Table 1

Descriptive statistics

Variable	Mean	SD	Min	Max	n	Source
AIDS mortality rate per 100 000 people*	44.456	119.167	0.009	1118.747	3784	UNAIDS2
HIV incidence per 1000 people*	0.795	2.206	0.001	21.684	3784	UNAIDS2
COVID-19 excess deaths per 100 000 people†	73.359	97.365	151.108	655.319	171	The Economist and Solstad1
Gini index*	0.573	0.087	0.370	0.781	3434	World Inequality Database32
Health expenditure per capita (US$)*	927.486	1649.671	4.000	11 702.000	3542	World Bank31

*Period covered is 2000–2021.
†Period covered in 2020/2021. COVID-19 excess deaths refer to an estimate of the deaths that occurred during the COVID-19 pandemic over and above what would be expected in the absence of the pandemic.
max, maximum value; min, minimum value; n, number of observations.