Madagascar vs Uganda: Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood
Madagascar
0.2353 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Uganda
0.2387 under-five deaths per woman
in 2024
Madagascar rank
23rd
Uganda rank
21st
Children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood over time
- Madagascar
- Uganda
How they compare
Uganda currently reports 0.2387 under-five deaths per woman against 0.2353 under-five deaths per woman in Madagascar, a difference of 0.0034 under-five deaths per woman.
The two have swapped places 4 times across 60 shared years of data; in 1965 it was Uganda ahead.
Madagascar ranks 23rd and Uganda ranks 21st of 200 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 1 and Uganda in 6.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Uganda | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1.24 under-five deaths per woman | 1.43 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1908 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1970s | 1.13 under-five deaths per woman | 1.47 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3424 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1980s | 1.33 under-five deaths per woman | 1.44 under-five deaths per woman | 0.1108 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 1990s | 0.7852 under-five deaths per woman | 1.15 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3604 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 2000s | 0.4465 under-five deaths per woman | 0.7351 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2885 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 2010s | 0.2851 under-five deaths per woman | 0.3325 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0474 under-five deaths per woman | Uganda |
| 2020s | 0.2467 under-five deaths per woman | 0.2412 under-five deaths per woman | 0.0055 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 Uganda?
- Uganda, at 0.2387 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 Uganda?
- 0.0034 under-five deaths per woman, with Uganda ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Uganda?
- 60 years are reported by both, from 1965 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Uganda rank globally for children per woman that survived childhood vs. those that died in childhood?
- Madagascar ranks 23rd and Uganda ranks 21st 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).