ghana 22,000 high estimate 2009 up 22.2% rising
14 Lesotho 18,000 high estimate 2009 up 38.5% volatile
15 Burundi 17,000 high estimate 2009 up 13.3% rising
16 Angola 16,000 high estimate 2009 up 33.3% rising
17 Chad 15,000 high estimate 2009 up 36.4% rising
17 Sudan 15,000 high estimate 2009 up 141.9% rising
19 Botswana 14,000 high estimate 2009 unchanged volatile
20 Central African Republic 13,000 high estimate 2009 down 31.6% rising
21 Namibia 11,000 high estimate 2009 up 52.8% volatile
22 Togo 10,000 high estimate 2009 up 56.2% volatile
22 Eswatini 10,000 high estimate 2009 up 72.4% volatile
24 Burkina Faso 9,700 high estimate 2009 down 51.5% falling
24 Rwanda 9,700 high estimate 2009 down 53.8% falling
26 Guinea 6,900 high estimate 2009 down 50.7% falling
27 Congo 6,400 high estimate 2009 down 11.1% flat
28 Mali 6,100 high estimate 2009 down 44.5% rising
29 Niger 5,500 high estimate 2009 up 89.7% volatile
30 Liberia 4,600 high estimate 2009 down 9.8% volatile
31 Benin 3,700 high estimate 2009 down 32.7% volatile
31 Sierra Leone 3,700 high estimate 2009 up 131.2% volatile
33 Senegal 3,500 high estimate 2009 up 94.4% volatile
34 Gabon 3,400 high estimate 2009 up 61.9% volatile
35 Eritrea 2,500 high estimate 2009 up 8.7% rising
36 Somalia 2,300 high estimate 2009 up 130.0% rising
37 Madagascar 2,000 high estimate 2009 up 33.3% rising
38 Guinea-Bissau 1,600 high estimate 2009 up 60.0% volatile
38 Morocco 1,600 high estimate 2009 up 60.0% rising
40 Equatorial Guinea 1,400 high estimate 2009 up 180.0% volatile
40 Djibouti 1,400 high estimate 2009 up 7.7% rising
42 Gambia 1,200 high estimate 2009 up 20.0% rising
43 Algeria 1,100 high estimate 2009 up 120.0% volatile
44 Mauritania 1,000 high estimate 2009 up 100.0% rising
44 Egypt 1,000 high estimate 2009 up 400.0% volatile
44 Mauritius 1,000 high estimate 2009 up 400.0% volatile
47 Tunisia 200 high estimate 2009 up 100.0% rising
48 Comoros 100 high estimate 2009 unchanged flat

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Indicator
AIDS deaths in adults and children (high estimate)
Unit
high estimate
Source
UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
48 places, 960 data points, 1990–2009
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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.