What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Brazil and Madagascar?

5,030 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.

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

52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.

Where does this data come from?

United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brazil vs Madagascar: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths

Brazil

18,331 deaths

in 2024

Madagascar

23,361 deaths

in 2024

Brazil rank

26th

Madagascar rank

24th

Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths over time

Brazil
Madagascar

How they compare

Madagascar currently reports 23,361 deaths against 18,331 deaths in Brazil, a difference of 5,030 deaths.

That makes Madagascar's figure about 1.3 times Brazil's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 52 shared years of data; in 1973 it was Brazil ahead.

Brazil ranks 26th and Madagascar ranks 24th of 199 countries.

Across the 6 decades both report, Brazil averaged higher in 5 and Madagascar in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brazil	Madagascar	Difference	Ahead
1970s	146,655 deaths	13,943 deaths	132,712 deaths	Brazil
1980s	119,167 deaths	18,632 deaths	100,536 deaths	Brazil
1990s	78,168 deaths	21,499 deaths	56,668 deaths	Brazil
2000s	46,531 deaths	20,564 deaths	25,967 deaths	Brazil
2010s	28,871 deaths	20,681 deaths	8,190 deaths	Brazil
2020s	21,724 deaths	23,175 deaths	1,451 deaths	Madagascar

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher number of neonatal, infant and child deaths, Brazil or Madagascar?: Madagascar, at 23,361 deaths against 18,331 deaths in Brazil as of 2024.
What is the difference in number of neonatal, infant and child deaths between Brazil and Madagascar?: 5,030 deaths, with Madagascar ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brazil and Madagascar?: 52 years are reported by both, from 1973 to 2024.
How do Brazil and Madagascar rank globally for number of neonatal, infant and child deaths?: Brazil ranks 26th and Madagascar ranks 24th of 199 countries.
Where does this data come from?: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Number of neonatal, infant and child deaths
Unit: deaths
Source: United Nations Inter-agency Group for Child Mortality Estimation (2025) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 199 places, 10,164 data points, 1952–2024
Last refreshed: 28 August 2026

Estimated number of deaths of children aged less than 28 days .