Kenya vs Uganda: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Kenya
570,000
in 2024
Uganda
890,000
in 2024
Kenya rank
6th
Uganda rank
4th

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Kenya
  • Uganda
0250.0k500.0k750.0k1.0M1.2M199020072024

How they compare

Uganda currently reports 890,000 against 570,000 in Kenya, a difference of 320,000.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.6 times Kenya's.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 35 shared years of data; in 1990 it was Uganda ahead.

Globally, Kenya ranks 6th and Uganda ranks 4th 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.