Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Mauritania
Mauritania: Orphans 0-17 years currently living was 2,700 low estimate in 2009. ◆ Volatile
Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Mauritania, 1990–2009
Source: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic. Measured in low estimate.
Analysis
Mauritania recorded 2,700 low estimate for orphans 0-17 years currently living in 2009. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
Compared with earlier readings it is up 8.0% on the previous year and up 170.0% over ten years.
Over the whole period, orphans 0-17 years currently living in Mauritania peaked at 2,700 low estimate in 2009 and was at its lowest, 100 low estimate, in 1990.
That places Mauritania 37th out of 40 countries with data for 2009, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The series is highly variable year to year, so single readings are best treated with caution.
Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Mauritania, year by year
| Year | low estimate | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | 100 low estimate | — |
| 1991 | 100 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 1992 | 100 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 1993 | 100 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 1994 | 200 low estimate | +100.0% |
| 1995 | 200 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 1996 | 500 low estimate | +150.0% |
| 1997 | 500 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 1998 | 500 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 1999 | 1,000 low estimate | +100.0% |
| 2000 | 1,000 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 2001 | 1,000 low estimate | +0.0% |
| 2002 | 1,100 low estimate | +10.0% |
| 2003 | 1,400 low estimate | +27.3% |
| 2004 | 1,600 low estimate | +14.3% |
| 2005 | 1,800 low estimate | +12.5% |
| 2006 | 2,100 low estimate | +16.7% |
| 2007 | 2,300 low estimate | +9.5% |
| 2008 | 2,500 low estimate | +8.7% |
| 2009 | 2,700 low estimate | +8.0% |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 330 low estimate | 100 low estimate | 1,000 low estimate | 10 |
| 2000s | 1,750 low estimate | 1,000 low estimate | 2,700 low estimate | 10 |
Countries ranked near Mauritania
- 34 Madagascar 9,300 low estimate compare
- 35 Sierra Leone 9,200 low estimate compare
- 36 Guinea-Bissau 7,700 low estimate compare
- 38 Equatorial Guinea 2,500 low estimate compare
- 39 Gambia 1,400 low estimate compare
- 40 Mauritius 500 low estimate compare
More health data for Mauritania
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -0.8878 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 1.19 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 653 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 1,563 (2100)
- Population ages 0-14, female, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female, per capita 0.2093 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, annual growth rate 2.03 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male, per capita 0.2146 units per person (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is orphans 0-17 years currently living in Mauritania?
- Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Mauritania was 2,700 low 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 Mauritania?
- The highest recorded value was 2,700 low estimate in 2009.
- What is the lowest orphans 0-17 years currently living recorded in Mauritania?
- The lowest recorded value was 100 low estimate in 1990.
- How does Mauritania rank for orphans 0-17 years currently living?
- Mauritania ranks 37th out of 40 countries with data for 2009.
- Is orphans 0-17 years currently living rising or falling in Mauritania?
- Over the last ten years it is up 170.0%. The long-run trend across the full record is volatile.
- Where does this Mauritania 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 (low 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.