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Death rate from HIV/AIDS

The number of deaths from HIV/AIDS per 100,000 people.

Age-standardized deaths from HIV/AIDS per 100,000 people deaths per 100,000 people
Country/area
1980
2021
Absolute Change
Relative Change
Afghanistan0.10.6+0.6+1,026%
Albania0.00.0+0.0
Algeria0.00.4+0.4+971%
American Samoa0.02.3+2.3
Andorra0.00.1+0.1+352%
Angola0.074.4+74.4+735,209%
Antigua and Barbuda0.07.4+7.4
Argentina0.03.5+3.5
Armenia0.00.4+0.4
Australia0.00.2+0.2
Austria0.00.3+0.3
Azerbaijan0.00.4+0.4
Bahamas0.026.2+26.2
Bahrain0.01.0+1.0
Bangladesh0.00.2+0.2
Barbados0.07.6+7.6
Belarus0.03.3+3.3
Belgium0.00.4+0.4
Belize0.020.2+20.2
Benin0.023.0+23.0+127,478,334,009,505,024%
Bermuda0.07.3+7.3
Bhutan0.02.2+2.2+4,452,650%
Bolivia0.03.5+3.5+11,590,004%
Bosnia and Herzegovina0.00.2+0.2
Botswana0.1229.4+229.4+434,731%
Brazil0.05.9+5.9
Brunei0.00.9+0.9
Bulgaria0.00.8+0.8
Burkina Faso0.216.1+15.9+9,100%
Burundi0.119.4+19.4+33,598%
Cambodia0.06.6+6.6+57,893,580,878,850,984%
Cameroon0.080.5+80.5+349,403%
Canada0.00.4+0.4
Cape Verde0.08.3+8.3+23,014%
Central African Republic0.0105.4+105.4+877,743,168,330,484,736%
Chad0.026.3+26.2+92,399%
Chile0.02.2+2.2
China0.01.8+1.8
Colombia0.05.3+5.3
Comoros0.00.2+0.2+1,502%
Congo0.088.1+88.1+15,146,092%
Cook Islands0.02.7+2.7+6,813,242%
Costa Rica0.03.7+3.7
Cote d'Ivoire0.155.3+55.2+51,399%
Croatia0.00.2+0.2
Cuba0.02.3+2.3
Cyprus0.00.3+0.3
Czechia0.00.1+0.1
Democratic Republic of Congo1.09.2+8.2+844%
Denmark0.00.3+0.3
Djibouti0.071.3+71.3+1,122,902,585,935,932,160%
Dominica0.07.3+7.3
Dominican Republic0.07.9+7.9+281,832,542,435,817,856%
East Timor0.011.6+11.6+1,002,945,736%
Ecuador0.05.8+5.8
Egypt0.00.5+0.5
El Salvador0.05.5+5.5
Equatorial Guinea0.0165.3+165.3+998,485%
Eritrea0.017.6+17.5+72,535%
Estonia0.02.8+2.8
Eswatini0.0295.3+295.3+4,558,579,255,899,874,304%
Ethiopia0.019.4+19.4+87,187%
Fiji0.02.9+2.9
Finland0.00.1+0.1
France0.00.6+0.6
Gabon0.069.4+69.3+168,668%
Gambia0.068.0+68.0+710,577%
Georgia0.00.9+0.9
Germany0.00.4+0.4
Ghana0.252.1+52.0+33,830%
Greece0.00.2+0.2
Greenland0.01.7+1.7
Grenada0.04.6+4.6
Guam0.04.0+4.0
Guatemala0.03.9+3.9
Guinea0.034.1+34.1+170,403%
Guinea-Bissau0.090.4+90.4+486,296%
Guyana0.024.4+24.4
Haiti0.042.6+42.5+323,591%
Honduras0.02.1+2.1
Hungary0.00.6+0.6
Iceland0.00.3+0.3
India0.02.6+2.6+8,477,187,363,921,933%
Indonesia0.01.2+1.2
Iran0.00.6+0.6
Iraq0.00.3+0.3
Ireland0.00.2+0.2
Israel0.00.3+0.3
Italy0.00.7+0.7
Jamaica0.014.0+14.0
Japan0.00.1+0.1
Jordan0.00.3+0.3
Kazakhstan0.01.3+1.3
Kenya0.181.6+81.6+140,158%
Kiribati0.02.1+2.1
Kuwait0.00.1+0.1
Kyrgyzstan0.02.4+2.4
Laos0.03.8+3.8
Latvia0.07.1+7.1
Lebanon0.10.9+0.8+699%
Lesotho0.0422.9+422.9+1,302,598%
Liberia0.032.9+32.9+221,582%
Libya0.10.8+0.7+1,348%
Lithuania0.03.8+3.8
Luxembourg0.00.3+0.3
Madagascar0.012.3+12.3+218,800,279,448,444,608%
Malawi1.2133.0+131.8+10,676%
Malaysia0.05.4+5.4
Maldives0.00.9+0.9
Mali0.028.4+28.3+182,803%
Malta0.00.3+0.3
Marshall Islands0.03.7+3.7+4,084,824%
Mauritania0.00.1+0.1+851%
Mauritius0.06.2+6.2
Mexico0.04.0+4.0
Micronesia (country)0.03.9+3.9+4,116,339%
Moldova0.04.7+4.7
Monaco0.00.2+0.2+454%
Mongolia0.00.3+0.3
Montenegro0.00.2+0.2
Morocco0.00.7+0.7+1,853%
Mozambique0.0167.1+167.0+806,765%
Myanmar0.05.6+5.6+38,300,566,596,483,928%
Namibia0.0138.9+138.8+591,987%
Nauru0.02.6+2.6+6,993,554%
Nepal0.02.4+2.4
Netherlands0.00.3+0.3
New Zealand0.00.2+0.2
Nicaragua0.03.2+3.2
Niger0.07.0+7.0+52,337%
Nigeria0.046.3+46.3+230,876%
Niue0.02.4+2.4+6,073,630%
North Korea0.01.2+1.2
North Macedonia0.00.0+0.0
Northern Mariana Islands0.02.7+2.7
Norway0.00.2+0.2
Oman0.01.2+1.2
Pakistan0.03.2+3.2
Palau0.02.3+2.3+7,124,271%
Palestine0.00.3+0.3
Panama0.012.4+12.4
Papua New Guinea0.09.4+9.4+155,313,058,756,755,360%
Paraguay0.03.9+3.9
Peru0.04.0+4.0
Philippines0.03.6+3.6
Poland0.00.3+0.3
Portugal0.02.1+2.1
Puerto Rico0.05.1+5.1
Qatar0.00.3+0.3
Romania0.00.9+0.9
Russia0.011.7+11.7
Rwanda0.039.2+39.2+93,150%
Saint Kitts and Nevis0.120.7+20.6+30,018%
Saint Lucia0.03.6+3.6
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines0.015.6+15.6
Samoa0.03.8+3.8+4,979,694%
San Marino0.00.1+0.1+333%
Sao Tome and Principe0.00.1+0.1+731%
Saudi Arabia0.01.8+1.8
Senegal0.010.6+10.6+57,505%
Serbia0.00.3+0.3
Seychelles0.04.8+4.8
Sierra Leone0.026.0+25.9+219,436%
Singapore0.00.5+0.5
Slovakia0.00.0+0.0
Slovenia0.00.1+0.1
Solomon Islands0.03.8+3.8+3,995,662%
Somalia0.019.5+19.5+161,497,351,714,646,336%
South Africa0.0158.3+158.3+1,979,921%
South Korea0.00.1+0.1
South Sudan0.049.7+49.7+364,900%
Spain0.00.9+0.9
Sri Lanka0.00.6+0.6
Sudan0.026.4+26.4+265,924%
Suriname0.016.1+16.1
Sweden0.00.2+0.2
Switzerland0.00.4+0.4
Syria0.00.2+0.2
Taiwan0.00.6+0.6
Tajikistan0.01.2+1.2
Tanzania0.178.5+78.4+61,005%
Thailand0.016.3+16.3
Togo0.033.3+33.3+139,897%
Tokelau0.02.2+2.2+5,472,353%
Tonga0.01.0+1.0
Trinidad and Tobago0.012.5+12.5
Tunisia0.00.5+0.5
Turkey0.00.3+0.3
Turkmenistan0.02.7+2.7
Tuvalu0.02.4+2.4+4,068,783%
Uganda14.087.1+73.1+524%
Ukraine0.011.5+11.5
United Arab Emirates0.00.4+0.3+1,084%
United Kingdom0.00.3+0.3
United States0.01.5+1.5
United States Virgin Islands0.07.6+7.6
Uruguay0.04.5+4.5
Uzbekistan0.01.8+1.8
Vanuatu0.03.8+3.8+3,874,201%
Venezuela0.06.0+6.0
Vietnam0.04.2+4.2
Yemen0.01.7+1.7+3,870%
Zambia0.4148.3+147.9+39,656%
Zimbabwe0.1172.6+172.5+142,518%
Other
African Region (WHO)0.658.4+57.8+9,799%
Americas (WHO)0.04.1+4.1+3,806,218%
East Asia & Pacific (WB)0.02.4+2.4+3,805,594,660%
Eastern Mediterranean (WHO)0.03.1+3.1+34,656%
Europe & Central Asia (WB)0.03.1+3.1+95,148,288%
European Region (WHO)0.03.1+3.1+94,725,145%
High-income countries0.00.9+0.9+1,943,069%
Latin America & Caribbean (WB)0.05.6+5.6+2,919,747%
Low-income countries0.831.1+30.3+3,612%
Lower-middle-income countries0.09.8+9.8+151,792%
Middle East & North Africa (WB)0.00.8+0.8+6,631%
North America (WB)0.01.4+1.4
South Asia (WB)0.02.4+2.4+324,528%
South-East Asia (WHO)0.02.8+2.8+11,287,996,138%
Sub-Saharan Africa (WB)0.659.9+59.3+10,152%
Upper-middle-income countries0.06.9+6.9+2,593,421%
Western Pacific (WHO)0.02.0+2.0+2,421,956,521%
World0.08.7+8.7+18,803%
Data

Death rate from HIV/AIDS

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About this data

Death rate from HIV/AIDS
The estimated number of age-standardized deaths from HIV/AIDS, per 100,000 people.
Source
IHME, Global Burden of Disease (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
Last updated
May 20, 2024
Next expected update
May 2028
Date range
1980–2021
Unit
deaths per 100,000 people

Related research and writing

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HIV / AIDS

Max Roser and Hannah Ritchie

Sources and processing

This data is based on the following sources

The Global Burden of Disease (GBD) study provides a comprehensive assessment of global health trends. This dataset contains the death and DALY counts and rates for 371 diseases and injuries.

Retrieved on
May 20, 2024
Retrieved from
https://vizhub.healthdata.org/gbd-results/
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