Orphans 0-17 years currently living (high estimate) in Madagascar
Madagascar: Orphans 0-17 years currently living (high estimate) was 14,000 high estimate in 2009. ▲ Rising
Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar, 1990–2009
Source: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. Measured in high estimate.
Analysis
In 2009, orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar stood at 14,000 high estimate. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 7.7% on the previous year and up 16.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar peaked at 14,000 high estimate in 2009 and was at its lowest, 12,000 high estimate, in 1990.
Madagascar ranks 35th of 40 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Orphans 0-17 years currently living (high estimate) in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | high estimate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 12,000 high estimate | — |
| 1991 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1995 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2000 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 12,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 13,000 high estimate | +8.3% |
| 2006 | 13,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 13,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 13,000 high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 14,000 high estimate | +7.7% |
Madagascar compared with similar countries
- Madagascar's 14,000 high estimate is below the median for Sub-Saharan Africa, which is 140,000 high estimate, 10% of the median. (40 countries reporting)
- Madagascar's 14,000 high estimate is below the median for low income countries, which is 170,000 high estimate, 8% of the median. (17 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 12,000 high estimate | 12,000 high estimate | 12,000 high estimate | 10 |
| 2000s | 12,600 high estimate | 12,000 high estimate | 14,000 high estimate | 10 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 32 Sierra Leone 26,000 high estimate compare
- 33 Gabon 25,000 high estimate compare
- 33 Senegal 25,000 high estimate compare
- 36 Guinea-Bissau 12,000 high estimate compare
- 37 Gambia 6,500 high estimate compare
- 38 Equatorial Guinea 6,400 high estimate compare
More health data for Madagascar
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.87 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4912 % change on previous year (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 14,569 (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 63 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.071 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per capita 0.0731 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar?
- Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar was 14,000 high estimate in 2009, according to UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
- What is the highest orphans 0-17 years currently living recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 14,000 high estimate in 2009.
- What is the lowest orphans 0-17 years currently living recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 12,000 high estimate in 1990.
- How does Madagascar rank for orphans 0-17 years currently living?
- Madagascar ranks 35th out of 40 countries with data for 2009.
- Is orphans 0-17 years currently living rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is up 16.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic, published as part of Orphans 0-17 years currently living (high estimate). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
AIDS orphans are the estimated number of children who have lost their mother or both parents to AIDS before age 17 since the epidemic began in 1990. Some of the orphaned children included in this cumulative total are no longer alive; others are no longer under age 17.