Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Maldives
Maldives: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 10.77 children in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Maldives, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
Maldives recorded 10.77 children for children orphaned due to aids deaths in 2024. That is the highest value across all 35 years on record.
That represents a change of up 4.2% on the previous year and up 75.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Maldives peaked at 10.77 children in 2024 and was at its lowest, 0.0306 children, in 1990.
Maldives ranks 139th of 139 countries on this measure, in the bottom 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 | 0.6939 children | 0.0306 children | 2.26 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 6.53 children | 3.04 children | 8.9 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 6.93 children | 5.97 children | 8.61 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 9.87 children | 9.03 children | 10.77 children | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Maldives?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Maldives was 10.77 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 Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 10.77 children in 2024.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.0306 children in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Maldives ranks 139th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 75.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Maldives 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.