Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Greece
Greece: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 470.79 children in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Greece, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
In 2024, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Greece stood at 470.79 children. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 11.3% on the previous year and up 60.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Greece peaked at 470.79 children in 2024 and was at its lowest, 55.85 children, in 1990.
Greece ranks 108th of 139 countries on this measure, 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 | 146.64 children | 55.85 children | 206.46 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 155.48 children | 138.97 children | 190.69 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 280.39 children | 213.89 children | 304.19 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 388.87 children | 320.75 children | 470.79 children | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Greece?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Greece was 470.79 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 Greece?
- The highest recorded value was 470.79 children in 2024.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Greece?
- The lowest recorded value was 55.85 children in 1990.
- How does Greece rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Greece ranks 108th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Greece?
- Over the last ten years it is up 60.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Greece 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.