Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar
Madagascar: Orphans 0-17 years currently living was 11,000 in 2009. β² Rising
Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar, 1990β2009
Source: UNAIDS and the WHO's Report on the Global AIDS Epidemic.
Analysis
The most recent figure for orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar is 11,000, measured in 2009. That is the highest value across all 20 years on record.
That represents a change of up 19.6% over ten years.
Over the whole period, orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar peaked at 11,000 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 6,600, in 1990.
Madagascar ranks 34th of 39 countries on this measure, in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 20 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 8,230 | 6,600 | 9,200 | 10 |
| 2000s | 10,150 | 9,400 | 11,000 | 10 |
Countries ranked near Madagascar
- 32 Gabon 18,000 compare
- 33 Sierra Leone 15,000 compare
- 35 Guinea-Bissau 9,700 compare
- 36 Equatorial Guinea 4,100 compare
- 37 Mauritania 3,600 compare
More health data for Madagascar
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4912 % change on previous year (2090)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates 920.6 (2090)
- Un projection of annual infant deaths 14,569 (2100)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by country 0 (2026)
- Deaths in armed conflicts by region 0 (2026)
- Age population, age 25, male, interpolated 294,158 (2025)
- Age population, age 25, female, interpolated 291,154 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, male, interpolated 298,887 (2025)
- Age population, age 24, female, interpolated 295,667 (2025)
- Age population, age 23, male, interpolated 303,995 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar?
- Orphans 0-17 years currently living in Madagascar was 11,000 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 11,000 in 2007.
- What is the lowest orphans 0-17 years currently living recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 6,600 in 1990.
- How does Madagascar rank for orphans 0-17 years currently living?
- Madagascar ranks 34th out of 39 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 19.6%. 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. 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.