AIDS deaths in adults and children 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.
What the numbers show
AIDS deaths in adults and children is currently reported for 47 countries. The highest value is 310,000 in South Africa; the lowest is 100 in Tunisia.
The median across all reporting countries is 5,100, and the mean is 26,864.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 3,100.
Over the past decade 30 countries rose and 14 fell. The largest increase was in Sierra Leone (up 460.0%), and the largest decrease in Rwanda (down 70.7%).
AIDS deaths in adults and children: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 310,000 | 2009 | up 121.4% | volatile |
| 2 | Nigeria | 220,000 | 2009 | up 22.2% | rising |
| 3 | Tanzania, United Republic of | 86,000 | 2009 | down 14.0% | rising |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 83,000 | 2009 | down 30.8% | rising |
| 5 | Kenya | 80,000 | 2009 | down 27.3% | rising |
| 6 | Mozambique | 74,000 | 2009 | up 146.7% | volatile |
| 7 | Uganda | 64,000 | 2009 | down 28.1% | rising |
| 8 | Malawi | 51,000 | 2009 | down 13.6% | rising |
| 9 | Zambia | 45,000 | 2009 | down 28.6% | rising |
| 10 | Cameroon | 37,000 | 2009 | up 54.2% | volatile |
| 11 | Côte d'Ivoire | 36,000 | 2009 | down 18.2% | rising |
| 12 | Ghana | 18,000 | 2009 | up 50.0% | volatile |
| 13 | Burundi | 15,000 | 2009 | up 15.4% | rising |
| 14 | Lesotho | 14,000 | 2009 | up 40.0% | volatile |
| 15 | Sudan | 12,000 | 2009 | up 361.5% | volatile |
| 16 | Angola | 11,000 | 2009 | up 34.1% | volatile |
| 16 | Central African Republic | 11,000 | 2009 | down 15.4% | rising |
| 16 | Chad | 11,000 | 2009 | up 57.1% | volatile |
| 19 | Togo | 7,700 | 2009 | up 60.4% | volatile |
| 20 | Burkina Faso | 7,100 | 2009 | down 52.7% | falling |
| 21 | Eswatini | 7,000 | 2009 | up 48.9% | volatile |
| 22 | Namibia | 6,700 | 2009 | up 21.8% | volatile |
| 23 | Botswana | 5,800 | 2009 | down 47.3% | volatile |
| 24 | Congo | 5,100 | 2009 | down 10.5% | rising |
| 25 | Guinea | 4,700 | 2009 | down 19.0% | rising |
| 26 | Mali | 4,400 | 2009 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 27 | Niger | 4,300 | 2009 | up 79.2% | volatile |
| 28 | Rwanda | 4,100 | 2009 | down 70.7% | falling |
| 29 | Liberia | 3,600 | 2009 | up 16.1% | volatile |
| 30 | Sierra Leone | 2,800 | 2009 | up 460.0% | volatile |
| 31 | Benin | 2,700 | 2009 | up 3.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Senegal | 2,600 | 2009 | up 85.7% | rising |
| 33 | Gabon | 2,400 | 2009 | up 60.0% | volatile |
| 34 | Madagascar | 1,700 | 2009 | up 41.7% | rising |
| 34 | Eritrea | 1,700 | 2009 | up 21.4% | rising |
| 36 | Somalia | 1,600 | 2009 | up 220.0% | volatile |
| 37 | Morocco | 1,200 | 2009 | up 20.0% | rising |
| 37 | Guinea-Bissau | 1,200 | 2009 | up 20.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Algeria | 1,000 | 2009 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Equatorial Guinea | 1,000 | 2009 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Gambia | 1,000 | 2009 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Mauritania | 1,000 | 2009 | up 100.0% | volatile |
| 39 | Djibouti | 1,000 | 2009 | unchanged | rising |
| 44 | Mauritius | 500 | 2009 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 44 | Egypt | 500 | 2009 | up 400.0% | volatile |
| 46 | Comoros | 100 | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
| 46 | Tunisia | 100 | 2009 | unchanged | flat |
Regions and income groups
Aggregates are excluded from the country ranking above so that a region can never outrank a country.
- Sub-Saharan Africa (excluding high income) 1.30 million
About this data
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.