Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV in Malawi
Malawi: Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV was 43.0% in 2024. ▼ Falling
Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV in Malawi, 2000–2024
Source: WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in %.
Analysis
Malawi recorded 43.0% for share of tuberculosis patients with hiv in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 25 years on record.
That represents a change of down 8.5% on the previous year and down 20.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, share of tuberculosis patients with hiv in Malawi peaked at 79.0% in 2000 and was at its lowest, 43.0%, in 2024.
Malawi ranks 7th of 179 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 25 years of available data.
Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV in Malawi, year by year
| Year | % | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 79.0% | — |
| 2001 | 77.0% | -2.5% |
| 2002 | 71.0% | -7.8% |
| 2003 | 68.0% | -4.2% |
| 2004 | 67.0% | -1.5% |
| 2005 | 67.0% | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 70.0% | +4.5% |
| 2007 | 68.0% | -2.9% |
| 2008 | 63.0% | -7.4% |
| 2009 | 64.0% | +1.6% |
| 2010 | 77.0% | +20.3% |
| 2011 | 60.0% | -22.1% |
| 2012 | 59.0% | -1.7% |
| 2013 | 56.0% | -5.1% |
| 2014 | 54.0% | -3.6% |
| 2015 | 53.0% | -1.9% |
| 2016 | 53.0% | +0.0% |
| 2017 | 49.0% | -7.5% |
| 2018 | 48.0% | -2.0% |
| 2019 | 47.0% | -2.1% |
| 2020 | 45.0% | -4.3% |
| 2021 | 45.0% | +0.0% |
| 2022 | 48.0% | +6.7% |
| 2023 | 47.0% | -2.1% |
| 2024 | 43.0% | -8.5% |
Malawi compared with similar countries
- Malawi's 43.0% is above the median for low income countries, which is 6.5%, 6.6× the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Malawi's 43.0% is above the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 12.0%, 3.6× the median. (47 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 69.4% | 63.0% | 79.0% | 10 |
| 2010s | 55.6% | 47.0% | 77.0% | 10 |
| 2020s | 45.6% | 43.0% | 48.0% | 5 |
Countries ranked near Malawi
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 share of tuberculosis patients with hiv in Malawi?
- Share of tuberculosis patients with hiv in Malawi was 43.0% in 2024, according to WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest share of tuberculosis patients with hiv recorded in Malawi?
- The highest recorded value was 79.0% in 2000.
- What is the lowest share of tuberculosis patients with hiv recorded in Malawi?
- The lowest recorded value was 43.0% in 2024.
- How does Malawi rank for share of tuberculosis patients with hiv?
- Malawi ranks 7th out of 179 countries with data for 2024.
- Is share of tuberculosis patients with hiv rising or falling in Malawi?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malawi data come from?
- The figures come from WHO (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Share of tuberculosis patients with HIV. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
The estimated share of people with tuberculosis who also have HIV.