Ethiopia vs Ghana: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Ethiopia
240,000
in 2024
Ghana
240,000
in 2024
Ethiopia rank
14th
Ghana rank
14th

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Ethiopia
  • Ghana
0200.0k400.0k600.0k199020072024

How they compare

Ethiopia currently reports 240,000 against 240,000 in Ghana, a difference of 0.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Ethiopia ahead.

Globally, Ethiopia ranks 14th and Ghana ranks 14th 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.