Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Ghana
Ghana: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 235,107 children in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Ghana, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
Ghana recorded 235,107 children for children orphaned due to aids deaths in 2024.
The figure is down 1.2% on the previous year and down 1.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Ghana peaked at 245,056 children in 2020 and was at its lowest, 13,121 children, in 1990.
That places Ghana 15th out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 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 | 53,040 children | 13,121 children | 110,486 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 186,942 children | 126,456 children | 230,033 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 239,982 children | 233,705 children | 244,397 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 241,132 children | 235,107 children | 245,056 children | 5 |
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More reference data data for Ghana
- Temperature anomalies by month 0.8532 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.2851 °C (2026)
- Summer temperature anomalies -0.0419 °C (2026)
- Winter temperature anomalies 0.6214 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 0.3544 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 855.78 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Annual precipitation 875.56 millimeters (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 2 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Ghana?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Ghana was 235,107 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 Ghana?
- The highest recorded value was 245,056 children in 2020.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Ghana?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,121 children in 1990.
- How does Ghana rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Ghana ranks 15th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Ghana?
- Over the last ten years it is down 1.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Ghana 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.