Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV in Malawi
Malawi: Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV was 98 in 2025. ▲ Rising
Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV in Malawi, 2010–2025
Source: World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 98 for estimated number of pregnant women living with hiv in 2025.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 2.0% on the previous year and up 21.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, estimated number of pregnant women living with hiv in Malawi peaked at 100 in 2018 and was at its lowest, 26, in 2010.
That places Malawi 12th out of 87 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the top quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 16 years of available data.
Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV in Malawi, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 26 | — |
| 2011 | 47 | +80.8% |
| 2012 | 57 | +21.3% |
| 2013 | 67 | +17.5% |
| 2014 | 71 | +6.0% |
| 2015 | 81 | +14.1% |
| 2016 | 87 | +7.4% |
| 2017 | 94 | +8.0% |
| 2018 | 100 | +6.4% |
| 2019 | 98 | -2.0% |
| 2020 | 100 | +2.0% |
| 2021 | 98 | -2.0% |
| 2022 | 93 | -5.1% |
| 2023 | 98 | +5.4% |
| 2024 | 100 | +2.0% |
| 2025 | 98 | -2.0% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 98 is above the median for low income countries, which is 80.5, 1.2× the median. (22 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 98 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 86.5, 1.1× the median. (42 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV in Malawi changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | +80.8% | 26 | 47 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010s | 72.8 | 26 | 100 | 10 |
| 2020s | 97.83 | 93 | 100 | 6 |
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More health data for Malawi
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8368 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.9312 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 856.3 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 6,399 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 2 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.61 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.0714 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.63 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is estimated number of pregnant women living with hiv in Malawi?
- Estimated number of pregnant women living with hiv in Malawi was 98 in 2025, according to World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory.
- What is the highest estimated number of pregnant women living with hiv recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 100 in 2018.
- What is the lowest estimated number of pregnant women living with hiv recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 26 in 2010.
- How does Malawi rank for estimated number of pregnant women living with hiv?
- Malawi ranks 12th out of 87 countries with data for 2025.
- Is estimated number of pregnant women living with hiv rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is up 21.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from World Health Organization, Global Health Observatory, published as part of Estimated number of pregnant women living with HIV. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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