Madagascar vs Sudan: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Madagascar
0.2353 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Sudan
0.2501 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Madagascar rank
23rd
Sudan rank
20th
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Madagascar
- Sudan
How they compare
Sudan currently reports 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0148 under-five deaths per woman.
That makes Sudan's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 11 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 23rd and Sudan ranks 20th of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 5 and Sudan in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Sudan | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.24 under-five deaths per woman | 1.13 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1131 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 1970s | 1.13 under-five deaths per woman | 1.07 under-five deaths per woman | 0.059 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 1.33 under-five deaths per woman | 1.09 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2332 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 0.7852 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7152 under-five deaths per woman | 0.07 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 0.4465 under-five deaths per woman | 0.4665 under-five deaths per woman | 0.02 under-five deaths per woman | Sudan |
| 2010s | 0.2851 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3134 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0284 under-five deaths per woman | Sudan |
| 2020s | 0.2467 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2408 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0059 under-five deaths per woman | Madagascar |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood, Madagascar or Sudan?
- Sudan, at 0.2501 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood between Madagascar and Sudan?
- 0.0148 under-five deaths per woman, with Sudan ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sudan?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Sudan rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Madagascar ranks 23rd and Sudan ranks 20th of 200 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Gapminder (2015); UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Fertility rate (average number of children per woman) multiplied by the under-five mortality rate (probability of dying before age five).