- A living organ donor is someone who donates a kidney, or on rare occasions part of their liver, to another person.
- Receiving an organ from a living donor offers an alternative to the national transplant waitlist for an organ from a deceased donor.
- There were 230 living kidney donors in 2025. This is a 9% decrease compared to 2024. Living kidney donation and transplantation is most often from a relative or close friend (directed donation).
- For some patients who require a kidney transplant, and have a living donor who is willing but unable to donate directly because of an incompatible blood or tissue type, donation and transplantation is facilitated through the Australian and New Zealand Paired Kidney Exchange (ANZKX) program.
- The 230 living kidney donors in 2025 included 53 through the ANZKX program in Australia, a 20% decrease from 2024 (66).
- There were no living liver donors in 2025.
2025
230 living kidney donors
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177 living kidney donors through hospital transplant units
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53 living kidney donors through the ANZKX program
