Death rate from HIV/AIDS by country

Estimated number of deaths from HIV/AIDS in both sexes, per 100,000 people.

Countries reporting
186
Highest
225.13 deaths per 100,000 people
Eswatini
Lowest
0.01 deaths per 100,000 people
Slovenia
Median
3.02 deaths per 100,000 people
Years covered
22
2000–2021
Data points
4,268

What the numbers show

Death rate from HIV/AIDS is currently reported for 186 countries. The highest value is 225.13 deaths per 100,000 people in Eswatini; the lowest is 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people in Slovenia.

The median across all reporting countries is 3.02 deaths per 100,000 people, and the mean is 16.64 deaths per 100,000 people.

The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 22,513.

Over the past decade 51 countries rose and 132 fell. The largest increase was in Philippines (up 580.0%), and the largest decrease in Bahrain (down 83.3%).

Death rate from HIV/AIDS: full country ranking

#Country LatestYear 10-year changeTrend
1 Eswatini 225.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 46.3% falling
2 Lesotho 189.77 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 45.1% falling
3 Mozambique 156.79 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 48.2% falling
4 Equatorial Guinea 151.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.4% flat
5 Botswana 149.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 40.6% volatile
6 Zimbabwe 130.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 62.2% volatile
7 Congo 129.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 16.4% falling
8 Namibia 119.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.2% volatile
9 Zambia 102.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 48.5% volatile
10 Central African Republic 87.67 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 56.6% falling
11 South Africa 75.78 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 66.1% volatile
12 Gabon 73.73 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 47.0% falling
13 South Sudan 72.91 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 38.3% falling
14 Malawi 62.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 68.9% volatile
15 Guinea-Bissau 60.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 48.5% falling
16 Turkmenistan 57.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 51.0% volatile
17 Gambia 54.6 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 16.8% falling
18 Djibouti 54.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 49.9% falling
19 Cameroon 42.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 66.5% falling
20 Angola 41.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 38.1% falling
21 Kenya 40.32 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 58.8% volatile
22 Tanzania 38.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 70.1% volatile
23 Jamaica 38.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.3% falling
24 Cote d'Ivoire 37.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 73.2% volatile
25 Uganda 37.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 71.3% volatile
26 Ghana 33.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.6% falling
27 Suriname 30.49 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 8.7% falling
28 Sierra Leone 29.54 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 48.2% falling
29 Togo 28.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 66.6% falling
30 Guinea 28.56 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 26.9% falling
31 Belize 25.55 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 0.4% falling
32 Saint Kitts and Nevis 25.35 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.9% falling
33 Mali 22.8 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 32.6% falling
34 Russia 21.49 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 92.9% rising
35 Rwanda 20.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 64.8% volatile
36 Liberia 20.17 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 67.1% falling
37 Nigeria 20.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.1% falling
38 Bahamas 19.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 49.5% volatile
39 Trinidad and Tobago 17.87 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 5.2% falling
40 Chad 17.43 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 48.7% volatile
41 Guyana 17.33 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 45.0% falling
42 Dominican Republic 16.95 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 47.8% falling
43 Thailand 16.67 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 59.1% falling
44 Barbados 16.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 7.7% falling
45 Benin 14.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 46.4% volatile
46 Haiti 14.77 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 77.6% volatile
47 Democratic Republic of Congo 14.3 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 76.5% falling
48 Burkina Faso 12.82 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 62.9% volatile
49 Panama 11.84 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 6.3% falling
50 Sao Tome and Principe 11.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 72.7% falling
51 Saint Vincent and the Grenadines 11.16 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.5% falling
52 Madagascar 11.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 145.6% volatile
53 Myanmar 11.02 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 48.5% falling
54 Papua New Guinea 10.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.6% falling
55 Burundi 10.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 81.1% volatile
56 Ethiopia 10.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 58.6% volatile
57 Cape Verde 9.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 23.5% falling
58 Ukraine 9.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 70.7% falling
59 Moldova 9.26 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 5.6% rising
60 Indonesia 8.58 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 13.5% volatile
61 Mauritania 8.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 46.8% falling
62 Mauritius 8.27 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 64.4% volatile
63 Eritrea 8.2 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 55.9% volatile
64 Dominica 7.64 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 15.0% falling
65 Cambodia 7.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 32.4% volatile
66 Malaysia 7.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 44.6% falling
67 El Salvador 6.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 39.5% falling
68 Senegal 6.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 60.1% falling
69 Venezuela 6.27 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 18.9% rising
70 Honduras 6.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 54.8% volatile
71 Brazil 5.87 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.4% falling
72 Uruguay 5.85 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.5% rising
73 Bolivia 5.68 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 54.8% falling
74 Niger 4.87 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 63.9% volatile
75 Laos 4.86 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 17.7% rising
76 Paraguay 4.82 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 87.5% rising
77 Pakistan 4.79 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 247.1% volatile
78 Colombia 4.72 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 15.9% falling
79 Fiji 4.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 133.2% volatile
80 Vietnam 4.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 34.9% falling
81 Costa Rica 4.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 47.0% rising
82 Bhutan 4.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.4% rising
83 Ecuador 3.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 32.8% rising
84 Sudan 3.84 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.0% falling
85 Estonia 3.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 18.9% rising
86 Mexico 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 16.8% falling
86 Nicaragua 3.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.6% flat
88 Marshall Islands 3.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 184.9% volatile
89 Cuba 3.45 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 62.0% volatile
90 Belarus 3.38 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 10.3% rising
91 North Korea 3.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 7.4% rising
92 India 3.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 73.0% volatile
93 Antigua and Barbuda 3.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 71.9% falling
94 Uzbekistan 2.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 76.8% volatile
95 Guatemala 2.94 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 39.1% volatile
96 Peru 2.9 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 59.8% volatile
97 Somalia 2.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 68.4% falling
98 Kyrgyzstan 2.79 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 15.8% volatile
99 Armenia 2.78 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 239.0% volatile
100 Portugal 2.75 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 57.6% falling
101 Argentina 2.73 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 22.2% falling
102 Latvia 2.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 25.1% volatile
103 Iran 2.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 35.4% rising
104 East Timor 2.68 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 39.0% falling
105 China 2.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 31.8% falling
105 Tunisia 2.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 43.0% rising
107 Cook Islands 2.59 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 77.4% rising
108 Chile 2.54 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 11.5% falling
109 Grenada 2.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 73.3% falling
110 Palau 2.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 45.7% rising
111 Nauru 2.16 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 71.4% rising
112 Niue 2.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 88.2% rising
113 Tuvalu 2.05 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 56.5% rising
114 Afghanistan 1.89 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.2% rising
115 United States 1.51 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 39.6% falling
116 Georgia 1.5 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 31.6% volatile
117 Nepal 1.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 76.2% falling
118 Tajikistan 1.39 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 124.2% volatile
119 Libya 1.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 2.5% rising
120 Morocco 1.11 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 58.6% falling
121 Lithuania 1.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 63.6% volatile
122 Yemen 0.97 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 27.6% rising
123 Kazakhstan 0.93 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 4.1% rising
123 Oman 0.93 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 25.7% rising
125 Romania 0.92 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 3.2% falling
126 Algeria 0.81 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 2.5% rising
127 Italy 0.74 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 49.3% falling
128 Azerbaijan 0.71 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 80.9% falling
129 Lebanon 0.7 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 34.0% rising
130 Mongolia 0.69 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 15.0% volatile
131 Philippines 0.68 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 580.0% volatile
132 Spain 0.66 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 70.8% volatile
133 Albania 0.62 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 21.6% rising
134 Qatar 0.44 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 91.3% rising
135 Egypt 0.43 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 95.5% volatile
136 Sri Lanka 0.42 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 67.7% flat
137 Austria 0.41 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 21.2% falling
138 North Macedonia 0.4 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — volatile
139 Canada 0.37 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 59.3% falling
139 Serbia 0.37 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 35.1% falling
139 Turkey 0.37 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 105.6% rising
142 Greece 0.35 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 105.9% rising
143 Luxembourg 0.34 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 58.0% falling
144 Bangladesh 0.33 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 50.0% volatile
144 France 0.33 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 53.5% volatile
144 Montenegro 0.33 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 26.9% rising
144 Poland 0.33 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 19.5% falling
148 Switzerland 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 47.3% volatile
148 Germany 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 52.5% falling
148 Iceland 0.29 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 190.0% volatile
151 Belgium 0.28 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 36.4% falling
152 Saudi Arabia 0.27 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 80.0% falling
153 United Arab Emirates 0.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 35.9% volatile
153 Bulgaria 0.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 47.1% volatile
153 Iraq 0.25 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 13.6% rising
156 Brunei 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 7.7% volatile
156 San Marino 0.24 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 14.3% falling
158 United Kingdom 0.23 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 32.4% falling
159 Kuwait 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 83.3% volatile
159 Monaco 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 18.5% falling
159 New Zealand 0.22 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 22.2% falling
162 Bahrain 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 83.3% falling
162 Comoros 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 56.2% falling
162 Czechia 0.21 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 162.5% volatile
165 Malta 0.19 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 40.6% volatile
166 Cyprus 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 35.7% volatile
166 Denmark 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 48.6% falling
166 Israel 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 60.9% falling
166 Singapore 0.18 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 — volatile
170 Andorra 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 44.4% volatile
170 Norway 0.15 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 42.3% falling
172 Australia 0.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 65.9% falling
172 South Korea 0.14 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 50.0% rising
174 Ireland 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 58.1% falling
174 Netherlands 0.13 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 62.9% volatile
176 Slovakia 0.12 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 140.0% volatile
177 Croatia 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 28.6% rising
177 Hungary 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 16.7% rising
177 Jordan 0.1 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 9.1% falling
180 Sweden 0.09 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 65.4% falling
181 Finland 0.08 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 11.1% falling
182 Bosnia and Herzegovina 0.07 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 40.0% falling
183 Maldives 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 up 50.0% volatile
183 Syria 0.06 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 40.0% falling
185 Japan 0.04 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 unchanged falling
186 Slovenia 0.01 deaths per 100,000 people 2021 down 83.3% volatile

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Indicator
Death rate from HIV/AIDS
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people
Source
World Health Organization (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
194 places, 4,268 data points, 2000–2021
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Estimated number of deaths from HIV/AIDS in both sexes, per 100,000 people.