Neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days in Madagascar
Madagascar: Neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days was 8.3 in 2022. ▼ Falling
Neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days in Madagascar, 2007–2022
Source: UNICEF.
Analysis
The most recent figure for neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days in Madagascar is 8.3, measured in 2022. That is the lowest value across all 16 years on record.
The figure is down 0.1% on the previous year and down 21.7% over ten years.
Over the whole period, neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days in Madagascar peaked at 12.8 in 2007 and was at its lowest, 8.3, in 2022.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 16 years of available data.
Neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days in Madagascar, year by year
| Year | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 12.8 | — |
| 2008 | 8.56 | -33.1% |
| 2009 | 12 | +40.2% |
| 2010 | 11.5 | -4.2% |
| 2011 | 11.2 | -2.6% |
| 2012 | 10.6 | -5.4% |
| 2013 | 10.2 | -3.8% |
| 2014 | 10.2 | +0.0% |
| 2015 | 9.6 | -5.9% |
| 2016 | 9.5 | -1.0% |
| 2017 | 9.4 | -1.1% |
| 2018 | 9 | -4.3% |
| 2019 | 9.1 | +1.1% |
| 2020 | 8.5 | -6.6% |
| 2021 | 8.31 | -2.2% |
| 2022 | 8.3 | -0.1% |
Biggest year-on-year movements
Years where Neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days in Madagascar changed far more than this series normally does. A large move can be a real event or a change in how the figure was measured — the source note below says who published it.
| Year | Change | From | To |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | +40.2% | 8.56 | 12 |
| 2008 | -33.1% | 12.8 | 8.56 |
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2000s | 11.12 | 8.56 | 12.8 | 3 |
| 2010s | 10.03 | 9 | 11.5 | 10 |
| 2020s | 8.37 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 3 |
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More health data for Madagascar
- Un projection of annual infant deaths, annual growth rate -1.87 % change on previous year (2100)
- Heat deaths vs projected death rates, annual growth rate 0.4912 % change on previous year (2090)
- Estimated changes in temperature-related death rates compared to projected death rates 920.6 deaths per 1,000 people (2090)
- Number of infants who die before age 1 14,569 deaths (2100)
- Neonatal tetanus - number of reported cases, gaps filled 63 (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, annual growth rate 1.32 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, female, per capita 0.071 units per person (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, annual growth rate 1.3 % change on previous year (2025)
- Population ages 00-04, male, per unit of GDP 0.0001 units per US$ of GDP (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days in Madagascar?
- Neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days in Madagascar was 8.3 in 2022, according to UNICEF.
- What is the highest neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days recorded in Madagascar?
- The highest recorded value was 12.8 in 2007.
- What is the lowest neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days recorded in Madagascar?
- The lowest recorded value was 8.3 in 2022.
- How does Madagascar rank for neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days?
- Madagascar ranks 12th out of 17 countries with data for 2022.
- Is neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days rising or falling in Madagascar?
- Over the last ten years it is down 21.7%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Madagascar data come from?
- The figures come from UNICEF, published as part of Neonatal mortality rate - 0 to 27 days. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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