Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Switzerland
Switzerland: Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths was 546.03 children in 2024. ▼ Falling
Children orphaned due to AIDS deaths in Switzerland, 1990–2024
Source: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (2026) – with minor processing by Our World in Data. Measured in children.
Analysis
Switzerland recorded 546.03 children for children orphaned due to aids deaths in 2024.
The figure is down 5.5% on the previous year and down 51.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, children orphaned due to aids deaths in Switzerland peaked at 1,891 children in 2004 and was at its lowest, 361.54 children, in 1990.
Switzerland ranks 106th of 139 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 35 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1,021 children | 361.54 children | 1,665 children | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,798 children | 1,598 children | 1,891 children | 10 |
| 2010s | 1,124 children | 788.34 children | 1,488 children | 10 |
| 2020s | 625.09 children | 546.03 children | 724.89 children | 5 |
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More reference data data for Switzerland
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 0.5507 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 0.2683 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 1.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.05 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Indirect emissions (N2O) - Agricultural Soils 1.24 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure applied to Soils 1.85 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure Management 1.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Manure left on Pasture 1.37 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - IPCC Agriculture 6.28 (2050)
- Emission Totals - Emissions (N2O) - Crop Residues 0.272 (2050)
Frequently asked questions
- What is children orphaned due to aids deaths in Switzerland?
- Children orphaned due to aids deaths in Switzerland was 546.03 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 Switzerland?
- The highest recorded value was 1,891 children in 2004.
- What is the lowest children orphaned due to aids deaths recorded in Switzerland?
- The lowest recorded value was 361.54 children in 1990.
- How does Switzerland rank for children orphaned due to aids deaths?
- Switzerland ranks 106th out of 139 countries with data for 2024.
- Is children orphaned due to aids deaths rising or falling in Switzerland?
- Over the last ten years it is down 51.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Switzerland 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.