Madagascar vs Nepal: Mortality rates at age 65
Madagascar
2.87 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Nepal
2.88 deaths per 1,000 people
in 2023
Madagascar rank
85th
Nepal rank
82nd
Mortality rates at age 65 over time
- Madagascar
- Nepal
How they compare
Nepal currently reports 2.88 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.87 deaths per 1,000 people in Madagascar, a difference of 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people.
The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Madagascar ahead.
Madagascar ranks 85th and Nepal ranks 82nd of 236 countries.
Nepal has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Madagascar | Nepal | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5.21 deaths per 1,000 people | 5.3 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0855 deaths per 1,000 people | Nepal |
| 1960s | 4.6 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.98 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3734 deaths per 1,000 people | Nepal |
| 1970s | 4.03 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.65 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.6135 deaths per 1,000 people | Nepal |
| 1980s | 3.82 deaths per 1,000 people | 4.32 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.5008 deaths per 1,000 people | Nepal |
| 1990s | 3.55 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.84 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2928 deaths per 1,000 people | Nepal |
| 2000s | 3.08 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.4 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.3219 deaths per 1,000 people | Nepal |
| 2010s | 2.9 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.11 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.2103 deaths per 1,000 people | Nepal |
| 2020s | 3.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 3.13 deaths per 1,000 people | 0.0036 deaths per 1,000 people | Nepal |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher mortality rates at age 65, Madagascar or Nepal?
- Nepal, at 2.88 deaths per 1,000 people against 2.87 deaths per 1,000 people in Madagascar as of 2023.
- What is the difference in mortality rates at age 65 between Madagascar and Nepal?
- 0.01 deaths per 1,000 people, with Nepal ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Madagascar and Nepal?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Madagascar and Nepal rank globally for mortality rates at age 65?
- Madagascar ranks 85th and Nepal ranks 82nd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Human Mortality Database (2025); UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Mortality rates at age 65. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Death rate, calculated as the number of deaths divided by the average number of people alive during the interval.