What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Côte d'Ivoire and Madagascar?

1.8 per 1,000 live births, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Madagascar?

53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Côte d'Ivoire vs Madagascar: Mortality rate, infant

Côte d'Ivoire

44.8 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Madagascar

43 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Côte d'Ivoire rank

18th

Madagascar rank

21st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Côte d'Ivoire
Madagascar

How they compare

Côte d'Ivoire currently reports 44.8 per 1,000 live births against 43 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 1.8 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Côte d'Ivoire ahead.

Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Madagascar ranks 21st of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Côte d'Ivoire averaged higher in 5 and Madagascar in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Côte d'Ivoire	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	133.44 per 1,000 live births	88.29 per 1,000 live births	45.15 per 1,000 live births	Côte d'Ivoire
1980s	105.1 per 1,000 live births	117.89 per 1,000 live births	12.79 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
1990s	98.45 per 1,000 live births	79.91 per 1,000 live births	18.54 per 1,000 live births	Côte d'Ivoire
2000s	81.13 per 1,000 live births	55.59 per 1,000 live births	25.54 per 1,000 live births	Côte d'Ivoire
2010s	59.8 per 1,000 live births	44.27 per 1,000 live births	15.53 per 1,000 live births	Côte d'Ivoire
2020s	47.48 per 1,000 live births	43.9 per 1,000 live births	3.58 per 1,000 live births	Côte d'Ivoire

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Côte d'Ivoire or Madagascar?: Côte d'Ivoire, at 44.8 per 1,000 live births against 43 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Côte d'Ivoire and Madagascar?: 1.8 per 1,000 live births, with Côte d'Ivoire ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Côte d'Ivoire and Madagascar?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Côte d'Ivoire and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Côte d'Ivoire ranks 18th and Madagascar ranks 21st of 197 countries.
Where does this data come from?: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF), published as Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Mortality rate, infant (per 1,000 live births)
Unit: per 1,000 live births
Source: UN Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation, UN Children's Fund (UNICEF)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 244 places, 13,515 data points, 1960–2024
Last refreshed: 03 September 2026

Infant mortality rate is the number of infants dying before reaching one year of age, per 1,000 live births in a given year.