Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Eswatini
Eswatini: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 61,437 children in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Eswatini, 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 Eswatini is 61,437 children, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 4.8% on the previous year and down 36.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Eswatini peaked at 97,039 children in 2014 and was at its lowest, 152.17 children, in 1990.
That places Eswatini 31st out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,539 children | 152.17 children | 24,902 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 66,745 children | 32,747 children | 91,265 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 91,292 children | 78,912 children | 97,039 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 68,492 children | 61,437 children | 76,675 children | 5 |
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More reference data data for Eswatini
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.5399 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies 1.45 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies 0.3694 °C (2026)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.6507 °C (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.7504 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 0 (2025)
- Consumer price index 166.82 2010 = 100 (2019)
- Free country 0 (2025)
- Competitive elections 0 (2025)
- Chief executive of the government is elected 0 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Eswatini?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Eswatini was 61,437 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 Eswatini?
- The highest recorded value was 97,039 children in 2014.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Eswatini?
- The lowest recorded value was 152.17 children in 1990.
- How does Eswatini rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Eswatini ranks 31st out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Eswatini?
- Over the last ten years it is down 36.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Eswatini 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.