Laos vs Mauritania: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Laos
7,100
in 2024
Mauritania
8,400
in 2024
Laos rank
71st
Mauritania rank
68th

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Laos
  • Mauritania
02.5k5.0k7.5k10.0k12.5k199020072024

How they compare

Mauritania currently reports 8,400 against 7,100 in Laos, a difference of 1,300.

That makes Mauritania's figure about 1.2 times Laos's.

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

Globally, Laos ranks 71st and Mauritania ranks 68th 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.