HIV/AIDS deaths by country
Total number of people dying from AIDS-related causes, central estimate.
Countries reporting
140
Highest
53,299 deaths
South Africa
Lowest
0.6729 deaths
Iceland
Median
363.18 deaths
Years covered
35
1990–2024
Data points
4,949
What the numbers show
HIV/AIDS deaths is currently reported for 140 countries. The highest value is 53,299 deaths in South Africa; the lowest is 0.6729 deaths in Iceland.
The median across all reporting countries is 363.18 deaths, and the mean is 3,492 deaths.
The gap between the highest and lowest reporting country is a factor of about 79,210.
Over the past decade 35 countries rose and 105 fell. The largest increase was in Fiji (up 2,985.0%), and the largest decrease in Canada (down 79.1%).
HIV/AIDS deaths: full country ranking
| # | Country | Latest | Year | 10-year change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 53,299 deaths | 2024 | down 34.0% | volatile |
| 2 | Mozambique | 44,044 deaths | 2024 | down 30.2% | rising |
| 3 | Nigeria | 42,176 deaths | 2024 | down 47.3% | flat |
| 4 | Tanzania | 25,995 deaths | 2024 | down 31.4% | falling |
| 5 | Indonesia | 23,757 deaths | 2024 | down 0.7% | volatile |
| 6 | Kenya | 20,849 deaths | 2024 | down 48.8% | volatile |
| 7 | Uganda | 20,335 deaths | 2024 | down 43.2% | falling |
| 8 | Zimbabwe | 16,723 deaths | 2024 | down 51.4% | volatile |
| 9 | Zambia | 16,373 deaths | 2024 | down 25.1% | falling |
| 10 | Pakistan | 14,026 deaths | 2024 | up 147.4% | volatile |
| 11 | Malawi | 13,694 deaths | 2024 | down 42.5% | volatile |
| 12 | Democratic Republic of Congo | 13,692 deaths | 2024 | down 65.8% | falling |
| 13 | Angola | 13,458 deaths | 2024 | down 10.6% | rising |
| 14 | Ghana | 12,614 deaths | 2024 | down 22.5% | rising |
| 15 | Brazil | 12,339 deaths | 2024 | down 6.7% | falling |
| 16 | Ethiopia | 9,599 deaths | 2024 | down 43.6% | volatile |
| 17 | Cameroon | 9,438 deaths | 2024 | down 68.1% | rising |
| 18 | Thailand | 9,067 deaths | 2024 | down 60.3% | volatile |
| 19 | Cote d'Ivoire | 8,366 deaths | 2024 | down 68.1% | volatile |
| 20 | Myanmar | 6,151 deaths | 2024 | down 39.1% | volatile |
| 21 | Congo | 6,017 deaths | 2024 | down 5.3% | rising |
| 22 | South Sudan | 5,055 deaths | 2024 | down 61.1% | rising |
| 23 | Mexico | 4,408 deaths | 2024 | down 10.8% | rising |
| 24 | Vietnam | 4,169 deaths | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 25 | Lesotho | 3,956 deaths | 2024 | down 49.6% | volatile |
| 26 | Botswana | 3,759 deaths | 2024 | down 21.3% | volatile |
| 27 | Chad | 3,476 deaths | 2024 | down 44.7% | flat |
| 28 | Papua New Guinea | 3,435 deaths | 2024 | up 28.5% | rising |
| 29 | Guinea | 3,317 deaths | 2024 | down 33.4% | rising |
| 30 | Mali | 3,236 deaths | 2024 | down 43.8% | flat |
| 31 | Namibia | 3,208 deaths | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 32 | Madagascar | 3,076 deaths | 2024 | up 44.9% | volatile |
| 33 | Colombia | 3,057 deaths | 2023 | down 46.4% | rising |
| 34 | Eswatini | 2,861 deaths | 2024 | down 38.8% | volatile |
| 35 | Rwanda | 2,765 deaths | 2024 | down 44.0% | volatile |
| 36 | Central African Republic | 2,715 deaths | 2024 | down 67.5% | falling |
| 37 | Sudan | 2,542 deaths | 2024 | up 41.5% | rising |
| 38 | Philippines | 2,304 deaths | 2024 | up 305.4% | volatile |
| 39 | Malaysia | 2,200 deaths | 2024 | down 39.7% | rising |
| 40 | Burkina Faso | 2,149 deaths | 2024 | down 49.8% | volatile |
| 41 | Venezuela | 1,988 deaths | 2024 | down 30.3% | volatile |
| 42 | Togo | 1,830 deaths | 2024 | down 55.0% | volatile |
| 43 | Sierra Leone | 1,799 deaths | 2024 | down 54.0% | rising |
| 44 | Gabon | 1,690 deaths | 2024 | down 8.1% | rising |
| 45 | Egypt | 1,357 deaths | 2024 | down 14.3% | rising |
| 46 | Haiti | 1,344 deaths | 2024 | down 74.3% | falling |
| 47 | Benin | 1,299 deaths | 2024 | down 38.9% | volatile |
| 48 | Dominican Republic | 1,269 deaths | 2024 | down 56.3% | falling |
| 49 | Argentina | 1,253 deaths | 2024 | down 7.6% | falling |
| 50 | Gambia | 1,192 deaths | 2024 | down 17.5% | volatile |
| 51 | Burundi | 1,113 deaths | 2024 | down 70.7% | volatile |
| 52 | Cambodia | 1,018 deaths | 2024 | down 40.7% | volatile |
| 53 | Niger | 978.99 deaths | 2024 | down 44.8% | volatile |
| 54 | Senegal | 965.62 deaths | 2024 | down 48.3% | volatile |
| 55 | Guinea-Bissau | 952.46 deaths | 2024 | down 53.5% | volatile |
| 56 | Liberia | 898.37 deaths | 2024 | down 70.4% | falling |
| 57 | Peru | 872.63 deaths | 2024 | down 50.6% | volatile |
| 58 | Djibouti | 639.53 deaths | 2024 | down 44.4% | rising |
| 59 | Afghanistan | 622.58 deaths | 2024 | up 118.0% | volatile |
| 60 | Yemen | 617.23 deaths | 2024 | up 61.8% | volatile |
| 61 | Nepal | 576.83 deaths | 2024 | down 73.2% | volatile |
| 62 | Bangladesh | 560.85 deaths | 2024 | up 24.9% | volatile |
| 63 | Bolivia | 526.68 deaths | 2024 | down 59.6% | rising |
| 64 | Moldova | 499.39 deaths | 2024 | down 52.1% | volatile |
| 65 | Morocco | 411.61 deaths | 2024 | down 45.4% | rising |
| 66 | Spain | 390.37 deaths | 2024 | down 52.6% | volatile |
| 67 | Cuba | 383.86 deaths | 2024 | up 13.9% | volatile |
| 68 | Italy | 381.06 deaths | 2024 | down 4.8% | volatile |
| 69 | Ecuador | 377.33 deaths | 2024 | down 71.5% | volatile |
| 70 | Panama | 363.3 deaths | 2024 | down 25.0% | rising |
| 71 | Somalia | 363.06 deaths | 2022 | down 51.0% | falling |
| 72 | Paraguay | 347.13 deaths | 2024 | up 3.2% | volatile |
| 73 | Honduras | 339.76 deaths | 2024 | down 58.9% | volatile |
| 74 | Laos | 337.32 deaths | 2024 | down 0.6% | volatile |
| 75 | Tunisia | 333.23 deaths | 2024 | up 17.1% | volatile |
| 76 | Guatemala | 298.66 deaths | 2024 | down 28.0% | volatile |
| 77 | Algeria | 296.92 deaths | 2024 | down 8.9% | volatile |
| 78 | Eritrea | 279.1 deaths | 2024 | down 50.8% | volatile |
| 79 | Kyrgyzstan | 263.58 deaths | 2024 | up 51.1% | volatile |
| 80 | Latvia | 255.99 deaths | 2024 | down 26.8% | volatile |
| 81 | Suriname | 223.17 deaths | 2024 | up 21.1% | rising |
| 82 | El Salvador | 199.96 deaths | 2024 | down 42.3% | volatile |
| 83 | Canada | 189.15 deaths | 2022 | down 79.1% | volatile |
| 84 | Mauritania | 183.93 deaths | 2024 | down 67.8% | rising |
| 85 | Libya | 173.57 deaths | 2024 | up 168.8% | volatile |
| 86 | Tajikistan | 168.51 deaths | 2024 | down 64.6% | volatile |
| 87 | United Kingdom | 161.26 deaths | 2023 | down 7.3% | falling |
| 88 | Costa Rica | 157.89 deaths | 2024 | down 24.6% | rising |
| 89 | Portugal | 147.4 deaths | 2024 | down 68.7% | volatile |
| 90 | Fiji | 145.59 deaths | 2024 | up 2,985.0% | volatile |
| 91 | Saudi Arabia | 139.43 deaths | 2024 | down 66.4% | flat |
| 92 | Germany | 129.26 deaths | 2024 | down 2.8% | falling |
| 93 | Romania | 128.57 deaths | 2024 | down 49.0% | falling |
| 94 | Armenia | 124.08 deaths | 2024 | up 79.1% | volatile |
| 95 | Guyana | 116.81 deaths | 2024 | up 34.8% | volatile |
| 96 | Belize | 104.78 deaths | 2024 | down 2.2% | volatile |
| 97 | Sri Lanka | 102.15 deaths | 2024 | down 61.3% | volatile |
| 98 | Azerbaijan | 87.91 deaths | 2024 | down 75.7% | volatile |
| 99 | Palestine | 84.86 deaths | 2024 | up 1.0% | volatile |
| 100 | Bahamas | 81.63 deaths | 2024 | down 32.3% | volatile |
| 101 | Georgia | 79.86 deaths | 2024 | up 179.0% | volatile |
| 102 | Netherlands | 70.89 deaths | 2023 | down 4.5% | volatile |
| 103 | Greece | 68.84 deaths | 2024 | up 127.7% | volatile |
| 104 | Barbados | 65.95 deaths | 2024 | down 3.1% | rising |
| 105 | Cape Verde | 60.88 deaths | 2024 | up 8.6% | falling |
| 106 | Australia | 51.11 deaths | 2022 | down 17.9% | volatile |
| 107 | Oman | 49.51 deaths | 2024 | down 39.8% | rising |
| 108 | Lithuania | 49.38 deaths | 2024 | down 36.9% | rising |
| 109 | Singapore | 45.56 deaths | 2023 | down 7.9% | rising |
| 110 | Iraq | 45.51 deaths | 2024 | up 5.0% | volatile |
| 111 | Bulgaria | 40.22 deaths | 2024 | down 43.6% | falling |
| 112 | Switzerland | 37.37 deaths | 2024 | down 11.1% | volatile |
| 113 | East Timor | 28.55 deaths | 2024 | down 44.7% | rising |
| 114 | Mongolia | 25.16 deaths | 2024 | up 40.9% | volatile |
| 115 | Saint Lucia | 24.5 deaths | 2024 | up 119.7% | rising |
| 116 | Serbia | 22.31 deaths | 2024 | up 14.2% | volatile |
| 117 | Albania | 21.89 deaths | 2024 | up 60.7% | volatile |
| 118 | Belgium | 20.43 deaths | 2024 | down 6.2% | volatile |
| 119 | Syria | 19.25 deaths | 2024 | down 26.7% | volatile |
| 120 | Estonia | 18.63 deaths | 2024 | down 3.4% | volatile |
| 121 | Jordan | 14.69 deaths | 2024 | up 38.5% | rising |
| 122 | Denmark | 14.33 deaths | 2024 | down 24.9% | volatile |
| 123 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 14.08 deaths | 2024 | down 36.8% | falling |
| 124 | Bhutan | 13.97 deaths | 2024 | down 10.7% | rising |
| 125 | United Arab Emirates | 12.76 deaths | 2024 | down 62.0% | volatile |
| 127 | Qatar | 10.3 deaths | 2024 | up 186.1% | volatile |
| 128 | Bahrain | 10.26 deaths | 2024 | down 8.7% | falling |
| 129 | New Zealand | 9.32 deaths | 2024 | down 13.3% | volatile |
| 130 | Norway | 7.86 deaths | 2024 | up 28.3% | volatile |
| 131 | North Macedonia | 7.34 deaths | 2024 | up 124.7% | volatile |
| 132 | Antigua and Barbuda | 6.88 deaths | 2024 | down 30.0% | rising |
| 133 | Croatia | 4.9 deaths | 2024 | down 50.4% | falling |
| 134 | Slovakia | 4.71 deaths | 2024 | up 45.5% | rising |
| 135 | Montenegro | 4.15 deaths | 2024 | up 18.4% | rising |
| 136 | Slovenia | 4.02 deaths | 2024 | up 19.8% | falling |
| 137 | Comoros | 3.37 deaths | 2024 | down 38.8% | flat |
| 138 | Dominica | 3.31 deaths | 2024 | down 48.1% | falling |
| 139 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 3.23 deaths | 2024 | down 24.9% | falling |
| 142 | Maldives | 1.69 deaths | 2024 | up 55.7% | volatile |
| 143 | Iceland | 0.6729 deaths | 2024 | up 6.2% | volatile |
About this data
Total number of people dying from AIDS-related causes, central estimate.