Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Mozambique
Mozambique: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 1.20 million children in 2024. ◆ Volatile
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Mozambique, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
Mozambique recorded 1.20 million children for children orphaned due to aids deaths in 2024.
Compared with earlier readings it is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 5.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Mozambique peaked at 1.28 million children in 2022 and was at its lowest, 12,445 children, in 1990.
That places Mozambique 2nd out of 139 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the top 10%.
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 | 71,544 children | 12,445 children | 178,696 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 480,550 children | 220,004 children | 766,674 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.10 million children | 835,074 children | 1.23 million children | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.25 million children | 1.20 million children | 1.28 million children | 5 |
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More reference data data for Mozambique
- Summer temperature anomalies 0.7491 °C (2026)
- Temperature anomalies by month -0.0188 °C (2026)
- Spring temperature anomalies -0.0001 °C (2026)
- Autumn temperature anomalies 1.11 °C (2025)
- Consumer price index 257.68 2010 = 100 (2025)
- Winter temperature anomalies -0.637 °C (2025)
- Universal right to vote in practice 2 (2025)
- Universal right to vote 2 (2025)
- Men's universal right to vote 1 (2025)
- Civil liberties rating 4 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Mozambique?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Mozambique was 1.20 million 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 Mozambique?
- The highest recorded value was 1.28 million children in 2022.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Mozambique?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,445 children in 1990.
- How does Mozambique rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Mozambique ranks 2nd out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Mozambique?
- Over the last ten years it is up 5.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mozambique 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.