Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Bahamas
Bahamas: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 1,092 children in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Bahamas, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
Bahamas recorded 1,092 children for children orphaned due to aids deaths in 2024.
That represents a change of down 4.8% on the previous year and down 39.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Bahamas peaked at 1,854 children in 2009 and was at its lowest, 99.01 children, in 1990.
That places Bahamas 94th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 522.17 children | 99.01 children | 1,102 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,670 children | 1,248 children | 1,854 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,705 children | 1,435 children | 1,819 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 1,224 children | 1,092 children | 1,362 children | 5 |
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More reference data data for Bahamas
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0775 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.161 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.0228 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.0325 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.018 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0145 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0325 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Crop Residues 0.0304 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Manure Management 7.04 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Bahamas?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Bahamas was 1,092 children in 2024, according to Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data.
- What is the highest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Bahamas?
- The highest recorded value was 1,854 children in 2009.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Bahamas?
- The lowest recorded value was 99.01 children in 1990.
- How does Bahamas rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Bahamas ranks 94th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Bahamas?
- Over the last ten years it is down 39.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Bahamas data come from?
- The figures come from Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as part of Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Number of children, aged 17 and under, who have been orphaned by the death of one or both parents from AIDS at any point in their lives. This is the central estimate.