Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Montenegro
Montenegro: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 73.04 children in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Montenegro, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
Montenegro recorded 73.04 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 5.3% on the previous year and up 96.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Montenegro peaked at 73.04 children in 2024 and was at its lowest, 1.03 children, in 1990.
Montenegro ranks 130th 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.
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Montenegro, year by year
| Year | children | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 1.03 children | — |
| 1991 | 1.52 children | +46.8% |
| 1992 | 2.19 children | +44.6% |
| 1993 | 3.09 children | +40.8% |
| 1994 | 4.23 children | +37.1% |
| 1995 | 5.6 children | +32.5% |
| 1996 | 7.17 children | +28.0% |
| 1997 | 8.89 children | +24.0% |
| 1998 | 10.7 children | +20.3% |
| 1999 | 12.53 children | +17.1% |
| 2000 | 14.14 children | +12.9% |
| 2001 | 15.86 children | +12.2% |
| 2002 | 17.35 children | +9.4% |
| 2003 | 18.92 children | +9.0% |
| 2004 | 20.66 children | +9.2% |
| 2005 | 22.18 children | +7.4% |
| 2006 | 22.99 children | +3.6% |
| 2007 | 24.02 children | +4.5% |
| 2008 | 24.86 children | +3.5% |
| 2009 | 26 children | +4.6% |
| 2010 | 27.14 children | +4.4% |
| 2011 | 28.37 children | +4.5% |
| 2012 | 30.67 children | +8.1% |
| 2013 | 33.5 children | +9.2% |
| 2014 | 37.23 children | +11.1% |
| 2015 | 40.35 children | +8.4% |
| 2016 | 44.76 children | +10.9% |
| 2017 | 47.94 children | +7.1% |
| 2018 | 50.42 children | +5.2% |
| 2019 | 52.85 children | +4.8% |
| 2020 | 55.58 children | +5.2% |
| 2021 | 59.26 children | +6.6% |
| 2022 | 64.63 children | +9.1% |
| 2023 | 69.39 children | +7.4% |
| 2024 | 73.04 children | +5.3% |
Montenegro compared with similar countries
- Montenegro's 73.04 children is below the median for upper middle income countries, which is 3,238 children, 2% of the median. (38 countries reporting)
- Montenegro's 73.04 children is below the median for Europe & Central Asia, which is 571.35 children, 13% of the median. (32 countries reporting)
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Montenegro changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | +46.8% | 1.03 children | 1.52 children |
| 1992 | +44.6% | 1.52 children | 2.19 children |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 5.7 children | 1.03 children | 12.53 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 20.7 children | 14.14 children | 26 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 39.32 children | 27.14 children | 52.85 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 64.38 children | 55.58 children | 73.04 children | 5 |
Countries ranked near Montenegro
More reference data data for Montenegro
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.0413 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.0412 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.095 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0009 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 0.095 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.1384 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 0.1046 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.1738 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 0.4689 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.0049 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Montenegro?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Montenegro was 73.04 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 Montenegro?
- The highest recorded value was 73.04 children in 2024.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Montenegro?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.03 children in 1990.
- How does Montenegro rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Montenegro ranks 130th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Montenegro?
- Over the last ten years it is up 96.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Montenegro 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.