Ghana's children (0-14) living with HIV was 18,000 in 2024, the latest year in the World Bank's World Development Indicators. That is down 45.45% from 33,000 in 2014 (5.88% a year on average, compounded).
Key figures
| Value | Year | |
|---|---|---|
| Latest | 18,000 | 2024 |
| Five years earlier | 26,000 | 2019 |
| Ten years earlier | 33,000 | 2014 |
| Highest | 43,000 | 2005 |
| Lowest | 9,300 | 1990 |
| Average since 2015 | 25,100 | 2015–2024 |
| First recorded | 9,300 | 1990 |
What the numbers say
In 2024, Ghana's children (0-14) living with HIV fell 10% on 2023 (from 20,000 to 18,000).
Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1994 to 2023), the average change was +0.6% and a typical year strayed about 6.8% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.5 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.
On record, the biggest yearly rise was 29% in 1991 and the biggest yearly fall was 10% in 2024. 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 1,594 a year. A straight line explains 99% 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.
A straight-line projection, tested first
Extending that straight line gives about 13,417 for 2027. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2022 to 2024 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 300, against 2,333 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.
See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.
How it compares
In 2024, Ghana had the 13th 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 | |
|---|---|---|
| Ghana | 18,000 | 2024 |
| World | 1.4 million | 2024 |
Closest to Ghana in the 2024 ranking
- Angola — 10th of 87: 40,000
- Ethiopia — 11th of 87: 28,000
- Cameroon — 12th of 87: 20,000
- Côte d'Ivoire — 14th of 87: 17,000
- Papua New Guinea — 15th of 87: 15,000
- Congo, Rep. — 16th of 87: 12,000
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 | 18,000 |
| 2023 | 20,000 |
| 2022 | 21,000 |
| 2021 | 22,000 |
| 2020 | 24,000 |
| 2019 | 26,000 |
| 2018 | 28,000 |
| 2017 | 29,000 |
| 2016 | 31,000 |
| 2015 | 32,000 |
| 2014 |
Children (0-14) living with HIV in nearby economies
- Angola — 40,000 (2024)
- Benin — 5,200 (2024)
- Botswana — 4,200 (2024)
- Burkina Faso — 8,400 (2024)
- Burundi — 4,100 (2024)
- Cabo Verde — 100 (2024)
- Cameroon — 20,000 (2024)
- Central African Republic — 9,100 (2024)
- Chad — 11,000 (2024)
- Congo, Dem. Rep. — 69,000 (2024)
- Congo, Rep. — 12,000 (2024)
More health data for Ghana
- Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 11.99% (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 12.39% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female — 6.13 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 34.94% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male — 6.29 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 35.92% (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total — 12.42 million (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 35.43% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population) — 11.63% (2025)
- Population ages 05-09, male (% of male population)
Reading data like this
Questions people ask
- What is Ghana's children (0-14) living with HIV?
- 18,000 in 2024, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).
- How has it changed since 1990?
- It is up 93.55% from 9,300 in 1990 (1.96% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 43,000 in 2005 and the lowest 9,300 in 1990.
- How does Ghana rank?
- 13th highest of 87 economies with data for 2024.
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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