Tb patients tested positive for hiv in Zambia
Zambia: Tb patients tested positive for hiv was 16,272 in 2021. ▲ Rising
Tb patients tested positive for hiv in Zambia, 2004–2021
Source: Our World in Data.
Analysis
Zambia recorded 16,272 for tb patients tested positive for hiv in 2021.
That represents a change of up 9.0% on the previous year and down 39.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, tb patients tested positive for hiv in Zambia peaked at 26,737 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 501, in 2004.
Zambia ranks 6th of 201 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 18 years of available data.
Tb patients tested positive for hiv in Zambia, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 501 | — |
| 2005 | 614 | +22.6% |
| 2006 | 3,514 | +472.3% |
| 2007 | 16,240 | +362.2% |
| 2008 | 20,839 | +28.3% |
| 2009 | 23,584 | +13.2% |
| 2010 | 26,571 | +12.7% |
| 2011 | 26,737 | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 24,304 | -9.1% |
| 2013 | 25,476 | +4.8% |
| 2014 | 24,198 | -5.0% |
| 2015 | 20,967 | -13.4% |
| 2016 | 21,655 | +3.3% |
| 2017 | 20,362 | -6.0% |
| 2018 | 20,202 | -0.8% |
| 2019 | 16,424 | -18.7% |
| 2020 | 14,925 | -9.1% |
| 2021 | 16,272 | +9.0% |
Zambia compared with similar countries
- Zambia's 16,272 is above the median for lower middle income countries, which is 324, 50.2× the median. (47 countries reporting)
- Zambia's 16,272 is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 970, 16.8× the median. (48 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Tb patients tested positive for hiv in Zambia 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2006 | +472.3% | 614 | 3,514 |
| 2007 | +362.2% | 3,514 | 16,240 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 10,882 | 501 | 23,584 | 6 |
| 2010s | 22,690 | 16,424 | 26,737 | 10 |
| 2020s | 15,598 | 14,925 | 16,272 | 2 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is tb patients tested positive for hiv in Zambia?
- Tb patients tested positive for hiv in Zambia was 16,272 in 2021, according to Our World in Data.
- What is the highest tb patients tested positive for hiv recorded in Zambia?
- The highest recorded value was 26,737 in 2011.
- What is the lowest tb patients tested positive for hiv recorded in Zambia?
- The lowest recorded value was 501 in 2004.
- How does Zambia rank for tb patients tested positive for hiv?
- Zambia ranks 6th out of 201 countries with data for 2021.
- Is tb patients tested positive for hiv rising or falling in Zambia?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Zambia data come from?
- The figures come from Our World in Data, published as part of Tb patients tested positive for hiv. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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