Madagascar vs Other small states: Mortality rate, infant

Madagascar
43 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Other small states
24.49 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Madagascar rank
21st
Other small states rank
23rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

  • Madagascar
  • Other small states
050100150197219982024

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 43 per 1,000 live births against 24.49 per 1,000 live births in Other small states, a difference of 18.51 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.8 times Other small states's.

Across all 35 years both countries report, Madagascar has been ahead every year.

Madagascar ranks 21st and Other small states ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

Madagascar has averaged higher in every one of the 4 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade Madagascar Other small states Difference Ahead
1990s 79.91 per 1,000 live births 61.19 per 1,000 live births 18.72 per 1,000 live births Madagascar
2000s 55.59 per 1,000 live births 43.19 per 1,000 live births 12.4 per 1,000 live births Madagascar
2010s 44.27 per 1,000 live births 31.03 per 1,000 live births 13.24 per 1,000 live births Madagascar
2020s 43.9 per 1,000 live births 25.74 per 1,000 live births 18.16 per 1,000 live births Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher mortality rate, infant, Madagascar or Other small states?
Madagascar, at 43 per 1,000 live births against 24.49 per 1,000 live births in Other small states as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Madagascar and Other small states?
18.51 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Other small states?
35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and Other small states rank globally for mortality rate, infant?
Madagascar ranks 21st and Other small states ranks 23rd 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

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