Botswana vs Sierra Leone: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
Botswana
52,000
in 2024
Sierra Leone
44,000
in 2024
Botswana rank
35th
Sierra Leone rank
36th
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time
- Botswana
- Sierra Leone
How they compare
Botswana currently reports 52,000 against 44,000 in Sierra Leone, a difference of 8,000.
That makes Botswana's figure about 1.2 times Sierra Leone's.
Across all 35 years both countries report, Botswana has been ahead every year.
Globally, Botswana ranks 35th and Sierra Leone ranks 36th of 138 countries.
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About this data
Number of children orphaned by HIV/AIDS is the estimated number of children who have lost their mother or both parents to AIDS before age 15 since the epidemic began. Some of the orphaned children included in this cumulative total are no longer alive; others are no longer under age 15.