What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Eswatini and Madagascar?

0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini 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.

Eswatini vs Madagascar: Mortality rate, infant

Eswatini

42.2 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Madagascar

43 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Eswatini rank

24th

Madagascar rank

21st

Mortality rate, infant over time

Eswatini
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 43 per 1,000 live births against 42.2 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini, a difference of 0.8 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Eswatini ahead.

Eswatini ranks 24th and Madagascar ranks 21st of 197 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Eswatini averaged higher in 4 and Madagascar in 2.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Eswatini	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	104.11 per 1,000 live births	88.29 per 1,000 live births	15.83 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
1980s	73.16 per 1,000 live births	117.89 per 1,000 live births	44.73 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
1990s	62.15 per 1,000 live births	79.91 per 1,000 live births	17.76 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
2000s	69.31 per 1,000 live births	55.59 per 1,000 live births	13.72 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
2010s	53.54 per 1,000 live births	44.27 per 1,000 live births	9.27 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini
2020s	45.26 per 1,000 live births	43.9 per 1,000 live births	1.36 per 1,000 live births	Eswatini

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Eswatini or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 43 per 1,000 live births against 42.2 per 1,000 live births in Eswatini as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Eswatini and Madagascar?: 0.8 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Eswatini and Madagascar?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Eswatini and Madagascar rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Eswatini ranks 24th 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: 20 August 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.