Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Rwanda
Rwanda: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 87,934 children in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Rwanda, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
The most recent figure for children orphaned due to aids deaths in Rwanda is 87,934 children, measured in 2024.
That represents a change of down 11.6% on the previous year and down 53.9% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Rwanda peaked at 210,679 children in 2010 and was at its lowest, 13,336 children, in 1990.
Rwanda ranks 24th of 139 countries on this measure, 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 | 44,136 children | 13,336 children | 84,007 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 154,123 children | 96,344 children | 208,138 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 181,961 children | 143,282 children | 210,679 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 110,805 children | 87,934 children | 132,891 children | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Rwanda?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Rwanda was 87,934 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 Rwanda?
- The highest recorded value was 210,679 children in 2010.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Rwanda?
- The lowest recorded value was 13,336 children in 1990.
- How does Rwanda rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Rwanda ranks 24th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Rwanda?
- Over the last ten years it is down 53.9%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Rwanda 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.