Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Dominica
Dominica: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 66.52 children in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Dominica, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
Dominica recorded 66.52 children for children orphaned due to aids deaths in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.4% on the previous year and down 20.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Dominica peaked at 106.25 children in 2005 and was at its lowest, 25.54 children, in 1990.
That places Dominica 132nd 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 | 56.05 children | 25.54 children | 88.14 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 102.22 children | 93.47 children | 106.25 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 84.66 children | 76.76 children | 96.28 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 71.27 children | 66.52 children | 75.49 children | 5 |
Countries ranked near Dominica
- 129 Bahrain 73.47 children compare
- 130 Montenegro 73.04 children compare
- 131 Norway 70.7 children compare
- 133 Luxembourg 56.07 children compare
- 134 St. Kitts and Nevis 53.52 children compare
- 135 Malta 31.06 children compare
More reference data data for Dominica
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0139 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 58.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 4.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 2.69 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure left on Pa 9.13 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure Management 1.34 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - Manure applied to 4.2 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from N2O (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 17.31 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0277 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Direct emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.0463 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Dominica?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Dominica was 66.52 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 Dominica?
- The highest recorded value was 106.25 children in 2005.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Dominica?
- The lowest recorded value was 25.54 children in 1990.
- How does Dominica rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Dominica ranks 132nd out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Dominica?
- Over the last ten years it is down 20.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Dominica 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.