Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Eritrea
Eritrea: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 10,918 children in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Eritrea, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children orphaned due to aids deaths in Eritrea is 10,918 children, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 52.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Eritrea peaked at 26,174 children in 2008 and was at its lowest, 2,382 children, in 1990.
Eritrea ranks 60th of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Eritrea, year by year
| Year | children | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 2,382 children | — |
| 1991 | 3,174 children | +33.3% |
| 1992 | 3,806 children | +19.9% |
| 1993 | 4,767 children | +25.3% |
| 1994 | 5,998 children | +25.8% |
| 1995 | 7,356 children | +22.6% |
| 1996 | 9,228 children | +25.4% |
| 1997 | 11,118 children | +20.5% |
| 1998 | 12,937 children | +16.4% |
| 1999 | 14,568 children | +12.6% |
| 2000 | 16,388 children | +12.5% |
| 2001 | 18,104 children | +10.5% |
| 2002 | 19,917 children | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 21,525 children | +8.1% |
| 2004 | 23,133 children | +7.5% |
| 2005 | 24,209 children | +4.7% |
| 2006 | 25,548 children | +5.5% |
| 2007 | 26,125 children | +2.3% |
| 2008 | 26,174 children | +0.2% |
| 2009 | 26,138 children | -0.1% |
| 2010 | 25,797 children | -1.3% |
| 2011 | 25,035 children | -3.0% |
| 2012 | 24,384 children | -2.6% |
| 2013 | 23,765 children | -2.5% |
| 2014 | 22,779 children | -4.2% |
| 2015 | 21,508 children | -5.6% |
| 2016 | 20,087 children | -6.6% |
| 2017 | 18,700 children | -6.9% |
| 2018 | 17,463 children | -6.6% |
| 2019 | 16,263 children | -6.9% |
| 2020 | 15,122 children | -7.0% |
| 2021 | 13,940 children | -7.8% |
| 2022 | 12,944 children | -7.1% |
| 2023 | 11,912 children | -8.0% |
| 2024 | 10,918 children | -8.3% |
Eritrea compared with similar countries
- Eritrea's 10,918 children is below the median for low income countries, which is 48,346 children, 23% of the median. (24 countries reporting)
- Eritrea's 10,918 children is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 83,352 children, 13% of the median. (44 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,533 children | 2,382 children | 14,568 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 22,726 children | 16,388 children | 26,174 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 21,578 children | 16,263 children | 25,797 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,967 children | 10,918 children | 15,122 children | 5 |
Countries ranked near Eritrea
More reference data data for Eritrea
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0531 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.46 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.57 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - Burning - Crop 4.36 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 6,237 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure Management 161.42 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure applied to Soils 47.21 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) (AR5) - Manure left on Pasture 1,801 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CO2eq) from CH4 (AR5) - IPCC Agriculture 4,287 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (CH4) - Burning - Crop residues 0.1557 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Eritrea?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Eritrea was 10,918 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 Eritrea?
- The highest recorded value was 26,174 children in 2008.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Eritrea?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,382 children in 1990.
- How does Eritrea rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Eritrea ranks 60th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Eritrea?
- Over the last ten years it is down 52.1%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Eritrea 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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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.