Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Comoros
Comoros: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 82.9 children in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Comoros, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
Comoros recorded 82.9 children for children orphaned due to aids deaths in 2024.
The figure is down 4.9% on the previous year and down 6.4% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Comoros peaked at 93.41 children in 2019 and was at its lowest, 17.11 children, in 1990.
That places Comoros 126th out of 139 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 | 32.65 children | 17.11 children | 51.1 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 74.1 children | 55.75 children | 88.55 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 90.17 children | 88.45 children | 93.41 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 88.41 children | 82.9 children | 92.18 children | 5 |
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- 128 North Macedonia 74.04 children compare
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- Summer temperature anomalies 0.5349 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.3401 °C (2026)
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- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.4535 °C (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.7794 °C (2025)
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- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
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Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Comoros?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Comoros was 82.9 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 Comoros?
- The highest recorded value was 93.41 children in 2019.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Comoros?
- The lowest recorded value was 17.11 children in 1990.
- How does Comoros rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Comoros ranks 126th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Comoros?
- Over the last ten years it is down 6.4%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Comoros 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.