Burkina Faso vs Namibia: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Burkina Faso
66,000
in 2024
Namibia
55,000
in 2024
Burkina Faso rank
30th
Namibia rank
33rd

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Burkina Faso
  • Namibia
050.0k100.0k150.0k199020072024

How they compare

Burkina Faso currently reports 66,000 against 55,000 in Namibia, a difference of 11,000.

That makes Burkina Faso's figure about 1.2 times Namibia's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Burkina Faso has been ahead every year.

Globally, Burkina Faso ranks 30th and Namibia ranks 33rd of 138 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS
Source
UNAIDS estimates
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
139 places, 4,809 data points, 1990–2024
Last refreshed

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.