Uganda vs Zimbabwe: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS

Uganda
890,000
in 2024
Zimbabwe
510,000
in 2024
Uganda rank
4th
Zimbabwe rank
7th

Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS over time

  • Uganda
  • Zimbabwe
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How they compare

Uganda currently reports 890,000 against 510,000 in Zimbabwe, a difference of 380,000.

That makes Uganda's figure about 1.7 times Zimbabwe's.

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

Globally, Uganda ranks 4th 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.