HIV-related deaths — all countries

HIV-related deaths — Zambia

HIV-related deaths in Zambia in 2024 — 16,000 people. Ranked 127 in the world out of 136. Since 2000, the indicator has fallen by 71.4%.

2024 16,000 people −5.88% vs 2023
World rank 127of 136
Period maximum 62,000 people2002
Period minimum 16,000 people2024

Trend over time

2000–2024 · people

HIV-related deaths — Zambia, 2000–2024020,00040,00060,00080,0002000200320062009201220152018202120242000: 56,000 people2001: 59,000 people2002: 62,000 people2003: 61,000 people2004: 58,000 people2005: 55,000 people2006: 50,000 people2007: 42,000 people2008: 33,000 people2009: 27,000 people2010: 26,000 people2011: 25,000 people2012: 23,000 people2013: 22,000 people2014: 22,000 people2015: 22,000 people2016: 20,000 people2017: 20,000 people2018: 22,000 people2019: 23,000 people2020: 22,000 people2021: 20,000 people2022: 18,000 people2023: 17,000 people2024: 16,000 people
Change over the period: −40,000 (−71.43%) Average annual rate: -5.09 %

Comparison, 2024

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Zambia

Zambia 16,000 people
Sub-Saharan Africa computed 382,840 people
Eastern Africa computed 180,940 people
Lower-middle-income countries computed 255,180 people
HIV-related deaths — Zambia, by year Zambia All countries CSV XLSX
Year people Change Change, %
2024 16,000 −1,000 −5.88%
2023 17,000 −1,000 −5.56%
2022 18,000 −2,000 −10%
2021 20,000 −2,000 −9.09%
2020 22,000 −1,000 −4.35%
2019 23,000 +1,000 +4.55%
2018 22,000 +2,000 +10%
2017 20,000 +0 +0%
2016 20,000 −2,000 −9.09%
2015 22,000 +0 +0%
2014 22,000 +0 +0%
2013 22,000 −1,000 −4.35%
2012 23,000 −2,000 −8%
2011 25,000 −1,000 −3.85%
2010 26,000 −1,000 −3.7%
2009 27,000 −6,000 −18.18%
2008 33,000 −9,000 −21.43%
2007 42,000 −8,000 −16%
2006 50,000 −5,000 −9.09%
2005 55,000 −3,000 −5.17%
2004 58,000 −3,000 −4.92%
2003 61,000 −1,000 −1.61%
2002 62,000 +3,000 +5.08%
2001 59,000 +3,000 +5.36%
2000 56,000

About the indicator

The estimated number of deaths during a year from causes related to HIV. The wording “related” is not accidental: the virus itself destroys immunity, while the immediate cause of death is usually another infection, most often tuberculosis. This series shows the effect of the arrival of affordable antiretroviral therapy — since the mid-2000s mortality has been falling while the number of people living with HIV keeps growing.

Important: A UNAIDS estimate with an uncertainty interval; the central estimate is taken. Part of these deaths are at the same time counted as tuberculosis deaths in statistics where HIV status is not separated out.

Source: Global Health Observatory (WHO), license CC BY-NC-SA 3.0 IGO.