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

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

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

35 years are reported by both, from 1990 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 World: Mortality rate, infant

Madagascar

43 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

World

27.7 per 1,000 live births

in 2024

Madagascar rank

21st

World rank

19th

Mortality rate, infant over time

Madagascar
World

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 43 per 1,000 live births against 27.7 per 1,000 live births in World, a difference of 15.3 per 1,000 live births.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.6 times World's.

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

Madagascar ranks 21st and World ranks 19th of 197 countries.

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

Head to head by decade

Decade	Madagascar	World	Difference	Ahead
1990s	79.91 per 1,000 live births	60.51 per 1,000 live births	19.4 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
2000s	55.59 per 1,000 live births	45.37 per 1,000 live births	10.22 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
2010s	44.27 per 1,000 live births	32.27 per 1,000 live births	12 per 1,000 live births	Madagascar
2020s	43.9 per 1,000 live births	28.76 per 1,000 live births	15.14 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 World?: Madagascar, at 43 per 1,000 live births against 27.7 per 1,000 live births in World as of 2024.
What is the difference in mortality rate, infant between Madagascar and World?: 15.3 per 1,000 live births, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and World?: 35 years are reported by both, from 1990 to 2024.
How do Madagascar and World rank globally for mortality rate, infant?: Madagascar ranks 21st and World ranks 19th 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.