Kenya vs Zimbabwe: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Kenya
570,000
in 2024
Zimbabwe
510,000
in 2024
Kenya rank
6th
Zimbabwe rank
7th

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Kenya
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Kenya currently reports 570,000 against 510,000 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 60,000.

That makes Kenya's figure about 1.1 times Zimbabwe's.

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

Globally, Kenya ranks 6th and Zimbabwe ranks 7th 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.