TUNISIA
0.10 %
MOROCCO
0.10 %
ALGERIA
0.10 %
WESTERN
SAHARA
EGYPT
LIBYA
0.10 %
0.30 %
N/A
MAURITANIA
0.80 %
CAPE VERDE
MALI
0.04 %
NIGER
1.50 %
CHAD
0.80 %
3.50 %
SENEGAL
0.90 %
1.80 %
1.30 %
1.40 %
THE GAMBIA
GUINEA-BISSAU
ERITREA
SUDAN
1.00 %
BURKINA
FASO
GUINEA
1.60 %
1.60 %
DJUBOUTI
3.10 %
BENIN
1.20 %
SIERRA LEONE
1.70 %
CÔTE
D’IVOIRE
NIGERIA
CENTRAL AFRICAN
REPUBLIC
1.90 %
1.70 %
6.30 %
CAMEROON
TOGO
3.30 %
0.50 %
2.10 %
GHANA
AIDS
LIBERIA
3.90 %
SOMALIA
ETHIOPIA
3.10 %
5.10 %
EQUATORIAL
GUINEA
3.40 %
GABON
5.90 %
REPUBLIC
OF THE
CONGO
3.50 %
UGANDA
KENYA
5.40 %
DEMOCRATIC
REPUBLIC OF THE
CONGO
6.70 %
RWANDA
2.80 %
4.20 %
BURUNDI
2.00 %
TANZANIA
6.20 %
A visual analysis of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in Africa
ANGOLA
COMOROS
MALAWI
2.10 %
0.10 %
11.90 %
ZAMBIA
15.20 %
ZIMBABWE
15.30 %
NAMIBIA
15.30 %
MADAGASCAR
MOZAMBIQUE
0.10 %
12.50 %
BOTSWANA
23.90 %
MAURITIUS
1.70 %
SWAZILAND
26.10 %
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0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.10
0.00
1.00
1.50
2.00
4.00
6.00
Percentage of Adults (ages 15-49) with HIV/AIDS
10.00
23.20 %
15.00
18.10 %
LESOTHO
20.00
SOUTH
AFRICA
26.10
cquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS has killed an estimated 25 million
people worldwide since 1982. Of these 25 million deaths, 12 million were children
who lived in Africa. AIDS is caused by a virus known as HIV or human immunodeficiency
virus, which attacks the host’s white blood cells leaving the person susceptible to many
different diseases. Sub-Saharan Africa (south of the Sahara Desert) accounts for two-thirds
of the 39.5 million worldwide cases of HIV/AIDS and 75 percent of deaths caused by
AIDS. The graphic to the right shows where in Africa HIV/AIDS is most prevalent.
Countries further south show much higher percentages of citizens with HIV/AIDS while
North African countries have very low rates of infection. In 2009, of the 10.6 million who
needed it, only 3.9 million patients with HIV in sub-Saharan Africa were given
antiretroviral therapy (ART); this treatment works to slow the progression of the HIV virus
and has shown great successes in reducing pain and suffering as well as death among HIV
victims. While efforts to treat and prevent HIV such as ART and PMTCT (Prevention of
Mother to Child Transmission) expand in sub-Saharan Africa, their coverage is still
unacceptably low in the region according to the World Health Organization.
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Republic
Population: 34,178,188
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 21,000
Republic
Population: 12,799,293
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 190,000
Republic
Population: 8,791,832
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 64,000
Parliamentary Republic
Population: 1,990,876
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 300,000
Parliamentary Republic
Population: 15,746,232
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 130,000
Republic
Population: 9,511,330
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 110,000
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Comoros
Côte d’Ivoire
Republic
Population: 429,474
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 775
Central African
Republic
Chad
Republic
Population: 18,879,301
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 540,000
Republic
Population: 10,329,208
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 200,000
Republic
Population: 752,438
Total living with HIV/AIDS: N/A
Republic
Population: 20,617,068
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 480,000
Democratic
Republic of
the Congo
Djibouti
Egypt
Ethiopia
Republic
Population: 78,866,635
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 9,200
Equatorial
Guinea
Eritrea
Republic
Population: 724,622
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 16,000
Transitional Single Party
Population: 5,647,168
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 38,000
Federal Republic
Population: 85,237,338
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 980,000
Gabon
The Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Republic, Multiparty
Population: 1,514,993
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 49,000
Republic
Population: 1,778,081
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 8,200
Constitutional Democracy
Population: 23,887,812
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 260,000
Republic
Population: 10,057,975
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 87,000
Republic
Population: 1,533,964
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 16,000
Republic
Population: 39,002,772
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 1,200,000
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Parliamentary
Constitutional Monarchy
Population: 2,130,819
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 270,000
Republic
Population: 3,441,790
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 35,000
Jamahiriya, Authoritarian
Population: 6,324,357
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 10,000
Republic
Population: 20,653,556
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 14,000
Multiparty Democracy
Population: 15,028,757
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 930,000
Republic
Population: 13,443,225
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 100,000
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Military Junta
Population: 3,129,486
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 14,000
Parliamentary Democracy
Population: 1,284,264
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 13,000
Constitutional Monarchy
Population: 31,285,174
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 21,000
Republic
Population: 21,669,278
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 1,500,000
Republic
Population: 2,108,665
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 200,000
Republic
Population: 15,306,252
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 60,000
Nigeria
Republic of
the Congo
Rwanda
Senegal
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Republic, Multiparty
Population: 10,746,311
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 150,000
Republic
Population: 13,711,597
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 67,000
Constitutional Democracy
Population: 5,132,138
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 55,000
Transitional, Parliamentary
Federal Government
Population: 9,832,017
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 24,000
Republic
Population: 68,692,542
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 1,100,000
Federal Republic
Population: 149,229,090
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 2,600,000
Republic
Population: 4,012,809
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 79,000
Republic
Population: 4,511,488
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 160,000
Republic
Population: 633,441
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 11,000
South Africa
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Republic
Population: 49,052,489
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 5,700,000
Power-sharing
Population: 41,087,825
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 320,000
Monarchy
Population: 1,337,186
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 190,000
Republic
Population: 41,048,532
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 1,400,000
Republic
Population: 6,031,808
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 130,000
Republic
Population: 10,486,339
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 3,700
Uganda
Western Sahara
Zambia
Zimbabwe
Republic
Population: 32,369,558
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 940,000
Conflict over Sovereignty
Population: 405,210
Total living with HIV/AIDS: N/A
Republic
Population: 34,178,188
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 21,000
Republic
Population: 34,178,188
Total living with HIV/AIDS: 21,000
Story and Infographic by Kevin Engelhard
Sources: National Geographic, World Health Organization, Central Inteligency Agency