Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Uganda
Uganda: Orphans 0-17 years currently living was 1.40 million high estimate in 2009. ▲ Rising
Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Uganda, 1990–2009
Source: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. Measured in high estimate.
Analysis
Uganda recorded 1.40 million high estimate for orphans 0-17 years currently living in 2009. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of unchanged over ten years.
Over the whole period, orphans 0-17 years currently living in Uganda peaked at 1.40 million high estimate in 1999 and was at its lowest, 770,000 high estimate, in 1990.
Uganda ranks 4th of 40 countries on this measure, in the top 10%.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Uganda, year by year
| Year | high estimate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 770,000 high estimate | — |
| 1991 | 880,000 high estimate | +14.3% |
| 1992 | 970,000 high estimate | +10.2% |
| 1993 | 1.00 million high estimate | +3.1% |
| 1994 | 1.10 million high estimate | +10.0% |
| 1995 | 1.20 million high estimate | +9.1% |
| 1996 | 1.20 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1997 | 1.30 million high estimate | +8.3% |
| 1998 | 1.30 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1.40 million high estimate | +7.7% |
| 2000 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2003 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2004 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2005 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2006 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2007 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2008 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
| 2009 | 1.40 million high estimate | +0.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 1.11 million high estimate | 770,000 high estimate | 1.40 million high estimate | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.40 million high estimate | 1.40 million high estimate | 1.40 million high estimate | 10 |
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Frequently asked questions
- What is orphans 0-17 years currently living in Uganda?
- Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Uganda was 1.40 million 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 Uganda?
- The highest recorded value was 1.40 million high estimate in 1999.
- What is the lowest orphans 0-17 years currently living recorded in Uganda?
- The lowest recorded value was 770,000 high estimate in 1990.
- How does Uganda rank for orphans 0-17 years currently living?
- Uganda ranks 4th out of 40 countries with data for 2009.
- Is orphans 0-17 years currently living rising or falling in Uganda?
- Over the last ten years it is unchanged. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Uganda 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.