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

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

How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sudan?

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.

Madagascar vs Sudan: Mortality rate, infant

Madagascar

43 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Sudan

42.9 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Madagascar rank

21st

Sudan rank

23rd

Mortality rate, infant over time

Madagascar
Sudan

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 43 per 1,000 live births against 42.9 per 1,000 live births in Sudan, a difference of 0.1 per 1,000 live births.

The two have swapped places 9 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Sudan ahead.

Madagascar ranks 21st and Sudan ranks 23rd of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	Sudan	Difference	Ahead
1970s	88.29 per 1,000 live births	90.83 per 1,000 live births	2.54 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
1980s	117.89 per 1,000 live births	104.27 per 1,000 live births	13.62 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
1990s	79.91 per 1,000 live births	81.36 per 1,000 live births	1.45 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2000s	55.59 per 1,000 live births	63.5 per 1,000 live births	7.91 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2010s	44.27 per 1,000 live births	48.93 per 1,000 live births	4.66 per 1,000 live births	Sudan
2020s	43.9 per 1,000 live births	41.98 per 1,000 live births	1.92 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 Sudan?: Madagascar, at 43 per 1,000 live births against 42.9 per 1,000 live births in Sudan as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Madagascar and Sudan?: 0.1 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Sudan?: 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and Sudan rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Madagascar ranks 21st and Sudan 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: 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.