Madagascar vs Zimbabwe: Mortality rate, under-5, male
Madagascar
67.4 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Zimbabwe
71 per 1,000 live births
in 2024
Madagascar rank
19th
Zimbabwe rank
17th
Mortality rate, under-5, male over time
- Madagascar
- Zimbabwe
How they compare
Zimbabwe currently reports 71 per 1,000 live births against 67.4 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar, a difference of 3.6 per 1,000 live births.
That makes Zimbabwe's figure about 1.1 times Madagascar's.
The two have swapped places 3 times across 53 shared years of data; in 1972 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th of 197 countries.
Across the 6 decades both report, Madagascar averaged higher in 4 and Zimbabwe in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Zimbabwe | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 167.88 per 1,000 live births | 129.62 per 1,000 live births | 38.25 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 1980s | 213 per 1,000 live births | 104.09 per 1,000 live births | 108.91 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 1990s | 138.6 per 1,000 live births | 104.46 per 1,000 live births | 34.14 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 2000s | 92.77 per 1,000 live births | 99.36 per 1,000 live births | 6.59 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
| 2010s | 71.6 per 1,000 live births | 70.37 per 1,000 live births | 1.23 per 1,000 live births | Madagascar |
| 2020s | 69.24 per 1,000 live births | 69.64 per 1,000 live births | 0.4 per 1,000 live births | Zimbabwe |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rate, under-5, male, Madagascar or Zimbabwe?
- Zimbabwe, at 71 per 1,000 live births against 67.4 per 1,000 live births in Madagascar as of 2024.
- What is the difference in mortality rate, under-5, male between Madagascar and Zimbabwe?
- 3.6 per 1,000 live births, with Zimbabwe ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Zimbabwe?
- 53 years are reported by both, from 1972 to 2024.
- How do Madagascar and Zimbabwe rank globally for mortality rate, under-5, male?
- Madagascar ranks 19th and Zimbabwe ranks 17th 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, under-5, male (per 1,000 live births). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Under-five mortality rate, male is the probability per 1,000 that a newborn male baby will die before reaching age five, if subject to male age-specific mortality rates of the specified year.