Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in New Zealand
New Zealand: Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS was 200 in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS in New Zealand, 1990–2024
Source: UNAIDS estimates.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children orphaned by hiv/aids in New Zealand is 200, measured in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 35 years on record.
The figure is down 60.0% on the previous year and down 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned by hiv/aids in New Zealand peaked at 500 in 1993 and was at its lowest, 200, in 1990.
That places New Zealand 117th out of 138 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 410 | 200 | 500 | 10 |
| 2000s | 500 | 500 | 500 | 10 |
| 2010s | 500 | 500 | 500 | 10 |
| 2020s | 440 | 200 | 500 | 5 |
Countries ranked near New Zealand
- 117 Antigua and Barbuda 200 compare
- 117 Belgium 200 compare
- 117 Bhutan 200 compare
- 117 Croatia 200 compare
- 117 Serbia 200 compare
- 117 Saint Lucia 200 compare
- 117 United Arab Emirates 200 compare
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- Age population, age 14, female, interpolated 33,125 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, male, interpolated 34,390 (2025)
- Age population, age 13, female, interpolated 32,847 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, male, interpolated 33,945 (2025)
- Age population, age 12, female, interpolated 32,324 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, male, interpolated 33,143 (2025)
- Age population, age 09, male, interpolated 32,771 (2025)
- Age population, age 10, female, interpolated 31,139 (2025)
- Age population, age 14, male, interpolated 34,822 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned by hiv/aids in New Zealand?
- Children orphaned by hiv/aids in New Zealand was 200 in 2024, according to UNAIDS estimates.
- What is the highest children orphaned by hiv/aids recorded in New Zealand?
- The highest recorded value was 500 in 1993.
- What is the lowest children orphaned by hiv/aids recorded in New Zealand?
- The lowest recorded value was 200 in 1990.
- How does New Zealand rank for children orphaned by hiv/aids?
- New Zealand ranks 117th out of 138 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned by hiv/aids rising or falling in New Zealand?
- Over the last ten years it is down 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this New Zealand data come from?
- The figures come from UNAIDS estimates, published as part of Children orphaned by HIV/AIDS. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
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.