Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Spain
Spain: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 9,197 children in 2024. ▲ Rising
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Spain, 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 Spain is 9,197 children, measured in 2024.
The figure is down 14.4% on the previous year and down 66.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Spain peaked at 30,581 children in 2009 and was at its lowest, 2,435 children, in 1990.
Spain ranks 65th of 139 countries on this measure, in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 10,763 children | 2,435 children | 19,943 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 27,267 children | 21,693 children | 30,581 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 25,969 children | 18,685 children | 30,252 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 12,723 children | 9,197 children | 16,584 children | 5 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Spain?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Spain was 9,197 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 Spain?
- The highest recorded value was 30,581 children in 2009.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Spain?
- The lowest recorded value was 2,435 children in 1990.
- How does Spain rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Spain ranks 65th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Spain?
- Over the last ten years it is down 66.6%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Spain 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.