Ecuador's children (0-14) living with HIV was 1,100 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 15.38% from 1,300 in 2014 (1.66% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 1,100 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 1,300 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 1,300 | 2014 |
| Highest | 1,300 | 2009 |
| Lowest | 200 | 1990 |
| Average since 2015 | 1,240 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 200 | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Ecuador's children (0-14) living with HIV did not change 0% on 2023 (from 1,100 to 1,100).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.8% and a typical year strayed about 5.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 150% in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 8.3% in 2023. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.
From 2015 to 2024 the straight-line trend is downward, about 24.24 a year. A straight line explains 76% of the movement over 10 observed years.
Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.
How it compares
In 2024, Ecuador had the 52nd highest value of the 87 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Ecuador | 1,100 | 2024 |
| World | 1.4 million | 2024 |
Closest to Ecuador in the 2024 ranking
- Philippines — 50th of 87: 1,300
- Thailand — 51st of 87: 1,200
- Algeria — 52nd of 87: 1,100
- Nepal — 54th of 87: 1,100
- Egypt, Arab Rep. — 55th of 87: 940
- Yemen, Rep. — 56th of 87: 910
What this measures
Children living with HIV refers to the number of children ages 0-14 who are infected with HIV.
All 35 values
| Year | Children (0-14) living with HIV |
|---|---|
| 2024 | 1,100 |
| 2023 | 1,100 |
| 2022 | 1,200 |
| 2021 | 1,200 |
| 2020 | 1,300 |
| 2019 | 1,300 |
| 2018 | 1,300 |
| 2017 | 1,300 |
| 2016 | 1,300 |
| 2015 | 1,300 |
| 2014 |
Children (0-14) living with HIV in nearby economies
- Bolivia — 700 (2024)
- Colombia — 2,100 (2024)
- Costa Rica — 200 (2024)
- Cuba — 200 (2024)
- Dominican Republic — 3,100 (2024)
- El Salvador — 500 (2024)
- Guatemala — 890 (2024)
- Guyana — 500 (2024)
- Haiti — 6,800 (2024)
- Honduras — 630 (2024)
- Jamaica — 500 (2024)
More health data for Ecuador
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 7.21% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 7.58% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 2.14 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 23.33% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 2.23 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 24.48% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 4.37 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 23.9% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 7.77% (2025)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ecuador's children (0-14) living with HIV?
- 1,100 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 450% from 200 in 1990 (5.14% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 1,300 in 2009 and the lowest 200 in 1990.
- How does Ecuador rank?
- 52nd highest of 87 economies with data for 2024.
- Is the latest change in children (0-14) living with HIV unusual for Ecuador?
- In 2024, Ecuador's children (0-14) living with HIV did not change 0% on 2023 (from 1,100 to 1,100). Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +2.8% and a typical year strayed about 5.7% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 0.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was an ordinary year: it sits within the range of normal year-to-year movement.
Source
World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SH.HIV.0014, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: UNAIDS estimates, Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), uri: https://aidsinfo.unaids.org/, publisher: UNAIDS, date accessed: 2025-08-27, date published: 2025-07 Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.
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