Researchers have found that over 25 million people have died from AIDS since 1981, Over 300 children and adults die every day because of HIV/AIDS. African countries are badly plagued by the HIV/AIDS pandemic and are the countries with the highest rate of HIV/AIDS cases in the world.
HIV/AIDS health rates distribution
AIDS kills almost one million people per year; in some countries, it is the main cause of death.
The distribution of death rates around the world is depicted in the interactive map. Most countries have a death rate of less than 10 per 100,000, and several have rates as low as 5 per 100,000. The death rate in Europe is less than one per 100,000.
High death rates are substantially greater in Sub-Saharan Africa. The majority of countries in the region’s south had rates of more than 100 per 100,000. It was over 200 per 100,000 in South Africa and Mozambique.
This is a list of 20 countries with the highest rate of HIV cases in the world. (The list is dominated by countries in sub-Saharan Africa. )
1. Eswatini
2. Lesotho
3. Botswana
4. South Africa
5. Zimbabwe
6. Namibia
7. Mozambique
8. Zambia
9. Malawi
10. Equatorial Guinea
11. Uganda
12. Tanzania
13. Kenya
15. Republic of the Congo
16. Guinea Bissau
17. Gabon
18. Cameroon
19. Central African Republic
20. Rwanda
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country | hivCases | dataYear | percHIV | deaths | |
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1 | Eswatini | 200000 | 2020 est. | 0.268 | 2400 |
2 | Lesotho | 280000 | 2020 est. | 0.211 | 4700 |
3 | Botswana | 370000 | 2020 est. | 0.199 | 5100 |
4 | South Africa | 7800000 | 2020 est. | 0.191 | 83000 |
5 | Zimbabwe | 1300000 | 2020 est. | 0.119 | 22000 |
6 | Namibia | 210000 | 2020 est. | 0.116 | 3000 |
7 | Mozambique | 2100000 | 2020 est. | 0.115 | 38000 |
8 | Zambia | 1500000 | 2020 est. | 0.111 | 24000 |
9 | Malawi | 990000 | 2020 est. | 0.081 | 12000 |
10 | Equatorial Guinea | 68000 | 2020 est. | 0.073 | 2300 |
11 | Uganda | 1400000 | 2020 est. | 0.054 | 22000 |
12 | Tanzania | 1700000 | 2020 est. | 0.047 | 32000 |
13 | Kenya | 1400000 | 2020 est. | 0.042 | 29000 |
14 | Republic of the Congo | 110000 | 2020 est. | 0.033 | 6100 |
15 | Guinea-Bissau | 37000 | 2020 est. | 0.03 | 1500 |
16 | Gabon | 46000 | 2020 est. | 0.03 | 1000 |
17 | Cameroon | 500000 | 2020 est. | 0.03 | 14000 |
18 | Central African Republic | 88000 | 2020 est. | 0.029 | 3200 |
19 | Rwanda | 220000 | 2020 est. | 0.025 | 2500 |
20 | South Sudan | 180000 | 2020 est. | 0.023 | 8900 |
21 | Ivory Coast | 380000 | 2020 est. | 0.021 | 13000 |
22 | Togo | 110000 | 2020 est. | 0.02 | 3000 |
23 | Haiti | 150000 | 2020 est. | 0.019 | 2200 |
24 | Gambia | 27000 | 2020 est. | 0.018 | 1300 |
25 | Angola | 340000 | 2020 est. | 0.018 | 16000 |
26 | Mauritius | 14000 | 2020 | 0.017 | 1000 |
27 | Ghana | 350000 | 2020 est. | 0.017 | 13000 |
28 | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 1200 | 2018 | 0.015 | 100 |
29 | Sierra Leone | 80000 | 2020 est. | 0.015 | 3200 |
30 | Jamaica | 32000 | 2020 est. | 0.014 | 1000 |
31 | Guinea | 110000 | 2020 est. | 0.014 | 3300 |
32 | Guyana | 9000 | 2020 est. | 0.013 | 200 |
33 | Nigeria | 1700000 | 2020 est. | 0.013 | 49000 |
34 | Bahamas | 4700 | 2020 est. | 0.012 | 200 |
35 | Belize | 3800 | 2020 est. | 0.012 | 200 |
36 | Russia | 1000000 | 2017 est. | 0.012 | |
37 | Barbados | 2700 | 2019 est. | 0.011 | 100 |
38 | Suriname | 5200 | 2020 est. | 0.011 | 200 |
39 | Liberia | 35000 | 2020 est. | 0.011 | 1300 |
40 | Chad | 110000 | 2020 est. | 0.011 | 3000 |
41 | Panama | 31000 | 2020 est. | 0.01 | 500 |
42 | Burundi | 83000 | 2020 est. | 0.01 | 1700 |
43 | Ukraine | 260000 | 2020 est. | 0.01 | 3100 |
44 | Thailand | 500000 | 2020 est. | 0.01 | 12000 |
45 | Papua New Guinea | 55000 | 2020 est. | 0.009 | 500 |
46 | Dominican Republic | 72000 | 2020 est. | 0.009 | 1900 |
47 | Benin | 75000 | 2020 est. | 0.009 | 2000 |
48 | Mali | 110000 | 2020 est. | 0.009 | 4600 |
49 | Ethiopia | 620000 | 2020 est. | 0.009 | 13000 |
50 | Djibouti | 6800 | 2020 est. | 0.008 | 500 |
51 | Estonia | 7100 | 2020 est. | 0.008 | 100 |
52 | Moldova | 14000 | 2020 est. | 0.008 | 500 |
53 | Trinidad and Tobago | 10000 | 2020 est. | 0.007 | 200 |
54 | Burkina Faso | 97000 | 2020 est. | 0.007 | 3300 |
55 | DR Congo | 510000 | 2020 est. | 0.007 | 17000 |
56 | Dominica | 2018 | 0.006 | 100 | |
57 | Saint Lucia | 2018 | 0.006 | 100 | |
58 | Chile | 77000 | 2020 est. | 0.006 | 1000 |
59 | Brazil | 930000 | 2020 est. | 0.006 | 13000 |
60 | Saint Kitts and Nevis | 2018 | 0.005 | 100 | |
61 | Eritrea | 13000 | 2020 est. | 0.005 | 500 |
62 | El Salvador | 25000 | 2020 est. | 0.005 | 1000 |
63 | Belarus | 28000 | 2020 est. | 0.005 | 200 |
64 | Portugal | 42000 | 2020 est. | 0.005 | 500 |
65 | Greece | 17000 | 2020 est. | 0.005 | 100 |
66 | Cambodia | 75000 | 2020 est. | 0.005 | 1200 |
67 | Venezuela | 100000 | 2020 est. | 0.005 | 4200 |
68 | Uruguay | 12000 | 2020 est. | 0.004 | 200 |
69 | Costa Rica | 16000 | 2020 est. | 0.004 | 500 |
70 | Cuba | 33000 | 2020 est. | 0.004 | 500 |
71 | Malaysia | 92000 | 2020 est. | 0.004 | 2000 |
72 | Argentina | 140000 | 2020 est. | 0.004 | 1400 |
73 | Spain | 150000 | 2020 est. | 0.004 | 1000 |
74 | Colombia | 180000 | 2020 est. | 0.004 | 3000 |
75 | Mexico | 340000 | 2020 est. | 0.004 | 4300 |
76 | Indonesia | 540000 | 2020 est. | 0.004 | 24000 |
77 | Sao Tome and Principe | 2020 | 0.003 | 100 | |
78 | Luxembourg | 1200 | 2018 est. | 0.003 | 100 |
79 | Latvia | 5600 | 2019 est. | 0.003 | 100 |
80 | Georgia | 9100 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 100 |
81 | Mauritania | 8500 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 500 |
82 | Paraguay | 19000 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 500 |
83 | Laos | 15000 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 500 |
84 | Senegal | 39000 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 1100 |
85 | Ecuador | 45000 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 500 |
86 | Kazakhstan | 35000 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 500 |
87 | Madagascar | 42000 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 1800 |
88 | Peru | 91000 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 1000 |
89 | France | 190000 | 2019 est. | 0.003 | 500 |
90 | Vietnam | 250000 | 2020 est. | 0.003 | 3800 |
91 | Bhutan | 1300 | 2020 | 0.002 | 100 |
92 | Fiji | 1300 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 100 |
93 | Timor-Leste | 1200 | 2020 | 0.002 | 100 |
94 | Armenia | 4800 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 100 |
95 | Ireland | 7800 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 100 |
96 | Singapore | 8000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 100 |
97 | Kyrgyzstan | 9200 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 100 |
98 | Nicaragua | 12000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 500 |
99 | Switzerland | 17000 | 2020 | 0.002 | 200 |
100 | Israel | 9000 | 2018 | 0.002 | 100 |
101 | Tajikistan | 14000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 500 |
102 | Sweden | 11000 | 2016 est. | 0.002 | |
103 | Honduras | 22000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 1000 |
104 | Bolivia | 17000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 200 |
105 | Netherlands | 24000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 100 |
106 | Guatemala | 33000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 1000 |
107 | Niger | 31000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 1100 |
108 | Uzbekistan | 58000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 1000 |
109 | Sudan | 49000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 2300 |
110 | Italy | 140000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 1000 |
111 | Philippines | 120000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 1600 |
112 | Pakistan | 200000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 8200 |
113 | India | 2300000 | 2020 est. | 0.002 | 69000 |
114 | Iceland | 2020 | 0.001 | 100 | |
115 | Cyprus | 2017 est. | 0.001 | 100 | |
116 | Lithuania | 3400 | 2019 est. | 0.001 | 100 |
117 | Oman | 2500 | 2019 | 0.001 | 100 |
118 | Norway | 5800 | 2018 est. | 0.001 | 100 |
119 | Finland | 4000 | 2018 | 0.001 | 100 |
120 | Denmark | 6700 | 2020 est. | 0.001 | 100 |
121 | Libya | 9500 | 2020 | 0.001 | 100 |
122 | Austria | 7400 | 2017 est. | 0.001 | 100 |
123 | United Arab Emirates | 2020 | 0.001 | 100 | |
124 | Azerbaijan | 9900 | 2020 est. | 0.001 | 200 |
125 | Romania | 19000 | 2020 est. | 0.001 | 500 |
126 | Australia | 30000 | 2020 est. | 0.001 | 100 |
127 | Nepal | 30000 | 2020 est. | 0.001 | 1000 |
128 | Germany | 93000 | 2020 est. | 0.001 | 500 |
129 | Albania | 1400 | 2020 est. | 100 | |
130 | Croatia | 1700 | 2020 est. | 100 | |
131 | New Zealand | 3600 | 2020 est. | 100 | |
132 | Slovakia | 1200 | 2018 est. | 100 | |
133 | Lebanon | 2700 | 2020 est. | 100 | |
134 | Bulgaria | 3300 | 2019 est. | 100 | |
135 | Serbia | 3300 | 2020 est. | 100 | |
136 | Hungary | 3700 | 2018 est. | 100 | |
137 | Tunisia | 4500 | 2020 est. | 200 | |
138 | Somalia | 8700 | 2020 est. | 500 | |
139 | Sri Lanka | 3700 | 2020 est. | 200 | |
140 | Yemen | 11000 | 2020 est. | 500 | |
141 | Saudi Arabia | 12000 | 2020 est. | 200 | |
142 | Morocco | 22000 | 2020 est. | 500 | |
143 | Afghanistan | 12000 | 2020 est. | 1000 | |
144 | Algeria | 18000 | 2020 est. | 200 | |
145 | Iran | 54000 | 2020 est. | 3200 | |
146 | Egypt | 24000 | 2020 est. | 500 | |
147 | Japan | 30000 | 2020 est. | 100 | |
148 | Bangladesh | 14000 | 2018 est. | 1000 |